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Thanksgiving Turkey-Shaped Fruit Platter Appetizer Recipe
This hilarious Thanksgiving turkey is entirely made out of fruit! This delicious turkey fruit platter is your perfect Thanksgiving appetizer and quite a conversation piece!
Prep Time
15
minutes
mins
Total Time
15
minutes
mins
Course:
Appetizer
Cuisine:
American
Servings:
10
servings
Author:
MelanieCooks.com
Equipment
Large serving platter
Knife
Cutting Board
Measuring Cups
Small bowl
for lemon juice
Ingredients
1/2
pear
1/2
cup
grapes
1/2
cup
cantaloupe chunks
1
cup
blueberries
1 1/2
cup
strawberries
2
tangerines
2
apples
sliced
Juice from 1/2 lemon
2
chocolate chips or raisins
for the eyes
Instructions
Toss the apple slices in a lemon juice to keep them from browning.
Put half of a pear on the bottom of the large platter to make a turkey body as shown on the picture.
Put the grapes around the pear.
Put the cantaloupe chunks around the grapes.
Put the blueberries around the cantaloupe chunks.
Put the strawberries around the blueberries.
Put the tangerine slices around the strawberries.
Put the apple slices on top to make the top feathers.
With the knife, cut out the holes in a pear for the eyes and the nose.
Put the chocolate chips or raisins for the eyes.
Cut out the small triangle out of the cantaloupe chunk, and put it on the pear in place of a nose.
Put 2 tangerine slices on the bottom of the pear to make turkey legs.