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Watermelon Fruit Basket

Watermelon with various fresh fruit
Course Dessert, Side Dish
Cuisine American, BBQ
Keyword fruit, watermelon
Prep Time 20 minutes

Equipment

  • cutting board, large butcher knife, serrated edge knife for scalloping sides, tape for marking handle

Ingredients

  • 1 large watermelon
  • 1 qt strawberries
  • 1 pineapple
  • ½ lb green seedless grapes
  • 1 pint blueberries
  • 1 medium cantaloupe

Instructions

  • 1. Place watermelon width-wise on a flat surface.  Roll melon until it settles into a position where it remains stable or cut a thin slice from the bottom to provide stability.  As shown, use strips of masking tape to mark lines of handle and rim of the basket.

  • 2. With a pencil or with the point of your serrated knife, draw on the watermelon where you want the scalloped edge to be on the basket
  • 3.– Using a sharp knife, cut into the watermelon along the scalloped pencil lines.  Next, cut a large wedge from the area on both sides of the handle, leaving about an inch above the scalloped rim.  Remove wedge, inserting knife behind the scallops, cut straight down into the melon close to the rind, cutting deep enough to release top part of the rim.  Lift and discard.

  • 4. Remove masking tape.  Scoop out a watermelon from the rind.  , add your other fresh fruit combined with watermelon cut into one-inch cubes. You will also want to cube your pineapple and cantaloupe. I normally use some of the strawberries whole and some sliced.
    The finished look is really awesome.