FRUIT-FILLED WATERMELON SHARK BOWL

WATERMELON SHARK BOWL WITH FRUIT SALAD RECIPE

INGREDIENT AND DIRECTIONS :

1 oval watermelon
1 large chef's knife
1 vegetable peeler
1 spoon or ice cream scoop
1 paring knife
1 large serving platter
3 toothpicks
1 fresh pineapple
3 large apples
2 large blueberries

Cut off 1/3 of the watermelon at a slight angle.
Stand the watermelon on the cut side, and slice out a wedge about 4 inches wide.

Save the wedge for making your fin.
Use a knife to score 2 lines across the watermelon, about 1 inch from each edge.

With a vegetable peeler, carefully remove the green peel from both 1-inch strips. Use a small paring knife to do any finer detailing to remove the peel.

Use your large knife to remove the fruit of the watermelon. Once you have most of it cut away from rind, turn the watermelon on its side, and use a spoon or ice cream scoop to remove the rest.

Then place the watermelon shark cut side down on your serving platter.Use a paring knife to cut triangle-shaped teeth into each strip of peeled rind.

Take the wedge you sliced out earlier, and cut a slanted triangle (the middle piece) to use as a fin.Hold the fin up to your shark head, and eyeball the curve you need to cut into the base of the fin.

Use 2 toothpicks to attach the fin to the shark.Break a toothpick in half, and use it to attach a blueberry on each side of the head for eyes.

Once you've chopped your pineapple, apples and the fruit from the watermelon, mix them together in a large bowl. If you're serving the fruit within 30 minutes, then you can dump the fruit into the shark's mouth immediately. If it will be longer, then drain the fruit salad in a colander first.