Knife Cuts
Knives
Smallwares
Pots and Pans
Knives pt 2
100

This cut is used for leafy vegetables and herbs such as spinach and basil.

What is a chiffonade?

100

This small knife is used for trimming vegetables and fruit. 2-4 inches long. 

What is a paring knife? 

100

This tool is a flat piece of metal used to cut dough. 

What is a bench scraper? 

100

This pan has two pieces, one holds water underneath and is used for melting chocolate and gently heating foods. 

What is a double boiler? 

100

When sharpening a knife, you should keep the blade at what angle to the stone? 

What is 20 degrees? 

200

This is a flat square cut 1/2" square by 1/8" thick.

Paysanne

200

This is the most used knife with a curved cutting edge 8-12 inches long. Used for general chopping, slicing, and dicing. 

What is a Chef knife?

200

This tool is used to cut away tiny shreds of citrus fruit peels.

What is a zester?

200

This is a large vessel with two handles for cooking soups and stocks. 

What is a stockpot? 

200

This knife cut is a football shape with 7 equal sides. It's name means "to turn". 

What is a tourne? 

300

This cut is a thin matchstick 1/8"x1/8"x2"

What is a julienne?

300

This knife has teeth good for cutting through soft foods like bread. 

What is a serrated slicer? 

300

This tool is like a bowl with holes in it used to strain pasta and cooked vegetables.

What is a colander?

300

This pan is used to hold prepared food in a steam table or refrigerator. Sometimes we bake foods like lasagna in it.  

What is a hotel pan. 

300

To keep a knife blade sharp, cooks should use this tool to straighten the edge regularly. 

What is a honing steel? 

400

This cut is described as the smallest dice cut and is 1/8" cube

What is a brunoise?

400

This knife has grantons or indentations in the blade to keep food from sticking. It's used for general slicing and chopping. 

What is a santoku? 

400

This tool is used to cut grooves length-wise in a vegetable such as a cucumber or carrot.

What is a channel knife?

400

This pan has sloped sides to jump food. 

What is a saute pan? 

400

When carrying a knife through the kitchen you should always hold it this way.

What is pointing down and by your side? 

500

This cut is a cube 3/4"x3/4"x3/4"

What is a large dice? 

500

This knife is used for removing meat when butchering. 

What is a boning knife?

500

This is a cone-shaped strainer used for removing solids from liquids, like straining vegetables from a stock. 

What is a china cap? 

500

This pan is used for making soft cakes like cheesecake. It has removable sides. 

What is a springform pan? 

500

The part of the knife where the blade meets the handle is called. 

What is the bolster? 

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