Our guide for each cooking knife you need
The pro leaders reveal the blades each cooking at home should have in their block.
Even if you start as a starting house cooker, you probably know thatSome knives are indispensable tools For your home kitchen. The question is that you really need? Go to any household housing store and you could easily be overwhelmed by all the knives at your disposal, many of which will probably unused at home. To help you store intelligently, we consulted various professional chefs to reduce the best cooking knives you should invest to succeed in the kitchen, whether you are edgged.meat, fruits, vegetables or something else.
8-inch chef knife
"You can do so many things with this type of knife, butto achicken To use it as a boning knife if you needed, "saysTom Douglas, a James Beard Award winner based in Seattle for an exceptional restaurateur (he also organizes a cooking school and produces a line of kitchen products such as knives, seasoning friction and sauces).
It adds that a strong stainless steel blade on this knife allows it to work well as a chopper, which makes it very versatile.
Jodi Moreno, a leader of natural foods trained in New York and a blogger atWhat's going on, good looking?, accept, noting that it is worth your trouble finding a sustainable chef knife that lasted well in the life of your original kitchen. "Look for a high quality knife and make sure you keep it by showing it often," she says.
Serrated knife
ASerrated knife is the one that is intended to slice it rather than cut, because it works in a sawing movement to cut your ingredients.
"This useful knife is my favorite personal and the next most important to have after the chef's knife," says Moreno. "I find that a mid-size serrated knife (5 to 6 inches) would be the best choice and most versatile, because it is good to use breads, as well as vegetables requiring more" handle ", such as tomatoes or citrus fruits. "
Douglas adds that a serrated knife is useful for the trenchbread or thin skin fruits like tomatoes if an ordinary chef knife is not strong enough.
Peeling knife
"This little knife is convenient for most of the things you normally use an peeler for," says Douglas. A paring knife can also work well for tasks that could beToo small for the knife of a chef, like bursting fruits or shrimp that abandon.
Cooking shears
Douglas says he looks at this kitchen tool when it comes to cutting herbs.Cooking shearsAlso perfect for cutting lettuce and other green leafy without draining their juice or cut through poultry bones without getting stuck.
7 inches utility knife
"I think this little knife is a must, because it is versatile and is ideal for working with meat, vegetables and just about anything," saysStephanie Izard, a chef and a restaurant owner named James Beach in Chicago who wonExcellent chef Season 4 andGauntlet of Iron Head Season 1. "mine is aKikuichiBut a housekeeper can take a more affordable version in any household housing store. "
If you want to go beyond the basics
Although Douglas believes that it is not necessary to have more knives than those already mentioned, it may be a luxury of having single-use blades.
"If you keep a big rounded knife around for big butcherfishIt's about a single use knife, "he says." In addition, a boning knife with a thicker blade and thicker for large foods and a smaller blade for smaller birds, such as quail and rabbit, are nice luxury knives to have, but not a must. Finally, a long sleeve knife can work well if you sculpt from the main rib or a great roast, cutting end to the turkey of the carcass, or even slice to the LOX ".
The other knives on the Douglas luxury list include oyster and clam knives, ham holders and franchise knives.