Knife Skills
To cut vegetables into large squares.
What is Chop?
To beat ingredients with a fork or whisk.
What is Whisk?
To cook food in an oven using dry heat.
What is Bake?
Like baking but concerning meat or poultry, it is to cook food in an oven using dry heat.
What is Roast?
To coat the interior of a pan or dish with shortening, oil, or butter to prevent food from sticking during cooking.
What is Grease?
To cut vertically down.
What is Slice?
To stir rapidly in a circular motion to make a smooth mixture, using a whisk, spoon, or mixer.
What is Beat?
To bring a pot to a boil, then reduce the heat until there are no bubbles.
What is Simmer?
To cook food on a rack or in a steamer set over boiling or simmering water.
What is Steam?
To soak in a sauce or flavored liquid for a long period of time, usually a meat, poultry or fish.
What is Marinate?
To cut food into small pieces, usually 1/4 to 1/8 chunks.
What is Dice?
To beat ingredients (usually sugar and a fat) until smooth and fluffy.
What is Cream?
To heat sugar until it liquefies and becomes a syrup.
What is Caramelize?
To coat foods with mixtures such as jellies or sauces.
What is Glaze?
Create tiny pieces of food, best for things like cheese to melt quickly or a vegetable used in a sauce.
What is Grate?
To cut vegetables into long, thin strips, about 1/4 inch think and 1 inch long.
What is Julienne?
To beat food with a whisk or mixer to incorporate air and increase volume.
What is Whip?
To brown the surface of meat by quick-cooking over high heat into order to seal in the meat’s juices.
What is Sear?
To cook small pieces of food over a medium-high heat with oil in a pan, usually to brown food.
What is Saute`?
To lightly coat uncooked food with a dry mixture, usually with flour, cornmeal, or bread crumbs, to be pan fried or sautéed.
What is Dredge?
To cut the bones from meat, poultry, or fish.
What is Fillet?
To combine light ingredients, such as whipped cream or beaten eggs whites, with a heavier mixture, using a over-and-under motion.
To drizzle a flammable spirit over a food while its cooking, to ignite the just before serving.
What is Flambe`?
To partially cook by boiling, usually to prepare the food for cooking by another method.
What is Parboil?
To soak a dry ingredient in a liquid just under the boiling point to extract the flavor, such as with tea.
What is Steep?