Crosshatched potato style
Waffle-cut describes food sliced with a crisscross pattern resembling a waffle's grid, created by rotating the item between passes on a ridged blade.
Most commonly applied to potatoes: waffle-cut fries, waffle-cut chips.
The lattice pattern increases surface area for crispiness and creates pockets that hold sauce or seasoning.
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Crosshatched potato style
Waffle-cut describes food sliced with a crisscross pattern resembling a waffle's grid, created by rotating the item between passes on a ridged blade.
Most commonly applied to potatoes: waffle-cut fries, waffle-cut chips.
The lattice pattern increases surface area for crispiness and creates pockets that hold sauce or seasoning.
1. culinary — crinkle, Small fold or rustle; ridges (Narrow elevated formations); fries (Deep-fried potato strips); potatoes (Edible underground tubers); lattice · crosshatch · grooves · texture · crispy · mandoline · blade · chips · wedges · golden
2. technique — mandoline, Adjustable vegetable cutting tool; slicer (Tool that divides thinly); blade (Flat cutting edge); rotate (Turn about an axis); pattern · crosscut · grid · uniform · knife · julienne · garnish · presentation · vegetables · carrots
cutting patternwaffle-cut ≠ straight-cut Cut in direct lines; uncut · julienne · diced · cubed · sliced
waffle, cut, waffles, waffled, waffling, cuts, cutting, cutter, cutters
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