Which vegetable-cut forms a seven-sided football shape?

• A. Stir Fry
• B. Tourne
• C. Temper
• D. Steaming

Answer: (B)

The cut being tested shapes vegetables into a small football-like form with seven flat or curved faces. This is the tourne cut, a classic French technique used to create a uniform, seven-sided cylinder that looks like a football. To achieve it, you trim the vegetable ends, form a short barrel, and carefully roll and shave the sides so seven equal faces appear around the piece and the ends are rounded. This uniform seven-faced shape promotes even cooking and elegant presentation on the plate. Stir-fry and steaming describe cooking methods rather than a specific cut, and temper is not a vegetable-cut term, so they don’t produce this seven-faced form.