When you're having a dinner party or other special event, you want to make the food you serve to look professionally and specially prepared. One way to accomplish this is to serve food with decorative and tasty garnishes. Decorative garnishes add color and appeal to everything from appetizers to main dishes and desserts. Simple dishes can even be transformed into edible works of art.
Instructions
Tomato Rose
1. Create a beautiful tomato rose garnish by slicing a ? inch spiral from the flesh and peel of the tomato.
2. Cut the tomato starting at the bottom end, working your way to the top. Continue to spiral all the way around.
3. Form the rose shape by rolling the strip into an edible flower.
4. Secure the base by using a toothpick.
Pickle Fans
5. Choose dill or sweet pickles.
6. Cut whole, small pickles into 1/4 inch slices, but leave them slightly attached to the base.
7. Lie each four of the blades of the fan down to create your pickle fan.
Chocolate Swirls
8. Place dessert or fruit on a shallow plate or bowl.
9. Place chocolate syrup, melted chocolate pieces or hot fudge into a pointed cake-decorator's bag.
10. Use the bag to push the chocolate out, drawing swirls, diagonal lines or other shapes on your plate and food item.
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