Carrots are a versatile product. It is included as the main ingredient in many dishes, it can be used in absolutely any form from raw to steamed. In addition, carrots are a great decoration in salads and aspic. But for each dish, carrots should be cut correctly and beautifully.
Instructions
Step 1
You can, of course, acquire such a useful unit in the household as a special universal grater for carrots or an ordinary vegetable cutter. However, true culinary experts prefer to show their skill by hand-slicing carrots in the most bizarre ways. So, take a sharpened knife with a stiff thin blade. Wash and peel the carrots.
Step 2
Chopping into strips is one of the most common ways to aesthetically chop carrots. Slice the carrots lengthwise into fairly thin slices. Then cut the stacked carrot slices diagonally, backing off only 2-3 mm. Take your time to make the straws even and neat. The shredder will result in long, thin strips, perfect for both salad and soup.
Step 3
For pilaf, carrots require a larger cut. In no case do not grate it, as it will lose its juiciness from the very first minutes of cooking. Suitable as half rings of carrots with a thickness of 3 mm, and large short straws also from 3-4 mm in thickness. Cutting should be done in the same way as for small strips. First, divide the carrots lengthwise, and then into strips and then into strips.
Step 4
For the Korean Carrot salad, the shredder should be very long. The transverse straw can be a bit short, so the slicing method is slightly different. First, cut the vegetable lengthwise into thin plates, then a stack of plates also lengthwise - not diagonally and not across - cut into even small and not large strips - 2-3 mm. After the carrots are cut according to all the "salad" rules, you can start preparing the "Korean dressing".
Step 5
Sometimes it is required to cut carrots into cubes, for example, for Fergana pilaf. This is done as follows: cut the carrots in half lengthwise. Cut in half lengthwise again. Then cut in half across several times. You will get small neat cubes.
Step 6
Beautiful flowers can be cut from boiled carrots. Cut the carrots into longitudinal plates 3 mm thick. Cut an isosceles triangle from the plate. Make a serrated incision on one side of the triangle. Lay four of these triangular blanks with the cloves outward. Here is a carrot flower.
Step 7
To cut an asterisk out of carrots, cut deep grooves along the length of the carrots, and then cut into 3 mm plates.
