PUNTOITALY No29 - January 2022

BLOOMING FLOWERS A sophisticated and spectacular dish made with various types of fruit that all have one thing in common: brightly coloured pulp. A refreshing explosion of flavour that allows you to enjoy fruits that are rich in healthy vitamins, necessary to tackle the winter season. Alternative. The pink grapefruit carpaccio can be substituted with pineapple, winter melon or any other fruit that has an “elastic” pulp. Pink grapefruit is one of the citrus fruits that is a protagonist during the cold season. It is rich in vitamin C, and it is sweet and flavourful. It is especially decorative thanks to its varying shades of pink. Wash and dry the fruit. To obtain a vibrating effect, score the entire peel, going from the top to the bottom, with a melon baller of adequate size relative to the fruit. With a slicer, slice the fruit into equally thick parts (about 3 millimetres). The fruit should be sliced perpendicularly in relation to the natural wedges of the fruit. Fold the slices into two, then fold them again, and arrange them into a circle on a white plate. In the centre, place some cream-flavoured gelato. Pick out an orange and cut it into wedges and place only the rinds on the plate, recreating a delicate basket that will hold flowers and pieces of fruit. Select three grapes of various types, and with a paring knife angled towards the centre, make four incisions, creating what will be flower petals, then remove the central part of the grape by rotating it. Cut out a cube of melon and using a small knife, cut four petals starting from the peel, with a cut inclined towards the centre. Separate the two parts by twisting your hands, one in one direction and the other in the opposite one. Doing so you will obtain a flower, then add a currant to the centre. Following the same steps, you can create two watermelon flowers, in this case four edges will need to be cut. 59

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