Which cut yields a disk-shaped slice?

Which cut yields a disk-shaped slice?

• A. Diagonal
• B. Julienne
• C. Chop
• D. Rondelle

Answer: (D)

The main idea here is how knife cuts create different shapes, and which cut produces a round disk. A disk-shaped slice comes from cutting straight across the food, perpendicular to its length, so each piece lies flat as a round circle. This is the rondelle cut. You’ll see cucumber rounds, carrot rounds, or potato rounds when you slice crosswise to uniform thickness. Other cuts don’t form circles: a diagonal cut is made at an angle to the surface, giving elongated or slanted oval pieces; julienne turns food into thin, matchstick-like sticks; a chop is a rough, irregular chunk that isn’t uniform in shape. Because rondelle yields uniform circular slices, it’s the one that creates disk-shaped pieces.

The main idea here is how knife cuts create different shapes, and which cut produces a round disk. A disk-shaped slice comes from cutting straight across the food, perpendicular to its length, so each piece lies flat as a round circle. This is the rondelle cut. You’ll see cucumber rounds, carrot rounds, or potato rounds when you slice crosswise to uniform thickness.

Other cuts don’t form circles: a diagonal cut is made at an angle to the surface, giving elongated or slanted oval pieces; julienne turns food into thin, matchstick-like sticks; a chop is a rough, irregular chunk that isn’t uniform in shape. Because rondelle yields uniform circular slices, it’s the one that creates disk-shaped pieces.