Papaya Boat Fruit Salad Recipe
Learning how to cut a papaya is easy, and you should never be too intimidated to cut into a fruit you love, or have never tried. Papayas are beautiful, delicious and nutritious.
Servings: 1
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Equipment
Ingredients
- 1 small Papaya (a Strawberry Papaya, for example)
- ½ cup fresh berries or other fruit cut into bite-sized pieces (washed and dried)
Instructions
- Cut about ½ to 1 inch off each end of the fruit, to make a base. Then stand it one one of the bases to easily slice through the middle of the Papaya, lengthwise.
- Use a spoon to gently remove the seeds. (They're edible, so save them if you like their peppery crunch to add to a salad.)
- Place the papaya, round side up, on a clean, dry surface to remove the skin. You can do this with a vegetable peeler. OR, stand the fruit on one of its bases again, and use a Chef's knife to cut just between the skin and the flesh, moving the knife downwards and following the curve of the fruit.
- Now, with the skin and seeds removed, keep the half whole and use it as a "bowl" the fruits. Alternately, you can cut the papaya into slices, large or small dice, etc. and add other fruits to it.