How to... / Vegetables & Herbs / How to Chiffonade herbs
This technique of finely shredding herbs is most successful with large soft herb leaves, such as basil or sage.

...Chiffonade herbs
Step by step

1 After washing and drying the herbs, pick the leaves and pile them on top of each other.

2 Then roll them up as tightly as possible, but without bruising them, and cut across the leaves to create a fine julienne of herb.

3 The herbs may need to be unrolled a little.