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Cutting Techniques

Crush, Chop
Crush, Chop
For many products: shallots, seeded tomatoes, parsley, garlic...
Time: 15 minutes
Difficulty:
Author: Chef Philippe
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Ingredients:
Tomatoes or shallots, garlic or parsley...
Method
Mince the product to be crushed or to be chopped and heap it in the center of the board.
Chop with the mincing knife by keeping the end of the blade in the contact with the board and by giving an up and down motion.
Repeat several times back and forth.
The chopping sharpness will depend on the duration of the process.
Keep in a bowl.
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Crush, Chop

For many products: shallots, seeded tomatoes, parsley, garlic...
Time: 15 minutes
Difficulty:

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Difficulty:

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Difficulty:

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Difficulty:

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Difficulty:

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Difficulty: