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Surprise your friends and family with this adorable Turkey Fruit Platter at your next Thanksgiving get-together or party.
With pear and white chocolate drumsticks, kiwi pilgrims, blackberry acorns, cantaloupe leaves, and pear and kiwi turkeys, there’s something for every taste bud.
Serve this showstopping fruit tray as a delicious snack or as a light dessert after dinner. If you like to save time, choose one or two elements on the platter, and keep the rest of the fruit really simple.
Turkey Fruit Platter
Festive turkey platter for Thanksgiving with pear, kiwi, cantaloupe, and berries.
Equipment
Ingredients
- 3 pears
- 2 slices cantaloupe
- 9 blackberries
- 3 pretzels, sticks
- 1 apple, (you need the peel)
- 1 pepper, yellow
- 1 slice mango
- 4 kiwis
- 1 carrot, small
- 26 candy eyes
- 100 grams white chocolate
- 6 hazelnuts
- 7 curved sprinkles
- 6 sprinkles, round
Instructions
Drumsticks
- Trim the bottom stalk off the pear.
- Make a hole with a metal straw where the stalk used to be.
- Melt the white chocolate.
- Once the chocolate has melted, insert the pretzel stick and make sure it’s covered in chocolate.
- Remove the stick using a fork and shake off the excess chocolate.
- Place the stick on parchment paper.
- Dip the round sprinkles or hazelnuts into the chocolate, and place them on the bottom of the pretzel stick, one on each side.
- Allow to harden.
- Once set, insert the stick into the bottom of the pear.
- Top with candy eyes and the curved sprinkle for the mouth. (you can use edible glue or some of the melted white chocolate to make it all stick).
Kiwi Pilgrims
- Halve a kiwi lengthwise.
- Use a knife to cut the outline of the hat.
- Melt the white chocolate.
- Using a toothpick, trace the hat band with the chocolate.
- Top with a thin piece of mango, shaped as a rectangle (be sure to dab it dry with a piece of kitchen towel, so it will stick properly to the white chocolate).
Kiwi Turkeys
- Peel the kiwi (I use a vegetable peeler).
- Use the flower cutter to make the carrot feathers. Secure with toothpicks.
- Cut apple peel into a teardrop shape for the wattle (the red bit under the beak).
- Make a triangle out of yellow pepper for the beak.
- Assemble the turkey and top it with candy eyes.
Pear Turkeys
- Halve the pear.
- Use the round cutter to make carrot and yellow pepper ‘feathers’. Secure with toothpicks.
- Make the feet using a small flower cookie cutter. Trim off the bottom with the round cutter.
- Cut a triangle out of the carrot for the beak.
- Make the wattle out of apple peel.
- Assemble the turkey and top it with candy eyes. You can secure the feet, beak and eyes using edible glue or melted white chocolate.
Blackberry Acorns
- Dip blackberries in melted white chocolate. Allow to set and dip again.
- Top with a sprinkle.
Cantaloupe Leaves
- Slice the cantaloupe thinly.
- Use a leaf cutter to shape the leaves.
Notes
Be sure to remove the toothpicks before eating.
Nutrition
Calories: 179kcal, Carbohydrates: 33g, Protein: 2g, Fat: 6g, Saturated Fat: 3g, Polyunsaturated Fat: 0.5g, Monounsaturated Fat: 2g, Cholesterol: 3mg, Sodium: 28mg, Potassium: 304mg, Fiber: 5g, Sugar: 24g, Vitamin A: 1556IU, Vitamin C: 45mg, Calcium: 61mg, Iron: 0.5mg
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
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