Welcome back to another sushi video recipe,
I'm Chef Devaux and today I'm going to show
you guys how to make a carrot butterfly and
a cucumber fan.
I hope you guys enjoy this video -- let's
get straight into it.
How to Carve a Carrot Butterfly
Alright so in the beginning you want to cut
your carrot into a block like this and then
you want to cut the base of the carrot, so
just below the center -- alright perfect.
And now you want to cut the front end of the
butterfly.
You want to make sure it's not going through
this here, the barrier between the core and
the outside, because this will actually dislocate
if you cut it very thinly and so the antenna
would break off if you actually cut through
it like this, so make sure you have the blade
just past it.
Okay, so at a slight angle, and there see,
I have actually cut through this here and
this is now useless, this part, because when
you cut an antenna through here it will actually
break off, so it's no use.
No worries, I'll try to do it the other way
around and then...there are always two chances
at this -- perfect.
Now moving on you cut the top off the carrot
which would be the top of the butterfly.
Alright so this is how you want your carrot
block to look like, you want a small base,
a large top and a large flat surface on one
side and smaller flat surface on the other
side angled.
This one needs to be a slightly lower angle
and this one a slightly higher angle.
Alright so here I am going to make three cuts,
one going in half a centimeter and two joining
to that first cut at 45° angles on either
side and this will create the top of the butterfly
wing, and it's going to be beautiful curves
ending in a point there.
So now after cutting the 45° angle cuts I
am now going to go back in with a small knife
and smooth out by shaving it off.
You want to really watch out that you don't
cut into your finger, so you really want to
control the blade and take care where you
point it.
It's very advisable to always point the blade
away from yourself and not towards any fingers.
Alright so now that I have curved this and
this here what I am going to do is I am just
going to smooth this off here -- okay.
And then I want to make small little -- this
is the back end of the butterfly, you want
to make an incision about half a centimeter,
small triangle at the bottom to give it that
distinct little end pieces of the butterfly.
So this is where the front is...and just curving
that slightly.
Alright so now to cut the antenna.
You want to place your knife just at the edge
and then softly, smoothly, cut into it 
until you reach about a quarter centimeter
off the bottom and then you pull out.
Then you flip it over 
and you cut just the opposite side about a
centimeter and then you pull out and right
there is your butterfly.
Now to cut your butterfly, you want to take
your knife and cut it in this direction so
it pushes the antenna towards the carrot.
If you cut it the other way what happen is
you will pull away and you might not cut it
and it might actually break off.
Now you place your knife extremely close to
the edge, you want to make a paper-thin cut
and you slide it through until you reach about
quarter of a centimeter off the bottom then
you stop and you pull back out.
Now you make another thin cut to make the
second wing and this one goes all the way
down.
Alright once you've finished cutting you put
down your knife and you pick up your little
butterfly package, then you just pull open
the wings and hold it from the bottom and
press them down.
You hold the bottom so it doesn't split in
half when you do this and now you just simply
push up your little antenna slit and you bend
it over so it folds in on the inside.
Now just simply spread open your antenna softly
and bend it again and violà a little butterfly
ready to go.
Now you can put this on top of a little sushi
roll or just put it around the plate as decoration,
whatever you want, but it will look stunning
and it will make your sushi look much better.
How to Cut a Cucumber Fan
Alright so now for the cucumber fan, you just
need a chunk of cucumber, about 15cm long,
cut it in half.
Alright now you cut it in half and now you
simply want to start cutting very thin slices,
1mm thick, 70% through the cucumber.
Then once you're done with that slice you
take your knife at a 45° angle and cut the
ends off to get nice sharp ends.
Now you fan out your cucumber on the board
just like so, don't want them to stick together
too much, and then you cut off the ends just
before the end.
Okay, and now you make another cut to make
it slightly leaning forward so that it stands
up perfectly.
Now you just fan it out and that there is
a cucumber fan.
It's a beautiful thing to add to a sushi plate,
it gives it a little bit of height, another
dimension to it, instead of having just flat
food on the plate.
This really elevates it to another level,
so hope you guys like this decoration, it's
pretty simple and beautiful.
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