Fresh fruit centerpieces. Do it yourself, and save a ton of money. Perfect for any summer event!
Vanilla Dip:
(Per bowl or scooped out pinapple)
1 pint sour cream
1/2 cup white sugar
3 tablespoons pure vanilla
Mix, tast to add more sugar or vanilla, and chill for at least one hour.
Variations:
Add to above mixture IN PLACE OF the vanilla flavoring:
3 tablespoons unsweetened pineapple juice
1 tablespoon grated orange zest (make sure not to get any of the white part)
2 tablespoon lemon juice
Another Variation:
Add shreaded coconut or slivered toasted almonds to taste
CENTERPIECE: Mix it up, and arrange as how you see in the photo, or add flowers, or ? Use your imagination!
Pinapple, strawberries, oranges, grapefruit, lemon, kiwi, limes, mango, white and red grapes.
ALSO NEEDED:
8 Styrofoam rounds (four 10 inches x 1 inch, four 6 inches x 1 inch)
2 wooden dowels (one 8 inches x 1/4 inch, one 4-1/2 inches x 1/4 inch)
Floral metal greening pins
Directions
In a small bowl, combine the first six ingredients. Stir in coconut. Chill until serving.
Cut off pineapple top with a fourth of the pineapple attached; set aside. For dip bowl, cut a third from bottom of pineapple; remove fruit, leaving a 1/2-in. shell. Remove peel from center section of pineapple; core and cut pineapple into chunks.
Cut the grapefruit, orange and lemon in half widthwise. Remove pulp from one half of each; set aside. (Save the remaining grapefruit, orange and lemon halves for another use.)
Stack two 10-in. Styrofoam rounds and two 6-in. rounds; cover each stack with heavy-duty foil. Repeat with remaining rounds. On a 19-in. x 15-in. platter, pile the stacks on top of each other, staggering them and anchoring with dowels.
Place pineapple top on the top circle; position lemon, limes, orange and grapefruit cups on other circles. Place pineapple bowl on platter.
With greening pins, attach clusters of grapes onto circles. Randomly add strawberries, pineapple chunks and more grapes to cover the foil and platter. Decorate with flowers.
Just before serving, fill pineapple bowl with dip.
