noun
- a preparation of shredded or finely cut leaf vegetables, especially lettuce or herbs
Usage: culinary
verb
- to cut leafy vegetables or herbs into thin ribbons or strips
Usage: culinary
Examples
- The chef garnished the soup with a chiffonade of fresh basil.
- She made a chiffonade of spinach for the salad.
- The recipe calls for a chiffonade of mint leaves.
- He learned to chiffonade herbs in culinary school.
- Chiffonade the lettuce by rolling the leaves and cutting them into thin strips.
- The pasta was topped with a colorful chiffonade of fresh herbs.
- To chiffonade sage, stack the leaves and slice them thinly.