Garnishing a beet candy cane

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The twin curl cutter in the garnishing kit is a garnishing tool used to creat vegetable and fruit curls of contrasting colors. You can make garnishes from carrots, beets, potatoes and turnips by intertwining the different vegetable together to create eye appealing and appetizing garnishes for relish trays, salads and holiday occasions. The candy cane beet never fails to get a delightful response at Christmas time and it will mystify those who do not know how they are made.

1. To make the beet candy cane garnish, select a large beet and cut the stem and root off to creat a flat surface.

2. Attach the "T" handle to the top of the double ringed shaft.

Insert the point of the tool into the center of the vegetable. Use a slight pressure and turn the tool clockwise into the center of the beet until the double rings start to cut through the vegetable.

Continue using a slight pressure while turning the tool clockwise until the rings cut all the way through the vegetable and come out the bottom end of the beet. After the tool is completely through, remove the 'T' handle and slide the twin curl cutter out of the vegetable.

3. TURN, do not pull, the cut portion from the center of the beet.

Once you have turned the curls from the beet, they can be easily separated by gently turnin geach curl in the opposite direction of each other. This will produce two beet curls.

4. Repeat the same procedure on a turnip to get the white curls.

Take one beet curl and one turnip curl and twist them into each other to make the candy cane garnishes. When ready to serve, simmer these vegetable candy canes in lightly salted water for 10 minutes and serve. After using the twin curl cutter on beets or turnips, the hollewed vegetable can be filled with seasoned meats or cheese to create a novel and delicious filled vegetable.

Origin: The Fine Art of Garnishing, by Jerry Crowley. Shared by: Sharon Stevens, Aug/95.

Submitted By SHARON STEVENS On 08-19-95

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