Knife Knife for Fruit Platter

In the production of fruit platters, in the aspect of knife work, it should be based on the principle of being simple and easy to produce.

(1) Assortment of commonly used knife methods

1. Peeling: Using a knife to cut away the outer skin of the raw material, generally refers to the inedible part. Most skins that are edible after peeling are not peeled. Some fruits that are peeled and exposed to the air will quickly become brown or red. Therefore, after peeling, they should be quickly immersed in lemonade to protect the color.

2. Horizontal knife: The knife is applied in the direction perpendicular to the natural grain growth of the raw material. Can cut, slice one.

3. Vertical knife: The knife is applied in the same direction as the natural grain growth of the raw material. Can cut, slice.

4. Oblique knife: The knife is applied in the direction of the angle between the knife and the natural grain growth of the raw material. Can cut slices.

5. Peel: Peel off the inedible part with a knife, such as orange, orange and so on.

6. Serrated knife: Use a cutter to cut a knife on the raw material, and then a knife is used for the oblique knife. The direction of the two pairs of knife edges forms an included angle, and the knife edges intersect in pairs to make the part at the intersection of the knife blades separate from each other to form a zigzag shape.

7. Spoon digging: Dig a watermelon spoon into a ball shape. Used for melons.

8 agent or digging: use a knife to dig out parts of the fruit that cannot be eaten if the nucleolus etc.

(b) The following principles should be observed in fruit processing:

1. Regardless of the method used, the thickness and size of the fruit should be suitable for direct consumption.

2. The raw materials for processing fruit should be clearly identifiable.

(3) Examples of commonly used knife methods for various fruits

1. Citrus: Citrus in this category can be epidermised with epidermis, that is, the epidermis is properly separated from the meat, and then the epidermis is processed into a basket or pod-like container, which contains brightly colored round fruits, such as orange petals, Grapes, etc., taken out of the flesh can be used for decorative trim. Or most of them are processed into thin wafers or semicircles, and laces are made by stacking, penduluming, stringing and other methods.

2. Melons: Watermelon and cantaloupe are plump and have a certain degree of toughness. They can be processed into spherical, triangular, rectangular and other geometric shapes. The shapes can be varied, and different shapes can be used for regular art work, which is both convenient and artistic. In addition, the use of melon skin and meat color is different, there is a distinctive contrast this feature, the melon meat hollow, carved in the outer skin of the simple plane of the line, the whole body of the melon was made into a quail, disk, basket Or underlay, the effect is better. This kind of fruit needs to have a food sign.