Welcome back to another cooking video.
In this one I’m going to show you how to
make a simple apple into an amazing little
apple swirl garnish that you can place in
the middle of the sushi platter or in the
middle of a fruit salad and just make the
food look a hundred times more appetizing.
Alright so let’s get going – let’s make
this happen, let’s go!
Alright to start I’m just going to take
an apple and make a cut on the side of it
just like this, slightly off center, and then
I’m going to slice into this in very thin
slices, about one millimeter thick, all the
way across and you want to keep it all together.
The technique is you just drag the point of
the blade all the way through just like this,
don’t just up and down because if you go
up and down the slices will stick to the blade
and it will be very difficult.
This is the best way to do it.
I’m going to just take a little piece off
the end, like this, you don’t need that
one.
I’m going to get a toothpick and I’m going
to take a little bit off the top which I also
don’t need.
Then I’m going to take my toothpick and
you see where the halfway line is on the top
here, I’m going to go slightly to one side
and poke it all the way through.
You want to make sure the toothpick comes
out on either end.
I’m going to take one or two slices off
here just to make sure that there’s enough
toothpick to put into a base.
Now talking about bases, I’m going to take
the apple and slice off a chunk about 1.5
centimeters or 3/5 inch thick and just slice
into it just like this to create the base.
I just need a cube of apple that I can stick
to either end so it sits up straight.
I’m just going to prod it in so it stands
up, just like this and now with my thumb on
top and my fingers below I’m going to fan
out the apple slices, just like this.
It’s a very simple movement, you just move
them apart and then you just keep going around.
You’ve just got this stunning apple swirl
going all the way around, which is amazing.
But there’s still a toothpick coming out
the top, so I’m going to take the apple
again and slice off two little slivers that
I can use to finish off the swirl, so just
hand carve these as you see fit.
Then I’m just going to place these on.
It’s important to have the same direction
as the rest of the swirl, and then just place
it at a little bit of an angle going up a
little bit, so that it finishes off fast.
These two slices finish it in one swirl.
There you can see the swirl goes all the way
around and continued by those last two slices,
and it just looks amazing.
Place this on a platter and impress some guests.
There we go, done!
Alright, this is the end of the video.
I hope you enjoyed it.
Please check out MakeSushi.com for more of
my amazing garnishes.
Thank you for watching, see you guys next
week.
Goodbye.
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