Chopping a carrot – Jamie Oliver’s Home Cooking Skills

right next kind of chopping is using a

right next kind of chopping is using a big knife and this is how you would chop

big knife and this is how you would chop

big knife and this is how you would chop something like a carrot up so I’m going

something like a carrot up so I’m going

something like a carrot up so I’m going to take the end off the carrot pull them

to take the end off the carrot pull them

to take the end off the carrot pull them away and what I want to do is cut it

away and what I want to do is cut it

away and what I want to do is cut it into small chunks so I’ll cut it first

into small chunks so I’ll cut it first

into small chunks so I’ll cut it first length ways like that length ways again

and now I want to cut it across into

and now I want to cut it across into small chunks so what I could do is this

you know and I’ll get there in the end

you know and I’ll get there in the end but the fastest slickest way of doing it

but the fastest slickest way of doing it

but the fastest slickest way of doing it is to do something called role chopping

is to do something called role chopping

is to do something called role chopping now for this is this kind of movement

now for this is this kind of movement

now for this is this kind of movement now notice that the end of the knife

now notice that the end of the knife

now notice that the end of the knife doesn’t actually leave the board it’s

doesn’t actually leave the board it’s

doesn’t actually leave the board it’s always in contact with the board and

always in contact with the board and

always in contact with the board and this knife is the one that moves down

this knife is the one that moves down

this knife is the one that moves down now it’s not a guillotine like this it’s

now it’s not a guillotine like this it’s

now it’s not a guillotine like this it’s not just a straight up-and-down there’s

not just a straight up-and-down there’s

not just a straight up-and-down there’s a bit of movement so as you push the

a bit of movement so as you push the

a bit of movement so as you push the knife down you push it forward like that

knife down you push it forward like that

knife down you push it forward like that so these fingers are tucked in as before

so these fingers are tucked in as before

so these fingers are tucked in as before knife on the tip of the knife on the

knife on the tip of the knife on the

knife on the tip of the knife on the board down and forward down and forward

board down and forward down and forward

board down and forward down and forward like that the more you practice that the

like that the more you practice that the

like that the more you practice that the faster you’ll get