DESSERTS

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Dessert is a course that concludes a main meal. The course usually consists of sweet foods and beverages, such as dessert wine or liqueurs, but may include coffee, cheeses, nuts, or other savory items. In some parts of the world, such as much of central and western Africa, there is no tradition of a dessert course to conclude a meal. Fruits also commonly found in dessert courses because of its naturally occurring sweetness. Some cultures sweeten foods that are more commonly savory to create desserts

Today in class, we learn how to cut fruits in a correct way. This fruit cutting helps us to gain more knowledge about making the fruit more attractive so that in can be served beautifully to the customer.

We tried cutting various types of fruits which consists of :

• Strawberry
• Watermelon
• Kiwi
• Pineapple
• Banana
• Orange

1. STRAWBERRY

1. Use your service gear to pick up the strawberry

2. Use the fork to hold the strawberry so that it will stay still. Then, using a pairing knife, cut the strawberry's leaf

3. Cut the strawberry into half but don't cut it throughly just the middle to bottom section

4. Cut the other parts of strawberry just like the first one

5. Gently use a fork and press the strawberry

6. Done!

2. WATERMELON

1. To pick up the watermelon, use your service gear carefully and pick the watermelon up.

2. Cut the watermelon into half

3. Slice the watermelon. Is should get about 3-4 slices of watermelon

4. Remove the seeds if it is found on the watermelon

5. Cut off the watermelon's skin off

6. To make a better appearance, cut off the top part of the sliced watermelon so it becomes flat

7. Cut the watermelon into half

8. Done!

3. KIWI

1. Hold the kiwi using a fork and cut the top part of the fruit to make it easier to stand it up

2. Gently poke the kiwi using a fork to stabilize the slicing of the kiwi skin

3. Slice the skin gently

4. Then, slice the kiwi. It should get around 4-5 slices

5. After slicing, pick the fruit up using your service gear

6. Done!

4. PINEAPPLE

1. After cutting the pineapple slice, stab it into the fork to ease the peeling of skin and start peeling the pineapple skin slowly with a pairing knife until the skin is fully peel.

2. Make sure the skin is as the same shape before we peel it. It cannot be sliced through the skin and break its shape.

3. Remove the 'pineapple eye' to prevent the guest from eating it. The 'pineapple eye' can cause the tongue to feel a little bit numb when eating it

4. After cleaning the 'pineapple eye' start creating a patter to the sides of the pineapple. By cutting it like a zig zag pattern it would give like a flower effect.

5. Cut the pineapple into half

6. For more beautiful appearance, cut off a small triangle shape at the middle bottom part

7. Done!

 5. BANANA

1. Cut off the top part of the banana

2. Slightly slice the skin using the pairing knife. Do not get the knife cut the actual fruit.

3. Open the cut using your service gear carefully. Do not tear the skin because we need the banana skin to retain its shape just like the actual fruit.

4. Take the fruit out from the skin using your service gear.

5. Slice the banana into half

6. Done!

6. ORANGE

1. First, cut off the top part of the orange to ease the fruit to be sliced

2. Using a fork, poke the sliced part of skin until it is at the bottom part of the fork

3. Next, stab the orange into the fork. By this way, it is a lot easier to peel off the skin and cut it.

4. Start peeling the skin of the orange until it has clean finish on it.

5. Use the line of the orange to make it as a guide to cut the orange in pieces/sections.

6. You should get each slice like the picture above. Make sure you're not cutting the white line of the orange as well.

7. Continue withe the other sections as well.

8. Make sure the leftover of the fruit is like the picture above.

9. Done!