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Red Seal Cook

Category - Fish and Shellfish

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Fillets are cut on an angle (escalopes) for which purpose?
  1. To look larger and increase plate coverage
  2. Because bones travel perpendicular to the fish and cutting fillets into escalopes reduces the amount of tweezing necessary during the initial fillet process
  3. To reduce cooking time
Explanation
Answer: A -The main reason a fish fillet is cut into escalopes is for presentation - it looks bigger on the plate. Fillets of fish must still be carefully inspected for bones prior to preparing into escalopes.
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