Some Berry Good Fruit Dip Ideas Food

EASY FRUIT DIP

Steps:

• Place all of the ingredients in a bowl and blend with a hand mixer until smooth.
• Refrigerate for 1-2 hours before serving
• Serve with fresh fruit.

SOME 'BERRY' GOOD FRUIT DIP IDEAS!

Steps:

• Beat all ingredients together, adding more orange juice if needed to thin sauce. Makes 2 cups.
• Fruit Dip: 1 cup plain yogurt 3 tbsp. icing sugar 1/2 tsp. grated lemon peel Stir ingredients together. Makes 1 cup.
• Caramel Fruit Dip: 1 cup sour cream 1 tbsp. brown sugar 1 tbsp. Kahlua Combine all ingredients. Add more brown sugar if you want to omit Kahlua. Makes 1 cup.
• Chocolate-dipped Fruit: 2/3 cup semisweet chocolate chips 1 tbsp. parowax (cut into bits to measure) Heat chocolate chips and wax in top of double boiler or pan over hot water. Stir until smooth and remove from heat. Return mixture to heat as chocolate cools. Dip fruit (strawberries, Mandarin orange slices, pineapple chunks, clusters of seedless grapes) into mixture, covering about 2/3 of each piece. Place on undipped end to cool or lay on a piece of waxed paper. Chill until about one hour before ready to serve, when fruit should be placed at room temperature. HINT: The drier the fruit, the better the results.

FRESH FRUIT PLATTER

Steps:

• I like to begin the platter with a base of ripe, colorful, sliced melons and pineapple--for example, cantaloupe, honeydew, Galia, or Cavaillon melons, plus the new "golden" pineapples. Peel the outside of a whole melon, cut it in half through the stem end, and scoop out the seeds. Place the melon halves cut side down on a board, and slice them straight across into 1/2-inch-thick slices. Fan each half-melon out slightly and arrange it on the platter. Next, cut off the top and bottom of the pineapple, peel the outside, and use a sharp knife to remove the "eyes." Cut the pineapple in half lengthwise and remove the core by cutting a "V" down the center of each half. Again, place the pineapple halves, cut side down, on a board and slice them straight across into 1/2-inch-thick slices. Fan the slices out and arrange them next to the melon on the platter.
• Once the base is set, you can add any kind of fruit that's available. I like to have one thing that is taller than the rest, such as a large bunch of grapes or a decoratively cut papaya, to give the platter height. Then I add raspberries, strawberries, blueberries, and fresh figs in casual but organized groups. The platter can look like a bowl of M&M's if there are too many colors scattered with no order. Visually, your eye needs to have a focal point and to be able to see each type of fruit. After all the fruit is arranged, I add flat green leaves around the outside of the fruit, to set off the colors. Use lemon and galax leaves from your florist, or fig leaves and grape leaves from your garden. Make sure they are pesticide-free and well washed.
• Any kind of fruit will work well on this platter. For special occasions, add persimmons, kiwi, passion fruit, Queen Anne cherries, fresh apricots, and mangos. Choose whatever is colorful and seasonal.

BERRY GOOD DIP

Steps:

• Place strawberries in food processor or blender container; process until smooth.
• Beat cream cheese in small bowl until smooth. Stir in sour cream, strawberry puree and sugar; cover. Refrigerate until ready to serve.
• Spoon dip into small serving bowl. Garnish with orange peel, if desired. Serve with assorted fresh fruit dippers or angel food cake cubes.