Halloween clementine pumpkins

Name: Halloween clementine pumpkins
Prep time: 44 min
Total time: 44 min
Yield: 12 Servings
Cuisine: International
Ingredients: 12 pcs Small fresh seedless clementines, unwaxed and without post-harvest coatings; 1 pc Fresh tender celery stalk with fresh leaves

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Preparation time44 min

Total time44 min

DifficultyEasy

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Step 1Wash your hands and prepare a clean chopping board and small knife.
Step 2Rinse 4 pcs whole clementines under running water and dry them; discard damaged, mouldy or rotten fruit and use no soap.
Step 3Rinse 0.33 pcs tender celery stalk and its fresh leaves under running water and dry thoroughly.
Step 4Carefully peel each clementine from the top, keeping all segments joined as a whole fruit.
Step 5Gently remove loose thick white strings, leaving the thin membranes and natural opening at the top intact.
Step 6Cut the celery with the small knife into stems about 2.5 cm long and 6.3 mm thick, one per clementine.
Step 7Reserve one small celery leaf with its short leaf stalk for each fruit.
Step 8Gently insert one celery stem and one leaf into each natural top opening; keep the fruit whole and use no toothpicks or skewers.
💡 Kitchen tip
Keep the fruit whole while peeling away the extra white pith. Prepare one short celery stem and one small celery leaf per clementine, then insert them gently into the natural top opening.
Step 9Arrange on a platter and serve one fruit pumpkin per serving; if made ahead, cover and refrigerate at 4 °C or below for up to 24 hours, limiting room-temperature time to 2 hours or 1 hour above 32 °C; celery and its leaves are allergens.

About this recipe

Clementine pumpkins are a playful Halloween fruit snack made by giving peeled citrus a small green vegetable stem. Their natural orange colour and rounded segments suggest a pumpkin without food colouring or icing. The idea appears on many international party platters, but a single inventor is not established. This version uses only fresh seedless clementines and tender celery stalk with fresh leaves. Sweet, juicy fruit contrasts with a small crisp, gently savoury stem. Easy-peel fruit is preferable because the segments need to stay joined; thick loose pith can be removed without tearing the delicate membranes. No cooking or chilling is required before serving. If made ahead, the peeled fruit needs a close-fitting cover and refrigeration so it does not dry out. There is no actual pumpkin or added sugar in the recipe, although the fruit contains its own sugars.

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Vegan

Vegetarian

Gluten-free

Lactose-free