What’s on the Knife Cuts poster
A 8-row table: Cut · Size · Used for.
Sizes are the classical French standards. Close is good enough at home; consistent matters more than exact.
- Brunoise — 3 mm cube — Garnish, fine soffritto
- Small dice — 6 mm cube — Soups, sauces
- Medium dice — 12 mm cube — Stews, roasting
- Large dice — 20 mm cube — Stocks, long braises
- Julienne — 3 × 3 × 50 mm — Stir-fry, salads
- Bâtonnet — 6 × 6 × 60 mm — Chips, crudités
- Chiffonade — Ribbons — Leafy herbs, greens
- Mince — As fine as possible — Garlic, ginger
Square the vegetable off first. You cannot cut an even cube from a round shape.
Questions about the Knife Cuts poster
- What’s on the Knife Cuts poster?
- A 8-row table: Cut · Size · Used for. Sizes are the classical French standards. Close is good enough at home; consistent matters more than exact. Brunoise — 3 mm cube — Garnish, fine soffritto; Small dice — 6 mm cube — Soups, sauces; Medium dice — 12 mm cube — Stews, roasting; Large dice — 20 mm cube — Stocks, long braises; Julienne — 3 × 3 × 50 mm — Stir-fry, salads; Bâtonnet — 6 × 6 × 60 mm — Chips, crudités; Chiffonade — Ribbons — Leafy herbs, greens; Mince — As fine as possible — Garlic, ginger. Square the vegetable off first. You cannot cut an even cube from a round shape.
- Who is the Knife Cuts poster for?
- Knife Cuts belongs to the Kitchen section rather than to a school year, because food is not something one grade owns. Anyone learning technique can pin it up — a beginner, a student mid-course, or someone revising years later.
- When should you use the Knife Cuts poster?
- Even pieces cook evenly. That is the entire reason these have names and dimensions. A wall chart earns its place by being glanceable from where the work is happening, so Knife Cuts belongs on the wall where that food work actually happens, within glancing distance, rather than filed away.
- What other posters go with Knife Cuts?
- Batch Cooking, Blanching and Braising sit alongside Knife Cuts in the Kitchen section. Printed together they make a wall rather than a single sheet, which is how a reference set actually gets used.Batch CookingBlanchingBraising
- Is the Knife Cuts poster free to download and print?
- Yes. Knife Cuts downloads as a free PDF with no account, no email and no watermark, like everything else in the Kitchen section. Print as many copies as you like for a home, a classroom, a library or a tutoring group; reselling the file is the only thing the licence rules out.Read the licence
- What size does the Knife Cuts poster print at?
- Knife Cuts is a vector PDF laid out for US Letter, and prints on A4 with Fit to page — the same file, no separate download. Because every mark on it is drawn rather than photographed, it stays sharp enlarged to A3, A2 or A1 at a copy shop. Colour carries emphasis only, so a greyscale print of Knife Cuts loses nothing.Printing guide
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