Fundamentals of plating Flashcards
A food that refers to presenting the item on a plate in a way that is tempting and appealing.
Plating
Requires chefs to think of their plate like the face of a clock
Clock method
A technique that adds dimension of height to culinary plating, forcing the diner’s eye to move upward.
Stacking method
Presentation of your sauce can ruin your plating appearance or enhance it depending on how the sauce is added.
Sauces
Popular technique for plating sauces
Swirling
Serve as an accent to peek up or highlight the color of the main dish.
Garnishes
Garnishes can not always be edible. True or False?
False. Garnishes SHOULD always be edible
Great for cutting vegetables
Apple cutter/corer
Standard pastry brushes work for most garnishing but for precise or delicate chore.
Brushes, specifically, a child’s small paint brush
Each of these helps you shape butter.
Butter curler, butter paddle, and candy mold
Used to form delicate butter curls
Curler
Used to make butter balls
Paddles
Also known as butter molds
Candy molds
A tool used to cut a thin strip of peel from citrus fruit
Citrus stripper
Used for piping designs and other cake decorating tasks.
Decorating bag