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Chiffonade

Meaning in culinary arts & cooking, with examples

nounCommon term

In culinary arts & cooking, chiffonade means: Fine ribbons made by slicing stacked or rolled leaves such as basil or spinach.

In Turkish: ince yaprak şeritleri, şifonad

How it is used

Used for leafy herbs and vegetables, especially garnishes.

Example sentences

  1. Finish the soup with a chiffonade of basil.

    The cut produces ribbons rather than finely chopped fragments.

  2. The spinach chiffonade was folded into the warm pasta.

    The noun describes the form of the prepared leaves.

Common collocations

  • basil chiffonade
  • cut into chiffonade
  • julienneA classic knife cut of thin, even strips like matchsticks, about 2–3 mm thick and 5 cm long. Also used as a verb: to julienne carrots.
  • garnishA small item of food, such as herbs, a slice of lemon or a sauce dot, added to a dish to make it look and taste better. As a verb, to garnish means to add this.

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