Garnish (food)

Garnishes for foods and entrees include:

Sun dried tomato used as garnish for the vegan Penne

• Amandine – a culinary term indicating a garnish of almonds
• Bawang goreng – crisp fried shallot, a common garnish in Indonesian cuisine
• Caviar[5]
• Sun dried tomato
• Celery
• Chives[6][7]
• Chili pepper – julienne, rings or decoratively sliced
  • Chili threads
• Cilantro – coriander leaves
• Crouton
• Cucumber – julienne, rings or decoratively sliced
• Duxelles
• Egg garnish
• Fried onion – used as a garnish on steaks and other foods[8]
• Gremolata[9]
• Lemon basil
• Radish
• Manchette
• Microgreens – young vegetable greens that are used both as a visual and flavor component, ingredient and garnish[10]
• Mint[11]
• Nuts
• Olive oil – drizzled olive oil is used to garnish some foods[12]
• Ginger[13]
• Parsley[14]
• Persillade[15]
• Sautéed mushrooms – used on steaks and other foods[16][17]
• Edible seaweed – such as shredded nori sheet, used to garnish foods such as soups, entrees and sashimi[18][19]
• Sesame seeds[20]
• Walnut

Garnishes for desserts and sweets include:

A frosted muffin garnished with confetti candy

• Caramel
• Chocolate (shaved or curled)
• Cocoa powder
• Flaked coconut[21]
• Confetti candy
• Coulis – Thin sauce made from puréed and strained vegetables or fruits (raspberry coulis, for example)
• Edible flowers
• Sliced fruit – Seed-bearing part of a flowering plant
• Gomul
• Honey – Sweet food made by bees mostly using nectar from flowers
• Maraschino cherry – Preserved, sweetened cherry
• Mint – Family of flowering plants that includes sage and mint
• Sprinkles – Tiny multi-colored candy topping
• Syrup – Thick, viscous solution of sugar in waters
• Vark – Metallic leaf used on South Asian sweets
• Wafer – Thin type of biscuit
• Nuts[22]
  • Walnut pieces and candied walnuts
• Wedding cake topper
• Whipped cream

Garnishes for beverages include:

A gin martini with a lime twist

Coffee-based drinks may have:

• Cinnamon sticks or ground powder
• Cocoa powder

Savory drinks such as Bloody Mary may have:

• Carrot sticks
• Celery stalks (usually with leaves attached)
• Pepper
• Salt, coarse (applied to the rim of glasses)

Eggnog may have:

• Nutmeg, grated

Various fruits are used:

• Cherries
• Lemon slice, twist, or wedge
• Lime slice, twist, or wedge
• Orange slice, twist, or wedge
• Pineapple slice or wedge
• Strawberries – Edible fruit
• Watermelon – Large gourd fruit with a smooth hard rind wedge
• Cocktail garnish
  • Cocktail onion – Pearl onion pickled in a brine
  • Cocktail umbrella
  • Green olive – Species of flowering plant in the family Oleaceae
  • Mint – Family of flowering plants that includes sage and mint[23]
  • Twist
  • Sugar, granulated or powdered

Classic French garnishes include[24]

For soups:

Chilled leek and potato soup garnished with croutons

• Brunoise – one to three mm diced vegetables
• Chiffonade – finely shredded lettuce or sorrel stewed in butter
• Croutes – small pieces of halved French bread buttered and oven dried
• Coulis – (a thicker soup) drizzled decoratively
• Croutons – small pieces of bread (typically cubes) fried in butter or other oil
• Julienne – thinly sliced vegetables
• Pasta (tapioca, sago, salep) etc.
• Pluches – a whole leaf spray of herbs, without the central stalk (traditionally chervil)
• Profiterolles – puff pastry stuffed with purée
• Royale – a small decoratively shaped piece of egg custard (in German this is called an Eierstich)
• Threaded eggs [25]

For relevés and entrées:

• Croquettes
• Potatoes (pommes dauphine,[26] Duchess potatoes or Marquis)
• Duxelles – fried onion, mushrooms and herbs[27][28]
• Matignon – minced carrots, onions, and celeries with ham stewed in butter and Madeira
• Mirepoix – similar to Matignon but diced (cf. minced) with or without ham (or with bacon substituted for the ham)
• Polonaise – Polish-style garnish with melted butter, bread crumbs, chopped boiled egg, lemon juice and herbs over cooked vegetables
• Salpicon – a variety of other diced meats or vegetables
• Fritters

Indonesian festive tumpeng rice cone, garnished with decoratively sliced chili pepper and cucumber.

• Bawang goreng – crisp fried shallot, a common garnish in Indonesian cuisine[29]
• Young carrot leaf
• Celery – locally known as daun seledri used as topping for soups or rice congee
• Chili pepper – sliced decoratively
• Cilantro
• Cucumber – sliced decoratively
• Flaked coconut – grated coconut flesh, usually used in traditional kue sweet dessert snacks; such as klepon, putu and lupis
• Emping – melinjo nut crackers
• Krupuk – various traditional crackers
• Lemon basil – locally known as daun kemangi
• Tomato – sliced decoratively

Japanese miso ramen garnished with edible seaweed, sesame and scallion

• Beni shōga – julienne pickled ginger, usually used as a garnish for gyudon and okonomiyaki
• Gari – marinated thinly sliced ginger, usually used as a garnish for sushi and sashimi
• Katsuobushi – dried bonito flakes, usually used as a garnish for takoyaki
• Scallion or tree onion (wakegi) – mostly used as topping of tofu and miso soup
• Various edible seaweed – including thinly sliced nori sheets, used mostly as topping of ramen, udon or soba
• Sesame seeds – sprinkled on steamed rice or noodles
• Shiso leaf

Jidan, a Korean egg garnish for soups

In Korean cuisine, decorative garnishes are referred to as gomyeong (고명), means to decorate or embellish food.[30][31]

• Chrysanthemum leaves [32]
• Egg garnish – a common topping in Korean cuisine, made with egg whites and egg yolks.[33][34][35]
• Gochu – red chili pepper[36]
  • Chili thread – a traditional Korean garnish made with chili peppers.[37][38][39]
• Crushed garlic[32]
• Green onions [32]
• Manna lichen[36]
• Scallions [36]
• Shiitake[36]
• Shredded vegetables [40]