You can decorate your holiday table with beautiful cuts of any product: cheese, meat, sausage, vegetables, fish and fruit. Ideas for designing cuts are presented in this article.

It will help to decorate an everyday, and especially a holiday table beautiful cut. It can be made from any ingredients: meat, cheese, vegetables or fruits. Pieces and slices of food can be laid out not in simple, but in original ways so that they invariably attracted attention and aroused appetite.

There are several cutting rules:

• For serving, choose wide flat dish, preferably white. On such dishes there will be cutting look bright and attractive.
• You should not combine plant and animal products. If these are vegetables, they have a separate dish, fruits too (they are considered a dessert). Meat and sausage can be combined.
• The slices should not be seasoned with any sauce or oil, or sprinkled with spices. If you think that you can decorate the taste of vegetables with sour cream or mayonnaise, Offer them to your guests separately in a gravy boat.
• Cutting (any) should always be very just cut into small slices (flat pieces). Rough and thick cutting of ingredients does not look aesthetically pleasing.
• The main rule of beautiful cutting is sharp knife. The size and material of the knife (ceramics or metal) are completely unimportant; you should be comfortable working with it.
• Select for slicing only quality and fresh products. Try to surprise your guests with an unusual product.
• Stick to one cutting shape, for example, a semicircle or triangle, so that the whole dish looks organic.

Beautiful vegetable slices

Large vegetable slices

Fruit slices in the shape of a heart

Unusual fruit slices

Some types of cuts are so skillful that include many decorative elements from the ingredients themselves in cutting: figures, flowers, unusual arrangement of pieces. In some cases, when cutting vegetables, you can use a special cutting device - slicer

Slicer for slicing meat and cheese. vegetables and fruits

Slicing watermelon and melon for the holiday table

Melons will also be a bright seasonal treat for guests. Such a treat can decorate main and dessert table. In any case, it will be appropriate and very “popular” among guests.

There are several basic ways to cut melon and watermelon:

• Cubes– cutting is done with a knife. The peeled pulp of watermelon or melon is cut, cleared of seeds. The pieces are laid out scattered or in half on a serving plate.
• Balls– a special spoon is used for slicing, which forms a beautiful ball. These cuts should be placed in wide bowls or bowls.
• Slices– this method involves peeling the fruit from the seed part and cutting it into triangular slices along with the skin. In this case, you can use wooden sticks (for ice cream) so that the pieces can be conveniently taken from the dish and eaten.

It is customary to eat pieces of watermelon or melon by pricking them with a fork. If your feast does not involve cutlery (buffet, picnic), you should stick a skewer and a toothpick into each piece.

Watermelon dicing

Cutting watermelon into pieces

Cutting watermelon into balls

Cutting melon into cubes

Melon slicing

Video: “Watermelon fruit basket”

Beautiful cheese slices: design and decoration

Cheese slices must be present on the holiday table. Only cheese can be cut into shapes, making the serving original and interesting. Slicing cheese is very convenient curly knives. They leave a grooved cut, resulting in each piece having a specific shape.

Simplest cheese cutting knife- "wave". The knife allows you to cut cheese pieces of any thickness. It is best to place the cheese slices on a plate on which lettuce leaves are laid out. This is necessary so that the cheese does not dry out quickly and looks appetizing.

Cheese is the only cutting ingredient that can be successfully combined with pieces of sausage or meat, creating patterns and shapes. In addition, the combination will be extremely tasty cheese with berries:

• Grapes
• Strawberries
• Malina
• Blueberries
• Grapes

The most delicious sliced ​​cheese is considered to be made from different types of cheese. You can combine fatty ones with low-fat ones, salty ones with aromatic ones made from fermented milk, with nuts and herbs, with mold and paprika.

One of the best flavor combinations - cheese with honey. This flavor combination gives another interesting idea for cutting: you can place a small bowl of liquid honey in the center of the serving dish. Around the bowl you should place different types of cheese (of various flavors), cheese can be supplemented with nuts: walnuts, almonds, cashews.

Simple cheese slice with grapes

Sliced ​​cheese with vegetables

Cheese cubes with nuts and grapes

Unusual slices of expensive varieties of cheese

Cheese plate with honey and fruits

Video: “Cheese slicing, cheese plate design”

Beautiful cold cuts: design and decoration

Cold cuts– the best snack and tasty treat for guests. As a rule, cold cuts consist of from different varieties of salted, smoked meat, supplemented with sausages. Cold cuts can be combined with a variety of cheeses, olives, lettuce or herbs. Vegetables in cut meats can release “juice”, which is very undesirable for meat.

IMPORTANT: The exception is small cherry tomatoes, which do not need to be cut. They can be neatly placed on top of the slices, adding brightness and freshness to the dish.

Made from meat sliced ​​into thin slices, it is very convenient to roll up neat tubes and arrange it in “scales” or roses. You can cut the meat very thinly and beautifully using a sharp wide knife or a special “slicer” device.

Simple large cuts of meat

Original cold cuts with cheese

Sliced ​​meats with fresh and salted vegetables

Appetizing cold cuts on a wooden plate

Video: “Beautiful cuts of meat”

Beautiful slicing of sausage: design and decoration

Sausage- the most “frequent guest” on the holiday table. You can serve sausage in several interesting ways. This must be done in order to interest everyone present and whet their appetite.

Sausage can be combined with cheese, olives, lettuce, cherry tomatoes, and physalis. From different varieties of sausage you can lay out a variety of patterns and designs.

Sliced ​​sausage with “roses”

Festive sausage slices

Meat cut into large pieces

Video: “Sausage cutting”

Types of cutting vegetables, curly cutting

Vegetable cutting is a must must be on the table to “even out” the severity of some fatty dishes: meat, salads with mayonnaise, fish and potatoes. In order for vegetables to “want to be eaten,” they should be arrange on a serving platter in interesting ways.

For slicing, enough hard vegetables (carrots, beets, cucumbers) you can use curly knives, which cut vegetables in a “wave” or zigzag pattern. Small vegetables, such as cherry tomatoes, should be cut in half or left whole.

Can be added to chopped vegetables fresh onions. It is best to use onions of less pungent varieties so that they evoke only pleasant taste sensations: blue, white, leek, shallot. The onion should be cut into neat and not thick rings.

Special knife for cutting vegetables into shapes

Flowers from vegetables: curly cutting

Slicing vegetables with a curly knife

carving: artistic cutting of vegetables

Video: “Holiday vegetable slicing”

Beautiful slicing of tomatoes, cucumbers, onions: design and decoration

Simple vegetables such as tomato, cucumber and onion can be beautifully served on a plate and served at the holiday table.

Slicing Features:

• Tomato very watery, so it should be cut into either large rings or half rings. Small tomatoes are best cut into slices (four pieces from one fruit). Cherry tomatoes are cut in half or left whole.
• Cucumber allows several cutting methods: rings, ovals (diagonally cutting), half rings, serpentine (using a special device). The shape of the vegetable also allows it to be cut lengthwise into slices, strips, or cubes.
• Onion cut only into rings, the rings are placed either on top of all vegetables, or alternating with them. You can decorate the slices with a bunch of fresh onion feathers, which can be easily bent, laid, and made into a pattern.

Any cut of vegetables can be decorated with any herbs: parsley, dill, basil, lettuce.

Shaped tomato slicing

Shaped cucumber slicing

Shaped onion slicing

Video: “How to make a rose from a cucumber?”

Beautiful vegetable slicing for the festive table: design and decoration

You can decorate vegetable cuttings in both simple and original ways. For this you will need a few ideas:

Festive fruit slices on a platter

Shaped cutting of vegetables Meat cutting for the holiday

Meat slicer

Festive vegetable and cheese slicing Cheese and sausage dicing

Butterfly sliced ​​meat and vegetables

How to cut apples beautifully so that they don’t darken when slicing?

Apple- one of the most healthy and tasty fruits. Buying an apple is not a problem at any time of the year. If you eat an apple with fatty foods, it will may help the digestion process. The acid in apples helps break down complex fats and speed up metabolism.

You can choose a sweet or sour apple for slicing. Its structure is dense enough that allows you to cut fruit into thin slices and beautifully placed on a serving plate. The only and main problem of the apple is the large amount of iron in it, which contributes oxidation of fruit in fresh air(we are talking about pulp).

To prevent this from happening and the apple not to darken, it needs to be processed citric acid in one of the following ways:

• Sprinkle apple slices with lemon juice
• Wash the apple pulp (sliced) in water and lemon juice.
• Drizzle the apple with lime juice before serving.

Slicing an apple into a flower shape

Apple slicing "leaf"

Swan apple slicing

Video: “How to cut an apple beautifully?”

Beautiful sliced ​​orange for the holiday table: design and decoration

Just like an apple, an orange is a wonderful addition to the holiday and everyday table. The acid of orange will help digest fatty foods and serve as a snack for alcoholic drinks.

Slicing an orange is quite simple. You can cut citrus rings or half rings. There is no need to peel the orange; the crust will help keep the slices in shape. Fruit is a must pit that may be present in it.

You can combine orange slices with other fruits: lemon, apple, kiwi, grapefruit, banana, pear and berries.

Slicing orange blossom

Slicing an orange with other fruits

Video: “Rose from an orange”

Beautiful sliced ​​pineapple for the holiday table: photo

A pineapple - exotic fruit(in particular, scientifically it is considered a vegetable, since it grows in the garden). A pineapple ideal for slicing, which can decorate any table, especially a festive one. In terms of its taste, pineapple can act as a dessert, or can be combined with meat and poultry dishes.

The unusual shape of the pineapple allows several winning ways to cut it, which will result in a beautiful holiday dish. Pineapple has enough thick skin which should be cut with a knife. This is done carefully so as not to scratch your hands with the thorns on the peel.

Pineapple fruit cut in half, the pulp is cleaned out. The pulp can be cut into slices and placed not on a plate, but in a pineapple bowl, preserving all its features: skin and green tail. This cut will immediately delight your guests.

Pineapple as a cut can be successfully combined with other fruits: kiwi, pineapples, grapefruit.

Beautiful sliced ​​pineapple with berries

Swan pineapple slice

Cutting pineapple into cubes

Slicing pineapple into rings

Video: “Pineapple slicing option”

Beautiful fruit slices for a children's holiday table: design and decoration

Children's cutting should "interest" children. That is why fruits are cut in an original way, repeating cartoon stories and interesting pictures.

The most popular ways to cut fruit slices:

• Make a “fruit skewers”
• Make a “fruit hedgehog” using toothpicks
• Make a drawing out of fruits

Interesting ideas for fruit slices for children:

Fruit sliced ​​apple with berries

Herring often decorates the holiday table, since it is a favorite “snack” for strong alcoholic drinks among the “Russian people”. In order to give it a more “elegant look”, you should use several ways to decorate fish:

• Cleaned fish can be placed on a plate in pieces, alternating them with slices of fresh lemon.
• Fish can be decorated white or blue onion rings, onions can be inserted between the pieces.
• You can decorate the laid out pieces of herring, sprinkle them with chopped green onions(onions can be replaced with chopped dill or parsley).
• The flesh of the fish goes well with green olive flavor, which can simultaneously decorate the table setting.

Festive cutting of herring

Bright and beautiful sliced ​​fish

Video: “Fish slicing”

A beautifully set table immediately lifts your mood. And fruits play an important role in it. But in general, serving them is not very convenient and not at all economical.

Therefore, fruit slices always occupy a worthy place on the holiday table. You can see the design with a photo of a beautiful fruit layout in this article on our website.

Basics of creating fruit slices for the table

First, let’s clarify which fruits are usually included in the list for making this dessert dish. This:

• apples
• oranges
• pears
• tangerines
• bananas
• grape
• a pineapple
• lemon
• berries

It’s great if you have a special device that knows how to cut fruit beautifully, quickly and accurately cuts everything into perfectly even slices. But if you don’t have a slicer in your household, you will have to arm yourself with an ordinary, but very sharp knife.

But even the easiest cutting of fruit with a simple knife can look great if the finished slices are then effectively arranged.

This is the main topic of our article today, in which you can see photos of options for decorating a fruit plate with a description.

Methods for cutting fruit for the holiday table

Oranges are cut into circles or semi-circles; you can cut the circle halfway and place it on a plate like a lemon wedge for fish. Alternatively, in segments. Or maybe you would like to make an orange rose in the center of the fruit plate?

Kiwis are cut into thin slices without peeling. Simple decorations can be kiwi flowers, cut out in a zigzag with the tip of a knife; the skin does not need to be peeled, you can bend it back like petals.

We do the same with tangerine skins, and now they look completely different.

Another simple technique on how to cut fruit beautifully is used in the step-by-step creation of a swan from an apple. If you wish, you can place it on the dish if you have extra time.

And look how cute and simple the dolphin figurines are made from banana pieces.

The pineapple is cut into cubes, which are placed in a row and moved from the center in different directions.

You can lay out ready-made pieces and slices in a circle, semicircle, segments, separating them with other fruits or leaving them as is.

Don’t forget about the game of contrasts; you shouldn’t put a green apple next to a kiwi, just like tangerines and oranges. Bright strawberries, cherries, raspberries and blackberries will complement the color scheme favorably.

The decoration of fruit slices for the buffet table can be done in the form of “kebabs”, placing the pieces on skewers in the form of an assortment of different types. This is very convenient than just taking slices from a common dish with your hands or picking them up yourself with skewers.

And on a wedding table or Valentine's Day, a beautiful cut of fruit can be placed in the shape of a heart if desired.

For children it is possible, the kids will like the idea.

When placing any fruit on the table, you can sprinkle it with powdered sugar through a strainer. Looks very romantic.

And a small bonus. Very often, a fruit platter is combined with a cheese plate, which all the French go crazy for. What cheese goes with fruit slices? These are edam, gouda, mozzarella, camembert, brie, maasdam, emmental, parmesan, gruyere, pecorino, dor blue. There are no strict rules, but still...

Soft and blue cheeses go best with grapes, orange loves soft cheeses with a moldy rind, crisp apples like tender brie, pears can be accompanied by both soft cheese and aged hard cheese, kiwis, cherries and pineapples like to see hard cheeses next to them. varieties.

The art of cutting fruit is accessible to absolutely everyone, and if your own imagination sometimes lets you down, you can use ready-made solutions from the Internet. Bon appetit!

Beautifully cut and decorated fruits are a whole art called “carving”. To turn a simple apple into a swan or a rose, you will need skill and special tools. If you have neither one nor the other, it doesn’t matter! There are lighter and no less effective options suitable for non-professionals.

Apple

Large-sized fruits of paradise without damage to the peel are better suited for slicing:

1. Cut the apple in half and remove the core. Thinly chop one half into circles. Set aside the top piece with the peel, and cut the remaining pieces in the middle, not reaching the end by a few millimeters.
2. Move the halves of the pieces apart: the lower the tier, the wider the distance between the halves should be. Cover the top of the resulting pyramid with the cut off top and peel.
3. Cut the reserved half of the apple into two equal parts. Cut out the profile of a swan’s neck from a rectangular piece, and a tail from a rounded piece. All that remains is to connect everything using small skewers or toothpicks.

Another simple option is crab:

1. Divide the apple into two parts, remove seeds.
2. Cut the top off one of the halves and cut the rest into thin slices.
3. Lay them out like a fan on both sides, and cover the top of the fruit with a cut cap with eyes made of dried cloves.
4. The crab is almost ready to go to the table, you just need to take care of the claws. To do this, cut a round slice from the second part, divide it in half and cut a zigzag shape on each.

Please note that the apple quickly darkens when cut, but there is a way out: just grease the cut with lemon juice diluted with water.

Pear

Fruits of different varieties come in oblong and round shapes. Pears of the first type can easily turn into hedgehogs! Peel the oblong part of the fruit, and decorate the half with the peel with toothpick needles with grapes. Make the nose in the same way, and use cloves for the eyes.

A rounded fruit can become a peacock if you add some sliced ​​fruit that you have on hand:

1. Cut the pear in half and place (skin side up) in the center of the plate. The body of the bird is already ready.
2. Boiled carrots are an excellent material for a peacock's beak and legs, and dried cloves are an excellent material for the eyes. Although carrots are completely replaceable, for example, with a peach or an apple.
3. The tail is the dignity and pride of the bird. It is replete with different colors and patterns. Therefore, use any fruit (strawberries, grapes, plums, peach) to replicate this beauty. Try to cut fruits (especially those with seeds) into small equal slices.

Choose firmer pears. Too soft ones will not hold their shape well, and you won’t be able to make beautiful cuts out of them.

Citrus

Oranges, grapefruits, lemons, cut into thin slices, unlike other sweet fruits, can be bent without fear of breaking them. These fruits will make a gorgeous rose!

1. Without peeling the citrus, thinly cut into half rings and place in rows on a plate.
2. Prepare a transparent plastic bottle (you can also use a colored one, but then it will stand out). It's good if it has narrowing in the middle part. If not, then take two containers of different diameters. Cut out two rings a couple of centimeters high, one of which will be slightly larger in circumference. Place the small mold inside the larger one in the center of the cut.
3. Insert the remaining slices cut side down into the pan, starting with the smaller circle. The overlapping pieces look beautiful.

That's all: a magnificent fragrant rose will become a worthy decoration for your holiday table.

Watermelon and melon

A large and juicy watermelon is inconvenient to eat in large pieces, especially at a holiday: the juice can easily stain your outfit. Surely you have baking molds that can be used not only for their intended purpose.

Pieces of watermelon (about 1-2 cm), cut into circles, free from seeds. Use the mold as a curly knife, simply plunging it into the pulp.

It is convenient to take such beautiful pieces with a spoon (if their size allows) or a skewer.

Rainbow mix

If you don’t have enough time to process fruits, but want something special, don’t despair and prepare as many products as possible for slicing.

First, open a photo of a rainbow to remember the sequence of colors:

• red (strawberry, watermelon, apple, raspberry);
• orange (orange, apricot, persimmon, tangerine);
• yellow (lemon, pineapple, banana, apple);
• green (kiwi, apple, lime, grapes);
• blue (alas, nature did not create any fruits or berries of this color);
• blue (plum, blueberry, blueberry);
• purple (grapes, plums, figs).

Cut the fruits into slices - not too small so that they are easy to take, and arrange them in the correct color sequence. If you want, give the rainbow a semicircular shape or stretch food foil across the entire table on which to place a fruit rainbow.

The season begins, which gives us a huge amount of citrus fruits. Today we decided to tell you a little about orange and how to beautifully serve it on the holiday table. After all, you must admit that ordinary fruit cuts are no longer capable of surprising, although they delight with their taste. And if this aromatic and juicy fruit is also decorated in an unusual way, then it can take the main place at any feasts, buffets, banquets and corporate events.

How to choose oranges

This is the most important point, in fact, if you want to get a really good result on the holiday table. After all, in stores no one will tell you the truth about what oranges will taste like, how dense the pulp is and how much chemicals they contain.

7 secrets for choosing oranges:

1. Seasonality. We sell high-quality citrus fruits from December to March, and everything before and after can be “stuffed” with chemicals (to accelerate ripeness, improve appearance, extend life, etc.).
2. Normal colors are bright orange or yellow-orange.
3. The peel of a ripe orange has a pleasant bumpiness with very small pimples, but is more smooth than “wavy”. A very lumpy peel or an unnaturally yellow color is the first indicator of the presence of chemicals.
4. Try to buy fruit in relatively warm places, and not outside in the cold. In the cold, they lose their aroma and therefore it will be difficult to determine how pleasant and fresh the smell, and therefore the fruit itself, will be.
5. Be sure to hold each fruit in your hands. Firstly, it should be quite heavy for its size. Secondly, there cannot be any damage or dents on it. Thirdly, the orange should be quite dense and not shrink from light pressure (a soft one will quickly deteriorate and you definitely won’t be able to cut out the beauty from it). At the same time, it cannot be hard, since you definitely will not get pleasure from eating it (it will be tasteless).
6. Oranges can be found both thick-skinned and thin-skinned, but the risk of being subjected to chemical treatment with a thick “skin” is lower. In addition, it is much easier to peel an orange from a thick peel.
7. Oranges come in a variety of sizes, but this does not mean that it is better to buy large ones. Large fruits usually contain less vitamins and nutrients, but a lot of water. And small or medium-sized fruits taste much more pleasant and sweeter.

How to cut an orange - simple ways

Whatever idea you come up with for slicing an orange, first you need to thoroughly rinse and dry it. And only after that start creating a fruit composition with your own hands.

The easiest way to cut an orange is to make thin slices by moving the knife from one edge to the other, leaving circles about 0.5 mm thick. They can be placed on a dish in this form or made in halves and then laid out in the shape of a fan. The peel remains uncleaned.

Peeling an orange is necessary if you want to peel it like a tangerine and divide it into slices. Remember: you need to remove not only the orange part, but also the white film. After this, all the slices are separated and laid out on a serving plate in any order or in some given shape.

If you want to get creative, you can cut the orange with the peel into circles, and then cut the zest along from the stem, without going all the way through. The skin needs to be removed from half of the resulting “globes” and laid out in the shape of a clock.

How to make an orange flower?

Dense, clean fruit is cut into 2 equal parts along the grain. After this, you need to cut the orange into thin circles, 2-3 mm thick, half of which are laid out in a straight line.

Now we find the smallest circle, carefully roll it into a tube and lightly press it with our fingers so that it does not open. Then we take the next circle and perform the same movements around the first tube. And so, layer by layer, we apply “petals”, forming a rose from an orange.

It is very important to make sure that the circles are as thin as possible, then the orange flower will hold its shape well and will not unfold. Depending on the size, one fruit can produce 3-4 such flowers. You can decorate them with berries (make a cranberry core, for example), as well as kiwi strips (if you want to make rose petals).

Bouquet of orange

Despite the fact that fruit bouquets are very popular, using sliced ​​citrus fruits is highly undesirable, especially at home. Firstly, because it will not be possible to preserve it for a long time, and secondly, in order to prevent the juice from leaking out of such products, you will have to use preservatives. And this, you see, is not very pleasant.

Therefore, if you want to do it, then take them whole. It is advisable to use small fruits so that they hold well, and strong skewers (useful for barbecue) so that the fruit bouquet retains its shape and does not fall apart. You can complement a bouquet of oranges with other fruits, as well as berries and herbs.

I really want our advice and recommendations to be useful. And therefore, of course, we will continue to share with you the secrets of carving, which will help you create fruit bouquets and fruit compositions with your own hands, and teach you how to choose, clean and serve your favorite products correctly.

Stay with us! We know what real fruit pleasure is! And we invite you to share it with us.

Any holiday is a moment of joy and meeting with loved ones and family. Such an event is never complete without a festive table. At the moment, any woman has a desire to demonstrate her skills in the field of cooking.

Today you will no longer surprise anyone with the usual chopped salads and other similar snacks. Slices from various products are more popular. With the right approach, you can create unique and beautiful dishes that will amaze even the most picky guest.

Fruit slices

No holiday table can do without fruit. But it is unlikely that any of the guests will pay attention to them if they are placed whole on a dish. Even if you take the time to peel, cut and put them on a plate, it’s unlikely that anyone will touch them.

In order to show your guests a desire to enjoy delicious fruits, you need to know some techniques that will help you properly arrange fruit slices.

There are certain rules with the help of which any housewife will be able to correctly select, clean and arrange fruits.

1. First you need to purchase these products. You need to choose beautiful, healthy and ripe fruits. If you purchase them in advance, you can choose slightly under-ripe fruits. When choosing, you need to be vigilant and inspect them for stains, damage and other similar flaws;
2. To decorate the fruit slices, you need to set aside time just before the guests arrive, since the pulp gradually begins to darken upon contact with air. In order to slow down this process, you can use lemon juice;
3. Before slicing, you must wash the fruit thoroughly.

Fruit slices can be made from various specimens. These can be the most common apples, oranges, kiwis, and bananas. But you can also add originality and zest with the help of exotic species such as mango, pineapple or peach. The decoration for any composition can be bunches of grapes, strawberries or melon, cut into cubes.

How to properly cut at home

In addition to overall beauty, it is important to maintain ease of use. This means that the pieces should be small.

The shape of the piece should depend on the density of the product. For a cube shape, pineapples or apples are ideal. But an orange cannot be given this shape. Such products are cut into slices or circles.

There are many devices for beautiful cutting of fruits. These are various graters, shredders, molds and knives. The process of cutting fruits using various devices is called carving. You can find similar tools at the place where you sell tableware.

In order to cut fruit, it is important to adhere to the basic rules. It will be convenient to eat a sweet snack if the cutting is based on the structure of a particular fruit. To help this process, special devices have been invented that will easily help you produce a real masterpiece for the holiday table.