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Garnishes

Learn about garnishes, tools, and techniques to elevate your meals' visual appeal and taste. Discover how to create stunning garnishes that complement your dishes perfectly.

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Garnishes

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  1. Garnishes Foods II Obj. 4.02

  2. Garnishes—What are they? • “Garnir” • French meaning to decorate or furnish • To use food as an attractive decoration • Increase nutritional value and visual aid • Refer to Figure 18-4 • Should complement the flavors and textures of meal • Ex: mushrooms, cucumbers, scallions, pickles, and radishes

  3. What is the Garnish?

  4. What is the Garnish?

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  10. What is the Garnish?

  11. Garnishing Tools • Can use everyday utensils • For elaborate garnishes use garnishing tools • Veggie peeler • Butter cutter • Zester • Melon baller • Tournee knife • Channel knife

  12. Garnishing Tools • Veggie Peeler • Shave skin from fruits and veggies used to make decorative carrot curls and chocolate curls

  13. Garnishing Tools • Butter Cutter • Used to make a range of garnishes from curls to grooves

  14. Garnishing Tools • Zester • Remove small strips of citrus peel, carrots, and radishes

  15. Garnishing Tools • Melon Baller or Parisians Scoop • Used to scoop out balls of cheese, potatoes, butter, or melons

  16. Garnishing Tools • Tournee knife • Used to make tournee cut on potatoes, carrots, etc.

  17. Garnishing Tools • Channel Knife • Used to pare strips of peel from citrus fruits and thin grooves from carrots, cucumbers, and mushrooms

  18. Garnishing Tools • Decorating Spatula • Used to create attractive designs in soft foods such as cream cheese, butter, frosting, etc.

  19. Garnishing Tools • Paring Knife • Used to carve fruits and veggies • Intricate work

  20. Garnishing Tools • Fluting Knife • Triangular blade • Used for v-cut detail work

  21. Garnishes • Should be an intricate part of the dish. • What would not be a good garnish to use? Why? • Put your own answer in the blank! • A garnish is meant to draw attention to the food, not overwhelm or detract from it.

  22. Guidelines for Garnishes • Function • Used to create a visual impression and also add a taste experience • Flavor • Should taste fresh and complement the taste of the item • Color/Visual Appeal • p. 318 Intro to Culinary Arts chart • Should be visually attractive • Add a different color to the main theme

  23. Guidelines for Garnishes • Textural Appeal • Add a different texture than the dish or presentation • Appropriate Size • Keep scale in mind • Too small—will look lost on plate • Too large—compete with the food for focus

  24. Guidelines for Garnishes • Special Effects • Fanning cuts • Sequencing • Julienne • Spiral cuts • Crinkle cuts • Rosettes • Curls • Molds

  25. What Tool Is This?

  26. What Tool Makes This Garnish?

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