Christmas Tree Relish Tray
- 1 bunch Celery
- 4 whole Peeled Baby Carrots
- 1/4 whole Green Bell Pepper
- 8 whole Red Teardrop Or Cherry Tomatoes
- 8 whole Yellow Cherry Tomatoes
- 2 whole Crimini Mushrooms
- 3 whole Thick Slices Of Cucumber (skin On)
- 5 whole Black Olives
- 3 whole Large Green Olives
- 1 whole Radish
- Cut the celery into sticks (various sizes are fine).
- On a large flat plate, lay out about 8 celery sticks in the shape of the tree top. Make sure to leave enough room for the tree top decoration.
- Continue to lay the celery sticks on the plate to form the entire tree.
- Then fill in the tree with the remaining celery sticks.
- Lay out the celery so some have the light colored sides up and others have the dark sides up.
- Cut the carrots in quarters lengthwise.
- To make the carrot garland, lay out the carrots about 2 inches from the bottom of the tree in a zigzag direction.
- The bottom string of carrot garland should take about 6 pieces of the cut carrots.
- Next, about two inches above the first string of carrot garland, lay out about 4 pieces of carrots in a zigzag shape to form the second string of garland.
- Then about two inches above the second string of carrot garland, repeat to make the third string of garland up towards the top of the tree.
- Cut the tomatoes in half width-wise.
- Then add the cut tomatoes smooth side up to make ornaments (if you have enough tomatoes, an option is to use the non-stem half only which looks prettier as an ornament).
- Next, cut a quarter piece off of a whole green bell pepper and cut about 12 very thin pieces that are about 3 inches long.
- Lay out 4 rows of the thin pieces of bell pepper in between each strand of carrot garland to make the bell pepper garland.
- Then lay the whole yellow cherry tomatoes on the tree as ornaments.
- Next, cut the mushrooms in quarters. Then add 6 of the cut pieces to the bottom of the tree to form the trunk.
- Cut the cucumber slices about an inch thick (with the skin on). Then cut each slice into quarters to form 4 triangles. Lay out the triangular pieces of cucumber on the tree as ornaments.
- Then cut the green olives into about 1/2 inch thick slices and lay them on to the tree as ornaments.
- Next, cut the black olives in half lengthwise and lay them cut side down on to the tree as ornaments.
- Lastly, make a rosette out of the radish and use it to top the tree.
- Serve with your favorite dipping sauce.
celery, carrots, ubc, red teardrop, tomatoes, crimini mushrooms, cucumber, black olives, green olives, radish
Taken from tastykitchen.com/recipes/holidays/christmas-tree-relish-tray/ (may not work)