Meat Slicing: decorating a festive meat plate
Meat cut, the decoration of which we show you today, is the decoration of the festive table, if it is decorated in an unusual way. At present, slicing from different varieties of sausages and meat on the table is not uncommon and not a sign of a big holiday. But the festive mood, she can add, if the dish with her beautifully decorate and decorate.
There are a lot of ways to decorate slicing and laying out meat. Its design for a festive table depends on the creative approach and imagination, as well as the knowledge of some simple tricks that chefs use around the world.
How to cut meat and sausages correctly
First we remove the shell from sausages and from everywhere, where it is. We cut thin slices at an angle with a sharp knife, so that the cut turned out to be oval.
If you are the lucky owner of a slicer, then this process is simplified to the maximum, if not - you will need very sharp knives.
Surface of boiled pork, ham, tongue is cleaned with a sharp knife, removing dried up dark crusts. Meat cut across the fibers of a well-ground knife with a narrow and long blade. The blade must, in one movement, completely cut through the product.
Ideas for decorating a meat plate
What kind of meat can be on a plate? These are different types of sausages, balyk, cold-boiled pork, brisket, fat with interlayers, etc. All this is cut into thin leaves and can be neatly laid out on a plate.
It should be noted that the design of the meat cut for the festive table depends on the color of the meat, because the combination of shades looks original. If everything goes well, it will provide a good appetite for guests and recognition of the mastery of the hostess. On a large dish you can lay the meat in several ways.
Different types of sausages can be alternated in layers, spreading in a circle, spiraling, rows in a vertical, semi-circle, in the form of a rainbow.
Thin layers of meat can be rolled with a tube and laid out with "logs".It's easy to make roses from different kinds of sausages or meat. For this, a roll is collected and surrounded by "petals", which are then spread.
It's easy to make Kalla flowers, which can be folded with a "kulk" and put in the middle a strip of cheese, a small koichnchik corn.
You can make carnations. A circle of sausage is folded in half, and then again in half. These elements are connected with toothpicks. You can put different types of meat slides.
I must say that the cutting looks spectacularly just laid on the leaves of the lettuce, this is a good option in a hurry, when there is no time for something more complicated.
Very meaty cuts look, served on a flat platter, sprinkled with paprika or curry. Supplement the picture can be sauces of 2 or 3 species, served in sauceboats and placed on the same dish.
Large thin layers of meat can be folded four times and overlapped. Do not forget about the leaves of lettuce, olives or olives. In the center, you can install toothpicks for convenient nibbling of pieces.
You can complement the decorations of meat assorted pomegranate seeds, and from green onions make a beautifully curling serpentine.
Meat slicing, like a beautiful fruit plate, can be decorated with fresh flowers. Such a meat assortment will look very exotic at the festive table.
Meat cut, as well as vegetable slicing( vegetable plate), or fish assortment( fish plate) is a reflection of your unique taste and personality.
Let's take a look at examples of ways of beautiful design of meat assortment and, combining them to your taste and adding flight of your unbridled creative imagination, make your unique meat cut for the holiday!
Educational video lessons
See how simple and beautiful it is possible to lay out cheese and sausage on a plate:
A selection of beautiful design ideas:
Chef's advice:
Some more original ideas for inspiration: