CHEF LOVE

Learn to make a garnish

"Thank you Chef, Love really likes it!" say passionate love.

Love opens up and smells the therapeutic scent of that scrub.

"Thank you, Chef!" say the love that then save the scrub and start activities.

While Chef Alleno is busy distributing his gifts to all employees and employees of the Bali Ndeso restaurant.

In between her activities, Cinta took the time to make a Garnish technique for the food served.

"Chef, can love ask for help?" ask Love carefully as they cook the order.

"What can I do to help Love?" Chef Alleno asked.

"To add to the appeal of a cuisine, in addition to the taste that must be delicious, an alluring decoration is needed. One of them is a garnish of various finished foods, vegetables, and fresh fruits carved in various beautiful shapes.Well, help Love to make the Garnish huh Chef?" pinta Love by pleading.

"Before learning about Garnish, do you know what materials are commonly used to make Garnish?" ask Chef Alleno without changing his position.

"The Love knows anyway, some of the usual to make Garnish are fruits and vegetables. If you make a regular rose using tomatoes, carrots, jicama, cucumbers or beets, gerbera flowers usually use large red chili, butterflies by using red tomatoes, and so on." replied Love.

"It's true, but we learn the theory first, we have to know first what a Garnish is?" ask

Chef Alleno's.

"Love knows the garrison is a way to beautify food and drink!" answer Love while weeding vegetables.

"Mantau, the word garnish comes from French which means decoration of dishes. Quoted from Restofocus, the youth is a menu decorator in a unique and beautiful form that is given both food and drinks to provide attraction for consumers." said Chef Alleno.

"Decorative giving on a dish has functions including:

Make the food look more appealing when served;

The more appetizing people will taste it;

Add extra special aroma to support the taste of food;

Make a special impression of a food;

Express the artistic and artistic value of the Chef or Barista who made the menu" explained Chef Alleno.

The description of Chef Alleno stalled for a while when Risky gave a list of food menu orders of customers.

Love and Chef Alleno prepared an order from the customer.

Before long they had finished preparing the dishes.

"You need to know Love, based on the type of decoration on the appearance of food is divided into two, namely:

Simple garnish, which consists of one or more ingredients. Generally made from vegetables, cereals or ready-made foods, such as croutons, bread, tarts, and so on.

Composite Garnish, which consists of various materials as decorations that are suitable for basic food. These ingredients must have a combination of taste and aroma with staple foods or ingredients with each other" explained Chef Alleno.

"In the meantime, the ingredients commonly used in making the decoration of a dish are all edible ingredients. In addition, the material must also be safe and not endanger health, and have a fresh bright color. Ingredients that we can choose to decorate the dish;

1.      Lemon or Orange Slices

Thin slices of lemon or orange are often found in drinks or also some types of cake to further add a fresh impression in it. You can slice a lemon or orange and stick it on the edge of a glass or beautifully placed on top of the drink.

2.      Mint Leaf

In addition to lemon slices, to decorate and add a fresh impression of a drink, we can also add small pieces of mint leaves. This leaf in addition to beautifying the appearance of the drink, also adds a sensation of menthol flavor in it.

3.      Tomato

The fresh red color of tomatoes can add to the beautiful look of food also arouses the appetite of people to eat it. Some are just sliced as usual and arranged in such a way with the main dish. However, there is also the art of carving tomatoes into various forms such as the shape of a rose.

4.      Cucumbers

In addition to tomatoes, cucumbers are also not uncommon as a choice of ingredients to decorate the look of a food. It can even be used in decorating a drink that gives a fresh impression. Like tomatoes, cucumbers can also be created into a variety of interesting shapes.

5.      Chilli

In the presentation of Indonesian specialties, the addition of decoration from chili is often found. As in the dish of various rice menus, such as yellow rice, nasi uduk, and rice tumpeng. Various side dishes that have a little spicy taste are also suitable to decorate this chili. Generally the chili that is chosen as a decoration is a bright fresh red color. Large types of chili peppers are also more common to choose because they are more easily molded ornate like flower shapes.

6.      Pandan Leaf

Having a beautiful green color, pandan leaves are also often used as a decoration of sweet dessert menus in typical Indonesian culinary. In addition to beautiful, this leaf is also known for its fragrant aroma that can add to the taste of people in eating a dessert snack.

In addition to its function as an aromatic spice, cinnamon aka cinnamon is also often found as a decoration of a food and drink, you know. Cinnamon can be served in the form of whole bark twisting resembling cigarettes, or in the form of powder that is poured to beautify the look and aroma of dessert. Well, that was the Nibblers understanding, function, and ingredients that we can choose as a garnish to beautify our food." explained Chef Alleno.

"Well what are the tips on making that Garnish, Chef?" tanya Cinta who pays attention to the agile Chef Alleno in making the Garnish.

"Tips make a garnish, that is;

1.Define the Garnish Theme

For example, we want to create the theme of various flowers or animals. The theme will make it easier for us to determine what fruits and vegetables to prepare.

Focus On Food

Although it looks beautiful and attractive, the garrison still serves as a decoration. Do not let the main dish drown because the garrison is too much or crowded.

Garnish Equipment

In addition to the main ingredients in the form of vegetables and fruit, prepare equipment to make a garnish so that the results are neat and beautiful, such as cutting boards, folding knives, carving knives, chopsticks, tweezers, small scissors, and so on.

Freshness Material

To make a garrison use fresh, clean, edible fruits and vegetables.

Difficulty Level

For beginners make a simple garrison, which is made from 1-2 ingredients such as vegetables, cereals, croutons. If it is reliable, we can make a composite garrison consisting of a variety of ingredients that of course the composition of the shape, taste, and aroma is harmonious with the main food." explained Chef Alleno.

"What things should we pay attention to in making a Garnish Chef?" tanya Cinta who finished weeding vegetables.

"Things to be considered in making a garrison are,

*   The material used should be fresh, edible, clean

*    Tools used according to needs

*   Must know the type of decorated food

*   Submerge in ice water to achieve perfect shape

*   Soak in salt water for hard fruits and vegetables to make them soft and malleable. In order for the fan garnish of cucumbers not easily broken when attached, smear the slices with salt, so that they become soft and malleable

*   If not used directly, store in the refrigerator in a condition wrapped in plastic, so that the garnish does not change color to brown" explained Chef Alleno.

"Thank you Chef, Love added information about Garnish" Cinta said with a smile

 

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