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This showstopping Fruit Rainbow is the perfect centrepiece for a kid’s birthday party or other special occasions!
Made with strawberries, watermelon, cantaloupe, mango, Galia, blueberry raindrops, and honeydew pieces to form the clouds at the end of the rainbow. There really is something for everyone!
You’ll need a melon baller to get those uniform spheres. If you don’t have one, just chop the fruit into similar-sized pieces.
Recipe Tip
Make the mouth on the clouds with a tiny bit of blueberry skin or use curved sprinkles.
Fruit Rainbow Ingredients
- Honeydew melon: You want a melon without blemishes or bruises with a slight sweet aroma. Ideally, slightly white-fleshed, as this is for the clouds.
- Blueberries: Go for bright, dark-blue, fresh berries.
- Galia melon: Yellow-tinted skin and green-fleshed inside.
- Mango: Choose a firm fruit with slight give and a sweet smell at the stem.
- Cantaloupe: Find a firm, heavy fruit for its size.
- Watermelon: Seedless and sweet.
- Strawberries: Look for firm, plump berries that are bright red.
- Candy eyes: They will bring the platter to life and make it extra fun. They’re available in large supermarkets, baking shops, and online.
How to Make a Rainbow Fruit Tray
- Prepare the fruit: Wash and slice all the fresh fruit. Use similar sized strawberries. Slice the watermelon, cantaloupe, mango, and Galia. Cut out the fruit with a melon baller. Slice the honeydew and cut out the ovals with the oval cookie cutter.
- Assemble the rainbow: Use a large chopping board or platter, and plate the fruit in the color-coordinated sections.
- Final touches: Top the clouds with candy eyes, and a blueberry skin smiley.
Possible Variations
You can use a variety of fresh fruits for this platter, just be sure to include examples from several of these color segments and place them in this order:
- Purple: Purple grapes, plums, figs, black currants, cherries.
- Black: Blackberries.
- Blue: Blueberries.
- Green: Grapes, kiwi, gooseberries, plums, key limes, pear, Galia, honeydew.
- Yellow: Pineapple, mango, banana, starfruit, apple, yellow cherries, passionfruit.
- Orange: Oranges, physalis, cantaloupe, peaches, papaya, abricots, kumquats.
- Red: Strawberries, watermelon, raspberries, pomegranate, apples, cherries, wild strawberries.
- Dip: Serve the platter with a melted chocolate, Nutella, or a strawberry yogurt dip.
Serving Suggestion
To make a strawberry yogurt dip, mix 2 mashed strawberries, 4 tablespoons Greek yogurt, 1 teaspoon vanilla paste, and maple syrup to taste.
If you prefer a smaller rainbow fruit platter, check out this second version I’ve done.
FAQs
Absolutely, just cube the fruit or cut it into similar-sized chunks. You can always shape one ‘master’ piece to cut the other fruit.
Fresh fruits will look more vibrant, but if canned fruit is available, that’s fine, too.
Yes, shape it a few hours in advance, and keep it covered in the fridge topped with plastic wrap.
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Fruit Rainbow
Equipment
Ingredients
- 11 strawberries
- 2 slices honeydew melon
- 22 blueberries
- 1 slice Galia melon
- 1 mango
- 2 slices cantaloupe
- 3 slices watermelon
- 4 candy eyes
Instructions
- Cut the honeydew melon into slices.
- Use the oval cutter to create the honeydew clouds.
- Cut out strawberry, watermelon, cantaloupe, mango, and galia balls with the melon baller.
- Arrange the fruit and place the balls flat side down as pictured.
- Add the blueberries and honeydew clouds.
- Top with candy eyes and blueberry smiles.
Notes
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
