Knife Skills : In the Kitchen

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Edition: 1st
Format: Hardcover
Pub. Date: 2010-01-01
Publisher(s): Prentice Hall
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Summary

What the Book is AboutThe lightening pace and artistic ease of a professional chef preparing food in aworking kitchen can appear intriguing, and yet quite intimidating, to many of us.Increasingly popular culinary holidays and cookery schools in the UK, the US, and onthe Continent are waking up to the fact that people are curious about the knife skillsthey see celebrity chefs use on TV and now want to learn more, but many classes bookup too quickly and can have long waiting lists.This book provides an effective and authentic solution to the frustrations that aspiringchefs and cooks may feel. By making a wide variety of cutting techniques easy tounderstand and simple to follow, Knife Skills enables any enthusiast to learn lifelong skills at their own pace. A good understanding of how to chop, slice, dice, fillet, or bone raw ingredients will make all the difference to the way you prepare food, the speed at which you work, how evenly a dish cooks, and how good your food tastes. Good knife skills are fundamental to great cooking; Knife Skills is a practical yet personal masterclass in successful food preparation by three Michelin-starred chefs Charlie Trotter, Marcus Wareing, and Shaun Hill together with Lyn Hall from the renowned La Petite Cuisine School of Cooking.

Table of Contents

Prelims (5pp)
Knife Skills - Principlesp6-7
Introductionp. 8-49
Includes how knives are made, anatomy of a knife, choosing a knife, types of knives, other cutting implements, safety, sanitation, storage, how to sharpen knives
Knife Skills - Applicationp. 48-49
Vegetablesp. 50-97
Basic cuts
Safe cutting, julienne and batons, dicing, decorative cuts Onion family
Dicing onions, cutting leeks into julienne, chopping garlic Root vegetables
Includes potatoes cut into classic French fry, Pommes allumettes, Pommes pailles, and using a mandolin for game chips Leafy greens
Chiffonade cut, trimming and slicing hearty greens Cabbage family
Coring and shredding cabbage, preparing broccoli, preparing cauliflower Squash family
Halving, seeding and peeling winter squash Pods and seeds
Includes preparing corn, preparing a medley of vegetables for stir-frying Fruiting vegetables
Includes halving and pitting an avocado; cutting peppers; preparing chillies; peeling, seeding and chopping tomatoes Shoots and stalks family
Trimming globe artichokes, preparing artichoke bottoms, preparing asparagus, peeling strings off celery Herbs
Coarsely chopping herbs, finely chopping herbs, chopping chives, using a mezzaluna Spices
Bruising lemon-grass, grating ginger, grating nutmeg, cleaning vanilla pods
Fish and Shellfishp. 98-137
Round fish
Includes gutting, scaling and trimming, boning, filleting, skinning a fillet, cutting cutlets
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