Which knife for which application?

The specific use of each knife according to its application

Today you will discover which knives to use according to your application!

The Bread Knife

The Bread Knife has a narrow, long, rigid and serrated blade. Its sawtooth blade is ideal for cutting easily, and getting a very clean cut of all types of bread including those with a hard and thick crust.

This will also be the best knife for cutting brioche, genoise, or even pizza without tearing it. It can also be essential for cutting fruits and vegetables with a hard and thick skin such as pineapple or melon.

The Chef's Knife

The chef's knife, is the universal and indispensable knife to have in your kitchen.

It has a rigid, smooth and pointed blade perfect for spectacular precision.

This is the ideal knife for cutting large pieces of meat like lamb leg or pork roast. It also allows for precise slicing, and cutting of food into thin slices like leeks to mince, or carrots to prepare in julienne.

The Santoku Knife

The Santoku Knife n Japan is equivalent to the chef's knife in Europe. It is a knife with three main virtues: cutting, slicing, and mincing.

This is a multi-purpose knife with a hollowed, pointed, and slightly curved blade at its end.

Its perfectly smooth blade is ideal for easily cutting your food, chopping fine herbs, cutting vegetables and meats, as well as for slicing andmincing your raw fish and preparing very good sashimis or maki!

In addition, the shape of the blade is designed in such a way that the food does not stick to it while cutting.

The Paring Knife

It is the most used, but also the smallest, for its blade, which is somewhat wide and very pointed, serves to cut fine herbs, potatoes, onions, carrots or other fruits and vegetables.

The Boning Knife

It is small, its blade is quite slim, short and narrow, which is mainly used to debone or remove nerves. But it is also used to remove tendons and fat from all types of poultry or meats.

The Nakiri Knife

The Nakiri, is mainly used to mince herbs and vegetables without breaking them, it is the most common in Japanese households.

The Nakiri, can also make all kinds of cuts like: strips, slices, large and small dice, shavings, etc.