Crinkle-cutting

Crinkle-cutting

Crinkle-cutting

Technique of cutting vegetables

Crinkle-cutting is slicing that leaves a corrugated surface. It can be done to enhance the texture or mechanical properties of food. Crinkle-cutting French fries may improve their crispiness, as well as their ability to retain dipping sauce.[1]

Crinkle-cut French fries

Waffle fries

Cross-cut waffle fries with a hamburger

Pommes gaufrettes, grid fries, waffle fries, crinkle-cut or criss-cross fries are fries obtained by quarter-turning the potato before each pass over the corrugated blade of a mandoline and deep-frying. This increases the surface area relative to the volume, exposing a larger area to the cooking process and allowing more water vapor to escape, resulting in a product that is crisper, and perhaps tastier as more of it is subject to the browning and flavor-producing effects of the Maillard reaction which takes place during cooking.[2][3]

  • Ruffled potato chips
  • Sweet potato fries or "wavy fries"

References

  1. [1]
    "The Gastronomic Purpose Of Crinkle Cut Fries". Tasting Table. 2023-02-05. Retrieved 2023-08-13.
  2. [2]
    "Les pommes gauffrettes" (in French). "Chef Simon" Sabine et Bertrand SIMON cole. Retrieved October 3, 2015.
  3. [3]
    "Make Singapore's KFC Cheese Fries". Easy Travel Recipes. Retrieved May 8, 2020.
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