What is the art of fencing?

Knife worker: it is the operation process of processing cooking raw materials or food into a certain shape by using various knife conveying methods according to the requirements of cooking or eating. Knife technology has an important influence on the color, aroma, taste, shape and hygiene of dishes.

Knife method: refers to the specific knife transportation method of cutting raw materials. Knife methods are divided into: flat knife method, oblique knife method, straight knife method, planer knife method and other knife methods. Taking the straight knife method as an example, it is required that the blade should be at right angles to the cutting board or the contact surface with raw materials, and the blade should cut vertically to the raw materials and from top to bottom.

Extended data:

Knife worker's requirements

First, it must be uniform in thickness and equal in length. Silk, strips and segments must meet this requirement in order to make delicious dishes. If the thickness is different and uneven, it will inevitably affect the inconsistency between taste and raw and cooked degree.

Second, it must be fresh and tidy, and can't stick to each other. In the knife cutting operation, no matter between strips, between silk and between blocks, except for the necessary special knife cutting method, they must be completely separated and cannot be connected together, which seems to be broken but not broken, and adheres to each other, which affects the quality of dishes.

Third, it must conform to the cooking method and temperature. When replacing raw materials with knives, we should first pay attention to the cooking methods used in dishes. For example, both frying and frying methods use quick fire, which is quick to operate and short in time, and must be cut thin or thin. Stew, stew, stew and other cooking methods, cooking time is less, time is long, soup is more, it is appropriate to cut the raw materials into larger segments or pieces.

Fourth, we must master the performance of raw materials. When changing knives, we should adopt different methods on the basis of understanding the old and tender textures and lines. Generally, the old ones are cut with top grain, and the young ones are cut with twill track.

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