I have been making this since the 80s for those special occasions.
A watermelon basket is perfect for any sort of get to together. Sure, a big bowl of fruit salad looks great, but stick it in a watermelon basket and people flock to it. I’m talking BBQs, dinner parties, christmas ect

What do you need to make a watermelon basket?​

• Sharp Knife
• Melon Baller – to scoop out the flesh into balls.
• 2 Elastic Bands – to help guide the carving.

Ingredients

1 whole watermelon

• 1 small or 1/2 of a Pineapple cut into bite size pieces
• 3 Kiwi fruit sliced, I also halve one or two
• 1 cup Strawberries halved, quartered
• Blueberries left whole
• 4 Passion Fruit scooped out plus leave 1 or 2 whole
• Inside of watermelon made into balls you will only use 1/2 of the Melon ( see below

Preparing Watermelon Basket

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• Grab your Watermelon and wrap two elastic bands around it, one horizontal and one vertical, both crossing directly in the centre
• Carefully slice approx 1/2" either side of the top elastic band to form the handle. Slice directly along the middle elastic band and remove both of the chunks.
• Slice away the flesh from underneath the handle, then use a melon baller to remove the flesh from the watermelon

Instructions:​

• In a large mixing bowl combine all the fruit minus the half passionfruit/kiwi fruit. Place in the fridge to chill.

• Combine watermelon balls in a bowl with your prepared fruit, pour back into the watermelon and garnish with fresh mint optional. Add the passionfruit and kiwi fruit halves in top of fruit abd decorate with a couole of mint leaves then serve up and enjoy!

Notes

You will have 1/2 the watermelon Melon left I will often make watermelon juice with leftovers

 

[Littleboy8]

I have been making this since the 80s for those special occasions.
A watermelon basket is perfect for any sort of get to together. Sure, a big bowl of fruit salad looks great, but stick it in a watermelon basket and people flock to it. I’m talking BBQs, dinner parties, christmas ect

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What do you need to make a watermelon basket?​

• Sharp Knife
• Melon Baller – to scoop out the flesh into balls.
• 2 Elastic Bands – to help guide the carving.

Ingredients

1 whole watermelon

• 1 small or 1/2 of a Pineapple cut into bite size pieces
• 3 Kiwi fruit sliced, I also halve one or two
• 1 cup Strawberries halved, quartered
• Blueberries left whole
• 4 Passion Fruit scooped out plus leave 1 or 2 whole
• Inside of watermelon made into balls you will only use 1/2 of the Melon ( see below

Preparing Watermelon Basket

​

• Grab your Watermelon and wrap two elastic bands around it, one horizontal and one vertical, both crossing directly in the centre
• Carefully slice approx 1/2" either side of the top elastic band to form the handle. Slice directly along the middle elastic band and remove both of the chunks.
• Slice away the flesh from underneath the handle, then use a melon baller to remove the flesh from the watermelon

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Instructions:​

• In a large mixing bowl combine all the fruit minus the half passionfruit/kiwi fruit. Place in the fridge to chill.

• Combine watermelon balls in a bowl with your prepared fruit, pour back into the watermelon and garnish with fresh mint optional. Add the passionfruit and kiwi fruit halves in top of fruit abd decorate with a couole of mint leaves then serve up and enjoy!

Notes

You will have 1/2 the watermelon Melon left I will often make watermelon juice with leftovers

You must have cheap fruit in Sydney as there’s no way I can afford to do that in Melbourne but it looks yum.

 

[Suzanne rose]

You must have cheap fruit in Sydney as there’s no way I can afford to do that in Melbourne but it looks yum.

You can do it with cheaper fruit, even just watermelon.

It would cost me atm in Sydney around $25 to make it, with exact fruit I mentioned
I'm making one to take to my sons Xmas night.

I sometimes cut a zig Zag pattern around the edge