Cooking terms

Cooking terms

1. Preparation

   • Bread- To cover a food in some kind of crumb
   • Brush- To coat in a liquid by brushing in on
   • Grease- To rub some kind of liquid on food or kitchen ware
   • Marinate- to coat in a seasoned liquid
   • Sift- To put dry ingredients through a sifter

2. Mixing

   • Beat- To mix repeatedly
   • Knead-To work dough by folding
   • Blend- To thoroughly combine 2 or more ingredients
   • Combine- To mix together usually by stirring
   • Stir-To mix in a circular motion
   • Cut in- to mix using a pastry blender
   • Fold in- to delicately combine a mixture

3. Cutting

   • Chop-to cut into small pieces
   • Core- to remove the core of a fruit
   • Cube- to cut into small squares
   • Dice- to cut into very small cubes
   • Mash- to crush food

4. Cooking

   • Bake- to cook in an oven
   • Barbeque- to cooking meat slowly, usually with a sauce
   • Boil- to cook in hot water
   • Brown-To make the food brown in appearance
   • Fry- to cook in hot fat
   • poach-To cook gently in a hot liquid
   • Preheat-To set the oven temperature