Having Fun With Coconut For Food Photography
There is no reason not to use fresh coconut as a food ingredient or as a decoration in serving food. I am very lucky to have been born and grew up in a tropical country that is full of various types of coconut.
This time I will share with you how I use coconut as a dessert decoration as well as to beautify the results of food photography.
Old Coconut
To decorate this dessert, I used an Old Coconut which has a hard shell and hard flesh inside.
It takes hard work to be able to open a coconut manually. It's worth it because I've always loved creations involving coconut.
In the past, I have shared videos on how to peel and split coconut. You can watch it on Youtube at the link below:
After peeled and split, then I pick the flesh out of the shell, then cut it into pieces according to the shape that I needed.
Arrange Desserts on Coconut Pieces
Don't forget to clean the coconut with water. The coconut splitting process and coconut gouging make the coconut flesh soiled with coarse coconut shell powder.
Arrange the pieces of coconut on a serving plate or other photo properties.
Then, add the previously prepared desserts. Here, I used avocado with bread pudding desserts. These desserts are served cold, stored in the refrigerator before serving.
Colored Coconut Chips
Colored Coconut Chips are our traditional snack which is sweet and served dry. It's like candy.
Here, I colored the coconut chips blue, but without sugar as an embellishment detail for the overall appearance of the desserts. I chose blue because I have blue pea tea in the kitchen, so it's more practical and is a natural dye.
After preparing the colored coconut, carefully pin the coconut pieces on the pieces of desserts.
Can be pinned on the side or on the top of the dessert. However, it must be adjusted to the balance of the composition of the dessert pieces. Use slices of coconut that are not too big nor too small.
A Sprinkle of Magic
I always refer to the final stage of decorating desserts as “a sprinkle of magic or sometimes a touch of magic”. We can use cookies/bread crumbs or other materials with crumb textures.
I used sweet cookie crumbs as the final topping for this dessert. Luckily, the color of the sweet cookie crumbs is the same as the base color of this avocado dessert.
I love to see what sweet cookie crumbs do to desserts as a whole. It seemed to come alive on a serving plate.
What do you think of my creation this time? Don't forget to share your opinion in the comments column and I will be very happy to read it.
Stay on my blog to stay tuned for the full Avocado with Bread Pudding Desserts Recipe. Have a great weekend!
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All Images Were Taken With iPhone 11.
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Anggrek Lestari
Anggrek Lestari is an Indonesian fiction writer who has published two major books. Now She is a full-time content creator. She has a goal to share life, poem, food content that makes others happy and can get inspiration.
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Looking awesome!
Too bad we don't have this kind of exotic fruit where I come from :)
You can try them if you go to Asian again :)
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these look so cool and creative young coconuts are my favourite.
Coconut always be my fav too :)
Yum yum...that looks so good.
Every time I am awed by how talented you are in photography (and in decorating!)
Wonderful post! I wish I could taste it too!
Thank you so much dear @katerinaramm 😘
Great idea! Photos are awesome as always! Thanks for sharing 🌸
Thanks :)
This is looking good, hope it yummy yummy
:) thank you
You're almost welcome! Looking for more yummy foods
Wow nice food photography. It looks like delicious. But I don't like coconut very much..
Thanks for stopping by even you didn't like coconut very much :)
Assalamualaikum
I really like your posts and photos, sis, greetings from aceh
Walaikum salam.
Thanks for stopping by
Thank you again, sis
I need knowledge from mbak
Wow.. To good Your Photography. And looking awesome.
Thanks Sis :)
Oh wow, this is an epic photography. I like the idea of coloring the chip blue. You are so talented with all your presentations! Cheers!
I am very curious how to prepare the avocado dessert, here it is avocado season right now. i love it.
how are you dear friend @anggreklestari good afternoon
The work you do presenting the dishes is great, you are very creative when making the combinations of the different ingredients.
Thank you very much for showing us this presentation
I take this opportunity to spend a splendid afternoon
As a coconut lover, I obviously share this list, super photos, I followed you also some times ago, now your photos are way much better so cool! Good job
So many desserts can be made with coconut and each one is equally delicious. Your photos are amazing! They look like a work of art, it's a shame to damage it to eat it. ;-))
Mostly yeah Im using coconut milk for my desserts and dishes
thank you so much for stopping by 😊🌸
A very common ingredient made into a fabulous dish..amazing
fotonya bagus terus.
Para mi el coco el algo muy rico y muy natural. Todo lo que ofrece es muy rico. Tanto su agua como su pulpa. Se puede preparar en muchas cosas y utilizar para decorar también. Se ve excelente su presentación. Me ha gustado.
This is very nice and well explained, the photos were beautiful, and surely the desserts were delicious too. Greetings.
Awesome food photography and the presentation is perfect! @anggreklestari
They remind me of little boats with a blue sail on top!🥥⛵🥥
I just know these taste delicious too.
Looking forward to seeing your post with the recipe for the Avocado with Bread Pudding Desserts!
Have a wonderful day/night!
I'm happy you read my post. Have a wonderful day for you!
Thank you very much, Lovely!💋