WATERMELON FRUIT BOWL
All of your favorite fruits, lightly sweetened, served in a watermelon 'bowl'.
Provided by CINDY N.
Categories Appetizers and Snacks Fruit
Time 50m
Yield 20
Number Of Ingredients 10
Steps:
- With a large, sharp knife, remove the top 1/4 section of the watermelon. With a melon baller, scoop flesh from inside of watermelon, removing as many seeds as possible. Leave 1/2 inch of flesh inside the shell of the watermelon. Scoop cantaloupe and honeydew in the same manner, removing as much flesh as possible, and discarding the rinds. Refrigerate fruits separately until ready to assemble.
- In a small saucepan over medium-high heat, bring water and sugar to a boil. Remove from heat, and continue stirring until sugar has completely dissolved. Add lemon zest, and set aside to cool.
- To serve, place watermelon balls, cantaloupe, honeydew, oranges, pineapple, strawberries, and grapes, in a large mixing bowl. Pour syrup over, and toss thoroughly. Transfer mixture to watermelon bowl, and serve. Set aside any fruit mixture that will not fit. There will be enough fruit to refill the bowl.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 179.3 calories, Carbohydrate 45.4 g, Fat 0.7 g, Fiber 3 g, Protein 2.8 g, SaturatedFat 0.1 g, Sodium 23.4 mg, Sugar 39.8 g
SHARK AND WAVES GIANT WATERMELON BOWL
Fruit salad is a staple at summer parties. We kicked ours up a notch by serving it in a giant watermelon "wave bowl" to make it the centerpiece of any shindig. Watch your fingers-- there may be a shark or two lurking in those shoals!
Provided by Food Network Kitchen
Time 30m
Yield 12 to 14 servings
Number Of Ingredients 4
Steps:
- Using a large chef's knife, cut both watermelons in half lengthwise through the stem. With a melon half flesh side up, cut vertical lines into the flesh (leaving rind intact) 1 inch apart and about 2 inches deep along the length of each half, leaving a 1-inch border of flesh on both ends. Repeat this process with the lines going in the opposite direction. Use a spoon to scoop out the watermelon pieces into a large bowl (it's okay if some of the spears break in half as you are doing this.) Repeat with the remaining melon halves. Use the spoon to remove as much of the flesh left in the watermelon halves as possible and save for another use.
- Cut 1 1/2 inches off both ends of 2 of the watermelon halves (these halves will become the middle parts of the bowl). Cut 1 1/2 inches off one end of the 2 remaining halves (these will become the bookends of your bowl). Use the flesh left in the watermelon ends to stamp out sharks with a 3-inch shark cookie cutter and set aside.
- Use a metal skewer to outline waves along the top edge of each watermelon half. Then carefully cut out the wave pattern using a sharp paring knife. Take one middle piece and one bookend piece and place the flat sides together to create half of the large bowl. Thread the metal skewer through the bottom of the watermelons to secure them together. Repeat this process with the remaining watermelon halves and another metal skewer to create the other half of the large bowl. Place both halves on a large platter with the two middle pieces pushed together (these parts do not need to be secured with a skewer as they will stay together on the platter).
- Fill the assembled watermelon bowl with the reserved watermelon chunks. Mix the berries and grapes together and scatter on top of the watermelon, covering it as much as possible, then add the melon sharks.
FRESH WATERMELON AND FRUIT SALAD
My DBF(the truck driver) came home with extra watermelons from his delivery so I had to do somthing with them. This is very tasty, colorful and refreshing on a warm day.
Provided by LAURIE
Categories Melons
Time 20m
Yield 20-30 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 12
Steps:
- Slice the watermelon lengthwise about 1/3 of the way from the top.
- This will be your bowl so you may have to slice a small portion off the bottom in order for it to sit flat.
- Either ball or chunk the watermelon flesh.
- Hollow out the watermelon shell completely.
- Ball or chunk the remaining melons.
- Chunk the pineapple.
- Mix all the fruits in the melon bowl.
- Combine the juices, water and sugar together.
- Pour over the fruits and toss lightly.
- Chill if desired or serve immediately.
WATERMELON BASKET FRUIT SALAD
Since these are basic instructions, the number of servings will depend on the size of your fruit. It can serve a big crowd.
Provided by TishT
Categories Dessert
Time 40m
Yield 1 group
Number Of Ingredients 16
Steps:
- Take a sharp knife and slice a small thin piece off the bottom of your melon.
- This will allow the finished basket to sit flat on a plate or table without rolling.
- Next, take the tip of your knife (you can also use your pumpkin decorating tool out if you have one) or garnishing tool and score the watermelon in half, horizontally.
- Then mark a strip of about 1 1/2- 2" wide that will form the handle of your basket.
- If you have trouble seeing the score lines, you might want to try using a marker.
- Next, take your garnishing tool and start cutting around the melon on the lines.
- The garnishing tool naturally makes V shaped cuts, which makes doing a basket like this a breeze.
- If you do not have a garnishing tool, use a small knife and make the V cuts one side at a time.
- You could also forget the V and make straight cuts.
- To make separating the melon easier, and the finished product neater, turn your garnishing tool over, and go over the cuts in the opposite direction.
- Carefully separate the cut sides from the body of the watermelon.
- If you used a marking pen and there are any residual marks left, a handy way to get rid of them is to use a new emory board and gently sand them off.
- Take a melon baller and hollow out the inside of the watermelom.
- After removing all the edible parts, take a large spoon and gently scrape out the sides of your"basket".
- Be care not to scrape too thinly on the handle, as you want it to have some stability, even though you will never try to carry it this way.
- Mix the watermelon balls (or pieces, if you don't have a melon baller) with other ripe fresh fruits.
- To make the handle garnish, thinly slice lemons, limes or oranges and use a toothpick to affix them, along with a grape, melon ball or cherry, to the watermelon.
- Keep any extra fruit in a ziplock back and refill as it goes down!
Nutrition Facts : Calories 1355.4, Fat 6.8, SaturatedFat 0.7, Sodium 45.2, Carbohydrate 341.1, Fiber 18.1, Sugar 280.1, Protein 27.6
WATERMELON BASKET FRUIT SALAD
Where I come from a fruit salad is fresh fruit cut up and mixed in a bowl with some colorful berries. When I moved west I had to plan a buffet so I decided to carve a watermelon and asked some of my volunteers to make fruit salad so I could continue filling the watermelon basket with fruit throughout the evening. Well, I got everything but what I thought! I got jello molds, towering quivering things with berries and cool whip all over them; I got a berry and mayonaise and brown sugar concoction, and absolutely nothing I could fill my watermelon with. One of the gals said I should have asked for fresh fruit cut up and on a plate. duh. Now I know. Honestly, I never saw such amazing creations. They were all eaten up and once the watermelon balls were gone I just tossed my carved melon. Wah....
Provided by Secret Agent
Categories Pineapple
Time 1h
Yield 1 melon basket, 24 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 9
Steps:
- Wash and dry all the fruit.
- With a large veggie peeler/melon carver cut the top third of the watermelon off making a decorative edge of either scallops or peaks. (I wish I had premium so I could post pix). When I was a kid I drew my decorative edge on the melon and carved it with a boning knife but it is faster and easier if you get a tool designed for carving. Scoop the melon out with a small cookie scoop and set aside.
- Cut the cantaloupe into 8ths and cut the rind off. With the french fry blade of your food processor, shred the cantaloupe and set aside. I learned this from Greg Patton host of Pattonly Cooking sponsored by Cuisinart.
- Cut the honeydew in half and seed it. With a melon baller make itty bitty balls and set aside. You can cheat and slice this in your food processer on the thickest blade.
- Cut the pineapple into 8ths and core it. Cut into chunks and set aside.
- Mix melons and pineapples together in a large bowl.
- Quarter the strawberries and mix with the remaining berries and grapes. Do not mix in the raspberries or they will be pulverized.
- Layer the fruits in the watermelon basket, first a layer of the melons and pineapple, then the berries then some raspberries. Save most of the raspberries for the top layer. Continue layering until your melon basket is full and save the remaining fruit in a baggie so you can re-fill the melon basket.
- That's all there is to it! You can carve handles on your basket or leave it open which works better on a buffet as it is easier to access the fruit.
- To make it extra fancy whip up an egg white and dip clusters of grapes in it, then roll in superfine sugar and let dry on waxed paper. Secure the little grape clusters in the edging of the melon basket with a toothpick. I did this for my mother once when she had her lady friends over and it really wowed them as a centerpiece.
- Hope you try this! Have fun doing it with your kids.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 204.8, Fat 1.1, SaturatedFat 0.1, Sodium 22, Carbohydrate 51.4, Fiber 5, Sugar 41.2, Protein 3.8
WATERMELON FRUIT BOWL
Make and share this Watermelon Fruit Bowl recipe from Food.com.
Provided by Porfavorcorona
Categories Breakfast
Time 4h15m
Yield 16 3/4 cup, 16 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 5
Steps:
- Stir boiling water into dry gelatin mix in large bowl 3 minutes or until gelatin is completely dissolved.
- Stir in cold water.
- Refrigerate 1-1/2 hours or until thickened (spoon drawn through leaves definite impression).
- Add fruits; stir until well blended.
- Spoon into Watermelon Bowl.
- Refrigerate 3 hours or until firm.
- Store leftovers in refrigerator.
- Watermelon Bowl
- Select a large round watermelon (12 to 14 lb.). Cut off a thin slice from bottom of melon. Cut off top 1/3 of melon. Use sharp knife to scallop edge of larger piece of melon, if desired. Scoop out fruit from both pieces with melon baller. Invert watermelon shell on paper towels; let stand to drain excess juices before filling with fruited gelatin. Mix desired amount of watermelon with other fruits before adding to gelatin as directed. Reserve remaining watermelon for snacking or another use.
- Substitute
- Prepare as directed, using your favorite flavor of regular JELL-O Brand Gelatin.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 42.1, Sodium 185.7, Carbohydrate 17.1, Protein 3.3
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