The art of fruit cutting

Anyone can cut fruit for a salad, but not everyone has the gift of artistic cutting. But practice is everything! With a little practice, you might be able to skillfully cut fruit for any dish.

Cutting with a knife

A knife is the most common tool for processing fruit. You can buy a special fruit knife with a pointed tip and a comfortable handle. Various patterns can be carved into fruit, similar to wood carving, and by making small cuts in the peel and carefully separating it from the pulp, you can create unusual designs.


Vegetable peeler

Using a vegetable peeler, you can trim long, curly strips of peel or pulp from fruit. These curls can be placed around other fruits when serving, or cut into shorter lengths for decorative purposes, such as arranging the grass in an Easter basket.


Cookie cutters

You can use cookie cutters to cut fruit into a variety of shapes. This doesn't require any prior cooking or fruit handling skills. To use cookie cutters, you first need to cut the fruit into even, flat pieces. Watermelon, cantaloupe, pineapple, and apple are especially easy to cut with cookie cutters.



Melon ball cutter

You can't achieve semi-circular fruit pieces with any spherical molds, unless you use a special melon ball cutter. These pieces can be cut for both salads and fruit bowls. Cutting melon balls is much easier than using a knife or vegetable peeler. Melon ball cutters come in different sizes and can also be used to create a variety of interesting fruit arrangements.