plating and garnishing food
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Plating and Garnishing Food. Eating with your Eyes. Tools. Chef Knife Paring Knife Peeler Melon Baller Cookie Cutters Apple Corer Egg Slicer Pastry Bag Molds Spiral Cutter Molding Wands. Tooth Picks Skewers Food colouring Carving Tools V-Shaped Cutter U-Shaped Cutter - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Plating and Garnishing Food
Eating with your Eyes
Tools
Chef KnifeChef Knife Paring KnifeParing Knife PeelerPeeler Melon BallerMelon Baller Cookie Cookie
CuttersCutters Apple CorerApple Corer Egg SlicerEgg Slicer Pastry BagPastry Bag MoldsMolds Spiral CutterSpiral Cutter Molding Molding
WandsWands
Tooth PicksTooth Picks SkewersSkewers Food Food
colouringcolouring Carving Carving
ToolsTools V-Shaped V-Shaped
CutterCutter U-Shaped U-Shaped
CutterCutter Specialty Specialty
Serving Serving wareware
MandolinMandolin ANYTHING...ANYTHING...
Plating for Effect
Plating for Effect
Designing your PlateDesigning your PlatePreparing an elegant Preparing an elegant plate can take precise plate can take precise planning. Design your planning. Design your plate on paper plate on paper beforehand, and discuss beforehand, and discuss the look you are aiming the look you are aiming to achieve. Draw to achieve. Draw pictures, make notes and pictures, make notes and work by trial and error to work by trial and error to blueprint your idea into blueprint your idea into perfection.perfection.
Plating for Effect
Plating for Effect
Plating for EffectServing WareServing Ware
Let the food be the Let the food be the focal point.focal point.
Serving pieces should Serving pieces should compliment the food.compliment the food.
Match the plate to Match the plate to the size, appearance, the size, appearance, colour and flavour of colour and flavour of the food.the food.
Keep the design Keep the design simple.simple.
Odd numbers of small Odd numbers of small items looks best.items looks best.
Plating for Effect
Food StructureFood Structure Make neat piles. Make neat piles.
Create a clock. Create a clock.
Keep it clean.Keep it clean.
Remember "BUFF" when plating: Balance, Unity, Focus and Flow
Plating for Effect
Plating for Effect
Plating for Effect
Plating for Effect
Garnishing for Effect
Garnishing for Effect
SaucesSauces Sauces are placed Sauces are placed
either under the food either under the food to highlight it, or on to highlight it, or on top to garnish it.top to garnish it.
Don’t hide the food.Don’t hide the food. Remember, sauces are Remember, sauces are
used to enhance the used to enhance the food – they are not the food – they are not the focus.focus.
Garnishing for Effect
Fruits & VegetablesFruits & Vegetables Produce can be arranged Produce can be arranged
into garnishes or as part into garnishes or as part of the main meal.of the main meal.
Choose ripe, bright Choose ripe, bright coloured, uniformly coloured, uniformly shaped and unblemished shaped and unblemished produce.produce.
Use the greens of the Use the greens of the produce for added effect.produce for added effect.
Use lettuce to display Use lettuce to display food.food.
Garnishing for Effect
Herbs and FlowersHerbs and Flowers Herbs add beauty, Herbs add beauty,
fragrance and a sense fragrance and a sense of freshness.of freshness.
Edible flower petals Edible flower petals can be used to garnish can be used to garnish small plates.small plates.
Flower blossoms can Flower blossoms can be used for larger be used for larger platters.platters.
Correlate the garnish Correlate the garnish with the flavours of the with the flavours of the dish.dish.
Garnishing for Effect
DessertsDesserts Any effect comes into Any effect comes into
play.play. Sauces can be used to Sauces can be used to
highlight the food.highlight the food. Chocolate decorations Chocolate decorations
can be created with a can be created with a pastry bag.pastry bag.
Fruit can be used as Fruit can be used as the focus or garnish.the focus or garnish.
Simplicity is the key!Simplicity is the key!
Garnishing for Effect
Garnishing for Effect
BeveragesBeverages Sugar or Salt rimsSugar or Salt rims KebabsKebabs Peel SpiralsPeel Spirals Fruit SlicesFruit Slices Ice techniquesIce techniques
Garnishing for Effect
CenterpiecesCenterpieces Watermelons and Watermelons and
other large fruits other large fruits and vegetables and vegetables can be created can be created into incredible into incredible center pieces and center pieces and displays.displays.
Garnishing for EffectGarnishing TipsGarnishing Tips
Don’t rush making garnishes – take your time.Don’t rush making garnishes – take your time. Use sharp knives and proper equipmentUse sharp knives and proper equipment Ice water preserves some garnishes for a few days.Ice water preserves some garnishes for a few days. Some garnishes require you to bend or curl Some garnishes require you to bend or curl
vegetables – soak slices in a salt water solution first.vegetables – soak slices in a salt water solution first. Lemon juice can remove the odour from onions and Lemon juice can remove the odour from onions and
stop an apple from going brown.stop an apple from going brown. Use toothpicks and wooden skewers to hold objects Use toothpicks and wooden skewers to hold objects
together.together. Use vegetables at room temperature because cold Use vegetables at room temperature because cold
vegetables tend to split and break apart.vegetables tend to split and break apart.
Final Thoughts
Be Creative and Be Creative and Innovative – anything Innovative – anything can be a garnishcan be a garnish
Let the food speak Let the food speak for itselffor itself
Follow the ‘KISS’ rule: Follow the ‘KISS’ rule: Keep It Simple Silly!Keep It Simple Silly!
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