A Wedding Of Fruit And Meat

Fruit and meat are usually served separately. After all a combo of fruit can go before or after as a salad or dessert.Meat is usually served separately. However you can combine the two to create tasty dishes. After all sweet always enhances savory and vice versa. Best of all there are so many combinations that can be created.

Appetizers comprised of fruit and meats have been around forever. After all there is the famed prosciutto and melon.  This is a wonderful play of the earthy , sweet melon against the saltiness of cured pork. There is also that Fifties styled hors d'ouevre, bacon wrapped pineapple. This is the ultimate combo of fruit complementing meat. The ultra sweet pineapple brings out the smokiness  of  the bacon and it results in a tasty bite. Figs can also be paired with bacon as well. For a different twist you can make kabobs alternating ham and pineapple cubes.

Of course salads and main courses can combine the two . There's nothing quite so tasty as an Oriental chicken salad brimming with grilled chicken breasts and tangerine wedges. Hard to believe it's low calorie because it tastes so sinful. Meat can be added to the fruit filled Waldorf salad too. For this add in some cubed ham which will work perfectly with the other ingredients of apples and walnuts. Fruit can also accompany the main dish as well. For centuries the Germans have been pairing apples and pork, Both flavors play off each other and meld together to form one truly delicious taste. It also helps that the fruit juices help tenderize the meat and break down the enzymes for easy digestion. Poultry can also be paired or even glazed with fruit hence duck l'orange and lemon chicken.

Combining meat and fruit creates the perfect taste whether for an appetizer or main meal. Both serve as a foil to the other  They each bring out the other's true flavors ,creating s savory sweet treat.