Has anyone tried a layered fruit salad in a Trifle Bowl?

[ChefMoore]

I was wondering if anyone has ever tried to do a layered fruit salad in the Trifle Bowl. I would like to try this for my office Christmas Party and was looking for any pointers from others. Thanks!

 

[kspry]

I used fruit in the trifle bowl at a summer party. It wasn't fruit salad, though - it was just fruit.

I sectioned it off vertically by using some cardboard pieces as dividers. Then when the fruit was in, I pulled the cardboard dividers out.

Anyway, it looked real pretty.

 

[pkd09]

Do it all the time, in fact my host did it on Saturday at a brunch. Sometimes we layer each fruit individually and then sometimes we just dump it all mixed together. There have also been times I have layered it with yogurt.

 

[ChefMoore]

When you layer the fruit, how many different fruits and what types of fruits do you use? Do you have a recipe?

 

[chefann]

I've layered melon (cantaloupe), pineapple and strawberries. No recipe - just cut up fresh fruit. Yum!

 

[CookingwithMary]

If I have strawberries, I slice a few large ones and place the slices against the glass, "For pretty". Same with star fruit (Carambula) when it is in season. Star shaped slices against the glass.Canned mandarin oranges are a nice addition, but rinse them. The liquid in the can does not taste nice.Fresh fruit is always welcome and popular.

 

[ChefMoore]

I used fruit in the trifle bowl at a summer party. It wasn't fruit salad, though - it was just fruit.

I sectioned it off vertically by using some cardboard pieces as dividers. Then when the fruit was in, I pulled the cardboard dividers out.

Anyway, it looked real pretty.

This sounds nice...how many dividers did you use??

 

[kspry]

Three, in a Y shape looking down at the trifle bowl.
It had grapes, strawberries and I forget the 3rd fruit.

You could do 4 in an X shape, too, if you have 4 fruits.
Alternating green grapes and strawberries (if you can find decent strawberries this time of year) might look vaguely Christmassy.

My host & I thought that it would be better the vertical way, so people wouldn't have to go through layers of grapes to get to the strawberries, for instance.