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Knife type: a guide to kitchen knives and their uses

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Knife type: a guide to kitchen knives and their uses

Most cutting tasks in the kitchen are achievable with a good chef’ s knife. That said, a blade that’ s designed specifically for a purpose can bring more ease and precision to the cut. The right knives will encourage you to prep food with confidence and creativity : you’ ll be free of worries about how best to approach a cut.

A Santoku knife is ideally suited to precision work thanks to the light, narrow blade, which can make thinner cuts, as less food has to be pushed out of the way as the blade makes each slice. Japanese knives require a different technique to Western knives in that they slice through food in a forward and backward motion, rather than Western knives which require a rocking motion, which generally creates thicker slices and takes longer to cut than the quicker Santoku blade.

Santoku knife
Santoku knife

The shape of a fillet knife is very similar to that of boning knives; however, the main difference is that it is much thinner and the blade is more flexible.

When on the hunt for a fillet knife, go with one that is easy and comfortable enough for you to hold and handle and make the right maneuvers.

In addition to fish, you can use a fillet knife for some other meats and vegetables too.

Fillet knives have so many benefits to offer thanks to their flexible, sharp, and thin blade. They’re a great choice for filleting fish, i.e. removing meat from the bones and cartilage.

You can also use them to skin fish- they will minimize wastage of meat or debone fish efficiently, especially the smaller bones, but larger bones or the spine too.

Fillet knife
Fillet knife

Boning and fillet knives are used to remove bones from meat. Boning knives tend to have a sharp point and a narrow flexible blade to easily remove meat from bones. For larger meats and roasts, consider a boning knife with a wider blade. A boning knife is a type of kitchen knife with a sharp point and a narrow blade.

Do you know the advantages of deboning knives? The core utility of a boning knife is to prepare meat for cooking. The flexibility and shape of its blade allows you to maneuver in tight places, and its slender tip can break away the cartilage in joints, which is especially helpful for breaking down a chicken into different cuts.

Curved knives are great for trimming and precision work, while straight blades work well on larger cuts. … As long as your blade is sharp, it will get the job done. Buy a quality honing steel with your boning knife and learn how to use it.

Boning knife
Boning knife

While just about any knife can cut through soft, spreadable cheeses, specialized gear—or at least something nice and sharp—is needed to handle hard cheeses like parmesan, cheddar, aged Gouda, and Comte.

Luckily, you probably have at least one of these knives on hand. Most cheese knife sets include multiple knives that make cutting, slicing, shaving, and chunking your favorite hard cheeses easy and fuss-free. These are some of the best knives to use for hard cheeses, whether you’re pre-slicing wedges or cutting them on your cheese board.

Some small-scale cheese knives combine traits from different styles to serve multiple purposes.

Cheese knife
Cheese knife

A steak knife is a sharp table knife, used for cutting steak. These often feature serrated blades and wooden handles, and are the only sharp knife commonly found at the modern table.

If you’re looking for a hand-crafted steak knife, you’re going to need to spend some money.

Steak knife
Steak knife

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Yier knife set
Yier knife set

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