preparing vegetables - julienne, dice, shred and slice

Preparing Vegetables

This slideshow includes different processes that can be used in order to prepare vegetables for dishes such as

soup, stir fry’s and pies.

Have you ingredients and utensils ready.

You will need a cook’s knife, vegetable peeler, plate and scrap bucket

Wash your vegetables!!

Q: Why do we do this?A: To remove any dirt or insects that may be still present on the vegetable

Julienne

To cut an ingredient, usually a vegetable into thin sticks. They resemble match sticks once cut. This process is usually used for vegetables.

Remove Top

Remove Tail

Peel

You should end up with approx. 2 to 3 pieces of carrot!!

Cut into 4cm length pieces.

Slice the carrot – watch

your fingers!

You should be cutting carrot into even sized pieces. They should look like match sticks.

You should be julienning the carrot one slice at a time! Once you have practiced you can try a couple of slices at one time! Careful your fingers don’t slip! You’ll lose one!

Voilà!

You have successfully julienned carrot!

Dice

To cut ingredient into small cubes. This technique is used for a variety of ingredients including vegetables and meats.

Peel

Cut into half!

Take care as potato’s are slippery to cut once they have been peeled!

Slice

potato

You are now cutting the potato into sticks

Now cut across so you create little cubes – which is also known as…….

DICE!!

Taadddaaaa!!!

Diced potato!!

Shred

To cut into long narrow strips. This process is used with leafy vegetables such as cabbage and lettuce.

Remove core

Cut in half!

Roll the leaves into a cigar shape!

Shred!

Shredded cabbage!!

It looks like ribbons!

Slice

To cut ingredients across the length of the ingredient. The ingredient will have flat sides and can be big or small depending on the size of the ingredient.

Remove top and root of onion!

Cut onion in half!

Peel

Slice onion by placing flat side down on to the chopping board! Slice the same way as you cut the root and top off the onion!

You have sliced

onion!!!!

Prepared Vegetables

Dice

Shred

Julienne

Slice