It is paradoxical, but true - a beautifully decorated dish is much tastier than one served somehow. The ability and desire to decorate food is a sign that you are not indifferent to who and how will eat the prepared dishes. Without this skill, you can never make a real festive table. People have been decorating food since they learned how to cook it. Over time, decorating dishes has evolved into a real art with its own laws, tools and techniques.
It is necessary
- - sharp knives,
- - scissors,
- - a round spoon with sharp edges,
- - egg cutter,
- - peel knife,
- - recesses for removing the core of the fruit,
- - metal cookie cutters,
- - nozzles for a pastry syringe
- - brush.
Instructions
Step 1
Remember the basic rules for decorating dishes: the products used for decoration should be combined with the products from which the decorated dish is made. For example, beautifully chopped potatoes are perfect for decorating meat dishes, lemon - for decorating fish and seafood dishes.
Step 2
Do not overload the table with decorations: if the main course is already richly decorated, other dishes can be left in their natural form, especially since each dish on the festive table should look attractive and unadorned.
Step 3
Come up with a general plan for the arrangement of dishes and decorations on the table, pick up such dishes that do not overshadow, but emphasize the color and texture of the dishes.
Step 4
Choose contrasting color combinations to decorate. For green, take onions, leeks, parsley, cucumbers; for orange - carrots, orange zest, for red - tomatoes, beet juice.
Step 5
Cut the decorations carefully, use sharp knives, hollow out molds, and wipe down the edges of dishes before serving.
Step 6
Remember that jewelry is often made from raw foods that are not meant to be eaten. These are products such as potatoes, carrots, beets. They must retain the firmness and color that they have in their raw state so that flowers, spirals, etc. can be cut out of them.
Step 7
Use leek shoots, cucumber peels, mint, bay leaves, lettuce to make stems, leaves of artificial flowers. Figures made of watermelon, melon, orange look great and are easy to process.
