Cookng Terms/ Techniques

Cookng Terms/ Techniques

1. Mixing Teqniques

   • Knead- dough by folding, pressing, and turning it until it is smooth and stretchy
   • Mix- mixxing together, usually stirring more than two ingredients together
   • Cream- Soften and blend until smooth and light from mixing it with a spoon or an electric mixer.
   • Using a mixer or electric mixer, beat rapidly to give air and make light and fluffy,
   • Fold in- To combine with a more softer mixture, with a solid mixture folding both if them into each ither with a tool like a spoon.

2. Preperation

   • Brush- Used for coating a liquid on a food ontop
   • Drege-Used to cover food with a dry ingredient. The food cab be be rolled in, sprinkled with, or shaken in a bag
   • Flute- A standing edge on a pastry (ex: pie)
   • Grease- To rub shortening, fat, or oil, on the cooking surface of a baking tool
   • Sift- A sequence of putting dry ingredients through a sifter or a fine sieve to incorporate the air

3. Cutting

   • Chop- Cutting ingredients into small pieces
   • Core-To remove the core of a fruit with a paring knife

4. Cutting

   • Cubes- Cutting ingredients into squares/cubes
   • Chop- Cutting food into pieces
   • Shred- Using a kmife to cut the ingredients into thin pieces or strips

5. Preperatoin

   • Dredge- To cover a food with a dry ingredient by rolling, shaking with a bag, or sprinkled
   • Bread- For covering a food with a coating of crumbs made from bread, crackers, or cereal.
   • Brush- To spread liquid coating ontop of a food
   • Flute- Forming a standing edge on a pastry before baking

6. Mixing

   • Mix- Using a mixing tool to mix more than two ingredients all together
   • Blend- Using things like a blender, to mix things together making it into a smoother or mushy/liquidy texture
   • Whisk- Using an electric mixer or mixer, beating rapidly to incorporate air and make light and fluffy, as whipped cream
   • Fold in- To combine a more soft mixture and a more solid mixture, folding it together with for example, a spoon

7. Cooking

   • Bake- To cook in an oven or oven- type appliance
   • Baste- To spread, brush, or pour liquid (ex: sauce) over food while it is cooking
   • Boil- For cooking in a liquid, usually water, bubbles rise constantly and then break on the surface.
   • Braise- To cook meat more slowly, covered and in a small amount of liquid or steam.