Fruit Carving Introduction - Fruit and Vegetable carving Books and Tools
Before Carving - Carving tools - Selecting fruits and vegetables for carving
Specific preparations and treatment - Storing carved fruits and vegetables
How to Carve fruit and vegetables

Apple Leaf
Material: two red or green apples
Equipment: sharp-pointed knife, carving knife

Instructions

1.  Wash the apples.
    

2. Cut a wedge-shaped slice as in the picture.
    

3. Trim away any of the core, leaving the flesh and the skin.
    

4. With the carving knife, cut the slice to the shape of a leaf.
    

5. With the tip of the knife, make curving grooves in the skin to represent the veins of the leaf. Work from the base of the leaf to the tip.
    

6. Cut notches along the edges of the leaf.