Fruit platter, like food carving, is a technology. The materials are selected from the aspects of color, shape, taste, nutritional value and perfect appearance of fruits. The selected fruits should be combined and coordinated. The idea of making fruit platter is to win by color and win by beauty. Before making, the theme should be fully considered and named. There are three kinds of color collocation of fruits: contrasting color collocation, similar color collocation and multicolor collocation. Red with green and black with white are standard contrasting colors; Red, yellow and orange can be regarded as similar TINT; Red, green, purple, black and white can be regarded as rich multi-color collocation. Artistic modeling and vessel selection further determine the shape of the whole plate according to the color and shape of the selected fruit. If the fruit shape is long, you can't choose a disk to hold it. In addition, we should also consider the fruit lace decoration on the side of the dish, which should also conform to the overall aesthetic feeling and set off the main shape. Knife skills should be based on the principle of simplicity and easy to make. (1) Common knife method for platter: 1. Peel: peel off the skin of raw materials with a knife, generally referring to the inedible part. Most fruits don't need to be peeled if the skin is edible after washing. Some fruits will turn brown or red quickly after being peeled and exposed to the air, so soak them in lemonade quickly to protect the color. 2. Horizontal knife: the knife is suitable for the growth of raw materials perpendicular to the natural texture. You can cut it into pieces or pieces. 3. Longitudinal knife: the knife is suitable for the growth of natural texture in the same direction. Can be cut into pieces and pieces. 4. Oblique knife: the knife is applied in the direction where the blade forms an included angle with the natural texture of raw materials. Can be cut into pieces and brewed. 5. Peeling: Use a knife to peel off the inedible parts, such as oranges and oranges. 6. serrated knife: use a cutter to cut a straight knife on the raw material, and then cut a diagonal knife. The directions of the two pairs of knives form an included angle, and the knives intersect in pairs, so that the intersection of the knives is separated and serrated. 7. spoon digging: dig into a ball with a watermelon spoon. Mostly used in melons. 8. Agent or Dig: Dig the inedible part of the fruit with a knife, such as nucleolus. Pay attention to the following principles in fruit processing: 1. No matter what method is adopted, the size of the fruit should be eaten directly. 2. Raw materials for processing fruits should be clearly identifiable. _ (2) Examples of common cutting methods for various fruits are 1. Citrus: This kind of citrus can be carved with skin, that is, the skin can be separated from the meat correctly, and then the skin can be processed into a basket-shaped or cup-shaped container, and some brightly colored round fruits, such as orange petals and grapes, can be filled in it. The pulp taken out can be used for edge decoration. Or most of them are processed into thin disks or semicircles, and made into lace by stacking, swinging and stringing. 2. Melons: Watermelons and cantaloupes are plump and have certain toughness, and can be processed into geometric shapes such as spheres, triangles and rectangles. The shape can be large or small, and different shapes can be put together for conventional art, which is convenient for eating and artistic modeling. In addition, using the sharp contrast between the skin and the flesh, hollowing out the flesh, carving a simple line plane on the skin, and making the whole body into a cup, plate, basket or backing, the effect is good. This kind of fruit needs food labels. Products should ensure the cleanliness and hygiene of fruits, and at the same time, they should be equipped with corresponding practical tools and suitable napkins. Tip: Remove the middle part of the apple after cutting the small petals. Then slice the apple skin along the edge, but don't slice it all, and leave a little at last. Then cut a few knives on the apple skin with a knife to carve the shape of grass. A beautiful apple was carved. Then carve a small butterfly with a melon. First, seed and peel the melon, then cut off the fleshy parts on both sides, and use this part to carve a small butterfly in a trapezoid. First, cut two knives in the middle of the long bottom of the trapezoid to make a groove. Then cut off four knives on both sides of the groove, so that the butterfly's whiskers are finished. A groove is also carved in the middle of the short bottom of the trapezoid. Then make two grooves on both sides, and the shape of a small butterfly will come out. Next, cut the melon piece by piece. Finally, make a phoenix out of oranges. First, cut off the top and bottom of the orange and slice the orange peel along the edge, but leave some, not all. Then thin the orange peel so that it can be rolled for a while. Draw broken strips on both sides of the falling part of the orange peel. Try to break it, so it will look good. Be careful not to cut it. Then turn the orange peel outward, roll it into a circle, and fix the end on the orange with a toothpick. Then put a little persimmon in the middle circle of the orange peel. In this way, the shape of the phoenix came out. Finally, you only need to pay attention to the color matching and taste coordination when loading the plate, and you can guarantee to make a popular fruit plate. Of course, there is also the simplest way: dig watermelon into balls and put some apples (banana apples) and bananas.