The ingredients of the Nouvelle Cuisine

Good fresh ingredients are of the greatest importance, and a certain delicacy of approach to chopping and slicing is essential. When a recipe says ‘finely-chopped’ you can be certain that it means the vegetable, or meat, or whatever, should be cut with an extremely sharp knife into the tiniest dice, not just coarsely chopped or hashed up in a food-processor. The same is true of slicing. Try to apply the same finesse to all your work for the best results.