List of culinary knife cuts#Strip cuts
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There are a number of regular knife cuts that are used in many recipes, each producing a standardized cut piece of food. The two basic shapes are the strip and the cube.
Strip cuts
- Pont-neuf; used for fried potatoes ("thick cut" or "steak cut" chips), pont-neuf measures from {{convert|1/3|×|1/3|×|2+1/2|in|cm|0}} to {{convert|3/4|×|3/4|×|3|in|cm|0}}{{cite web |url=https://www.cooksinfo.com/pont-neuf-potatoes |title=Pont Neuf Potatoes |author= |website=Cooks Info |access-date=8 November 2018}}{{cite web |url=https://foodschool.ca/assignments/knife-cut-images/ |title=Knife Cut Images |author= |website=The Food School |date=March 2011 |access-date=8 November 2018}}
- {{anchor|Batonnet}}Batonnet; French for "little stick", the batonnet measures approximately {{convert|1/4|×|1/4|×|2|-|2+1/2|in|cm|sigfig=1}}. It is also the starting point for the small dice.
- Julienne; referred to as the allumette (or matchstick) when used on potatoes, the julienne measures approximately {{convert|1/8|×|1/8|×|1|-|2|in|cm|sigfig=1}}. It is also the starting point for the brunoise cut.
- Fine julienne; measures approximately {{convert|1/16|×|1/16|×|1|–|2|in|cm|sigfig=1}}, and is the starting point for the fine brunoise cut.
- Chiffonade; rolling leafy greens and slicing the roll in sections from 4–10mm in width
Cube cuts
Cuts with six even sides include:
- Large dice; (or "Carré" meaning "square" in French); sides measuring approximately {{convert|3/4|in|mm|sigfig=1}}
- Medium dice; (Parmentier); sides measuring approximately {{convert|1/2|in|mm}}
- Small dice; (Macédoine); sides measuring approximately {{convert|5|mm|in|frac=4|order=flip}}
- Brunoise; sides measuring approximately {{convert|1/8|in|mm|0}}
- Fine brunoise; sides measuring approximately {{convert|1/16|in|mm|0}}
Other cuts
- Paysanne; {{convert|1/2|×|1/2|×|1/8|in|mm|sigfig=1}}
- Lozenge; diamond shape, {{convert|1/2|×|1/2|×|1/8|in|mm|sigfig=1}}
- Fermière; cut lengthwise and then sliced to desired thickness {{convert|1/8|-|1/2|in|mm|sigfig=1}}
- Rondelle; cylindrical vegetables cut to discs of desired thickness {{convert|1/8|-|1/2|in|mm|sigfig=1}}
- Oblique; triangle-shaped cuts made by rolling cylindrical items 180° in between bias cuts
- Tourné; {{convert|2|in|mm|sigfig=1}} long with seven faces usually with a bulge in the center portion
- Mirepoix; {{convert|5|–|7|mm|in|frac=16|order=flip}}
- Rough Cut; chopped more or less randomly resulting in a variety of sizes and shapes
- Mincing; very finely divided into uniform pieces
- Wedges; round vegetables cut equally radially, used on tomato, potato, lemon, cut into four or six pieces or more
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- Tanzaku-kiri; sliced into thin rectangular strips.
- Wa-giri; round cut, cut into round slices.
- Hangetsu-giri; half-moon cut, cut into round slices which are cut in half.
- Naname-giri ; diagonal cut, cut at a 45-degree angle to make oval slices.
- Icho-giri; gingko leaf cut, cut into round slices which are cut into quarters.
- Koguchigiri; small edge cuts into tiny round slices.
- Kushigatagiri; wedge cut or comb cut.
- Kakugiri; cut into cubes.
- Sainome-kiri; cut into small cubes.
- Arare-kiri; cut into small cubes of 5 millimeters in size.
- Butsugiri; chunk cut, cut into chunks of 3-4 centimeters in size.
- Usugiri; cut into thin slices.
- Ran-giri; diagonal cut into pieces of 1/2 inch in size.
- Hitokuchi-dai-ni-kiri; cut into bite-size pieces.
References
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