Carving from vegetables. Rose from Pekinese cabbage
Carving from vegetables. Rose from Pekinese cabbage
It's not enough to cook delicious food, you need it beautifullyto issue and submit. To make a dish memorable in appearance will help the art of carving (carving) vegetables. Any vegetables and fruits can serve as a material. For example, a rose can be cut out of Peking cabbage.
Take a fork of Peking cabbage the right size -for a small flower, the head should be small, if the rose is intended for the central decoration on the table, cabbage may be large in size. Cut the cabbage in half horizontally, a thin universal knife in the first row of petals form 4-5 cm in height. If there is a set of knives for carving, it will be more convenient to cut. Knife "swallowtail" cut through the thick part of the sheet, and cut the delicate lace with scissors.
The rows of petals are cut to the center of the corrugatedtender green, making sure that each successive row is higher than the previous one. After reaching the middle, with a sharp knife remove several layers of corrugated leaves from the center, leaving the middle untouched. It will become the core of the rose. Align, sharpen details, remove the corrugated parts of the leaves between the rows of petals, so that the flower looks larger.
Supplement the flower at will with leaves,cut out of zucchini, cucumber, apple. But the leaves will be superfluous if the rose is a decoration of a dish with a salad or meat sliced. If the rose is large in size, the middle is removed and put in the center a small vase with sauce. From the remains of cabbage you can bake envelopes with vegetable filling. Fry onions, carrots, add eggs and wrap the filling in cabbage leaves.
