This document describes various cuts used for vegetables in cooking. It provides definitions and examples for 14 different cuts ranging from brunoise (1-3 mm dice) to wedges (lengthwise cuts). The cuts include small, medium, and large dice as well as julienne, chiffonade, paysanne, rondelle, oblique, mincing, crushing, and rough cuts. Each cut is suited to specific preparations and uses in cooking.
This document describes various cuts used for vegetables in cooking. It provides definitions and examples for 14 different cuts ranging from brunoise (1-3 mm dice) to wedges (lengthwise cuts). The cuts include small, medium, and large dice as well as julienne, chiffonade, paysanne, rondelle, oblique, mincing, crushing, and rough cuts. Each cut is suited to specific preparations and uses in cooking.
This document describes various cuts used for vegetables in cooking. It provides definitions and examples for 14 different cuts ranging from brunoise (1-3 mm dice) to wedges (lengthwise cuts). The cuts include small, medium, and large dice as well as julienne, chiffonade, paysanne, rondelle, oblique, mincing, crushing, and rough cuts. Each cut is suited to specific preparations and uses in cooking.
This document describes various cuts used for vegetables in cooking. It provides definitions and examples for 14 different cuts ranging from brunoise (1-3 mm dice) to wedges (lengthwise cuts). The cuts include small, medium, and large dice as well as julienne, chiffonade, paysanne, rondelle, oblique, mincing, crushing, and rough cuts. Each cut is suited to specific preparations and uses in cooking.
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Brunoise Macédoine (Small Diced)
This is a very small diced This is diced cube 5 mm
cube, sized between 1-3 square. Root vegetables are mm square. Often used as suited to this cut, e.g. carrot, a garnish for consommé. turnip, swede Typical vegetables used are carrot, onion, turnip and celery Parmentier(Medium Carre (Large Dice) dice) This cut features cubes It is the same dice style with 6 even sides as to make doing just measuring approximately slightly larger around 1.5 ¾ inch (2 cm). cm Use: Salads, sautee Use: Salads, sautee preparation preparation, Julienne Baton Long thin match- Sticks of vegetables stick shaped pieces approximately 5 cm about 4 cm in long, 5 mm wide and 5 length.Vegetables mm thick. Used as an cut julienne are accompaniment. mostly used as garnish. Chiffonade Rough Cut Finely sliced or A mixture of roughly shredded green leafy chopped vegetables vegetables, usually which are used as the lettuce or spinach. flavour base for sauces Mostly used as a base or other dishes. Usually for serving food or as includes onion, celery a garnish and carrot. Paysanne Mincing Various thin shapes such The mincing technique as squares, triangles, is used where food circles or half rounds. In ingredients are finely order to cut divided into uniform economically, the shape pieces. Minced food is of the vegetable will normally smaller than dice or chopped. Mincing is decide which shape to choose. All are cut thinly, the ideal technique for aromatics, such as onion, about 1-2 mm thick. garlic, and ginger, it is used when a paste texture is required. Use: As herbs, Stuffing, Garnish Crushing Rondelle/Washer This technique is used to The term rondel means crush food such as round or circular, this ginger, garlic. technique is used to cut vegetables or fruits into a round shape. foods like cucumber, zucchini, carrots, cucumber, pineapples, strawberry are used. Wedges Oblique Round vegetables Just as in French, this cut equally knife cut is cutting lengthwise, this vegetables diagonally technique is used into obliques. on tomato, potato, lemon, cut into four or six pieces.