The paring knife, one of the most important modern kitchen tools.
The blade, rigid, can be straight: to peel fruits and vegetables, cut them into cubes or slices,or curved (bird’s beak): to turn certain vegetables (potatoes, carrots, etc.), give them a particular and very regular shape. The blade length varies between 6 and 12 cm. Now, although these knives can be pricey, we recommend that you get your hands on Shizzuo pack containing all the 6 necessary knives, so you can save some cash as well!
Chef’s or slicer knife
The chef’s knife is essential in the kitchen for cutting vegetables into sticks, julienne strips and chopping herbs. It is also widely used to cut pieces of meat or fish into pieces
The blade length usually varies between 13-30cm, but the most requested blade length is 20cm.
The Santoku Knife
The shape of the Santoku kitchen knife – a pendant to the European chef’s knife – comes directly from Japanese culinary culture. In Japanese, the term “santoku” literally means “three good things” related to the tasks usually performed in the kitchen, namely: slicing, and chopping.
One of its peculiarities is to make thin slices without the blade getting dirty, especially when the latter is dimpled. The dimpled blade prevents food (such as oily fish) from sticking to the blade when cutting; The blade length of the Santoku knife varies between 14 and 20 cm
The Universal or Utility Knife
Between the paring knife and the chef’s knife, the universal knife is a masterpiece in the kitchen. Versatile, it adapts to all uses for those who do not like to handle large blades.
Its blade can be smooth serrated, its length varies between 10 and 15 cm
The Tomato Knife
The tomato knife, cousin of the universal knife, has a serrated blade allowing it to slice tomatoes without crushing them, to remove the skin from hard fruits such as citrus fruits, and to cut them into slices. The length of its rigid blade can vary between 8 and 14 cm
The slicing knife
Also called slicer, slicer or Yatagan in the Japanese version, it has a long and rigid blade, neither too narrow nor too wide, to cut roasts, legs, large poultry and cooked hams. Accompanied by its meat fork, it is essential for cutting the family roast at the table! Its length usually varies between 18 and 30 cm.
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