It doesn't cut us... let's talk about knives
This situation is dragging on: we spend many more hours at home than before . Also, we can't go to our favorite restaurants as often. we cook more . And every time we want to do better. And if our love of cooking is growing, we must provide ourselves with a good assortment of knives , much more specific, for specific cutting or presentation tasks. Special knives to cut cheese, to fillet or to initiate us in the art of cutting ham.
We all have in mind the chefs who appear on television contests. Each contestant, with their knives . "Pick up your knives and leave the kitchen", that was the phrase that was coined in one of them to expel the participants. Why the knives? Is it so important for each cook to carry their own? Yes. Yes they do. No good cook will say otherwise.
We will see that many of the knife companies that we mention are quite old. Is it because a knife is one of the objects that has changed the least in centuries? Surely it has a lot to do with it. Here are some ideas from the main manufacturers of these essential tools in any kitchen.
HAMMERED KNIFE WITH ARCHES: FOR HAM OR SALMON
We will begin with a bow, as we are dealing with the fifth oldest company in Spain. Not of knives, of all the Spanish companies, since it was founded in 1734 and continues to manufacture knives in Albacete.
From the catalog of this secular house his knife to cut salmon catches our attention . It has a long, semi-flexible blade, with small alveolate notches so that the fillets do not stick to it when they are cut. Sharp but blunt . It is because of that it is also required by ham slicers - they tell us from Arcos-. Another of its common uses is in confectionery: it is perfect for cutting the bases of cakes for filling.
Arcos alveolate knife
BODUM CUTS THE BREAD
In no house should be missing a good bread knife . Those of the Danish house Bodum have a good toothed saw, capable of slicing crispy crusts and at the same time maintain the fluffiness of the crumb . They are made of matte stainless steel and are of professional quality. This knife achieves perfect slices on any type of bread, even the most rustic. Indispensable.
A good bread knife
ONIONS AND POTATOES WITH BALLARINI KNIFE
Peeling and cutting vegetables is one of the main tasks in a kitchen. Peeling knives are used daily, how many recipes begin with these words “finely chop half an onion or mince a few cloves of garlic…”. The knives for vegetables proposed by Ballarini stand out for their ergonomic handle made of polished pakka wood and corrosion-resistant German-made steel . They are for intensive and daily use.
vegetable knife
LIRA IBILI FOR CHEESE
Cheese and its extensive and varied family deserve respectful treatment. must know the precise type of knife to cut portions that do not alter the presence of the piece . Let's find the knife that suits our cheese! Ibili presents us with this cheese lyre, made of a zinc alloy, with which to slice soft cheeses but with a certain consistency. It is also possible to adjust the thickness of the slice giving us a perfect uniformity to present the cheese.
Lira Ibili for cheese
ZWILLING IN KIT FOR YOUR CHEESE BOARD
We insist: we will need more knives to cut all the types we like. We will then get the kit proposed by Zwilling, one of the oldest brands in Europe, created in 1731. A knife for hard cheeses with fork tip, another specific for Parmesan cheese , a specific knife for soft cheeses and a fourth with holes in the edge so that the cheese slices make up our kit , which identifies and defines us as authentic cheese gourmets.
Zwilling Cheese Knife Kit
TESCOMA BONE KNIFE
Do you dare with a whole chicken? So you play in another league. Surely you already have a cleaver in your kitchen similar to this one, proposed by the Czech brand TESCOMA . the machete Azza is forged from a single piece of premium Japanese steel , manually sharpened. It is perfect and safe for butchering meat and bones . Big words.
Tescoma Cleaver
OPINEL FOR CHILDREN
When is it safe to let children cook? There are simple tasks that they can carry out from a very young age, such as a game, many of them within the sweet kitchen or pastry. But there comes a time our little ones want to participate more actively in the elaboration of a recipe . The stove and knives are the main sources of danger. Let's control at least one of them, with these knives designed for children from the French company Opinel . They go with a finger guard that keeps your little fingers away from the edge , while the hole in the knife holds the cutting hand in place.
Opinel: the knife for children
FILLET WITH WMF
Filleting is an advanced subject in the art of the knife . Meat and fish are elusive when whoever tries to take uniform slices is not very skilled. Let's ask for help: let's look for a good knife in the assortment of the German house WMF. They offer us a 20 cm blade filleter, forged in cold-hardened tempered steel. It has a cutting angle of exactly 13º and a protection ferrule between the edge and the handle. . Perfect for filleting poultry breasts or removing fish loins.
WMF: the filleting knife