Read Before You Cook
Professional cooks do ______ read a recipe line by line while cooking.
Not
Words such as chopped, sliced and diced are preparation ______.
Instructions/ Action words
Before cooking, chefs make sure all necessary ______ is available.
Equipment
Chefs identify which part of the recipe will take the ______ to cook.
Longest
A clean and organised work area makes cooking safer and more ______.
Efficient
What are the three main things to examine during the second reading of a recipe?
Ingredients, equipment and timing/method
Chefs read the ______ recipe before beginning.
Entire/Whole
If the recipe says “one onion, finely diced,” the onion must be prepared ______ cooking begins.
Before
An oven should be ______ before the food is placed inside.
Preheated
Some ingredients can cook ______ you prepare another part of the dish.
While
You need chopped vegetables and boiling water. Which job should begin first?
Boiling the water
Why should chefs read a recipe twice?
To understand the full process and plan effectively
During the first read, identify what the dish is and how it is ______.
Made/ prepared
Ingredients that need washing, peeling or cutting should be identified during the ______ read.
Second
If a recipe uses heat, that step will often need to begin ______.
First/ early
Cooking, baking, simmering and resting times should be identified before you ______.
Start
Your food is simmering for ten minutes. Name one productive job you could complete.
Prepare another ingredient / wash equipment / organise the next step
If a dish needs to rest for ten minutes, what could you do during that time?
Clean / prepare the garnish / organise serving equipment
During the second read, look closely at the ingredients, equipment and ______.
Timing/ Method
Having ingredients measured and prepared before cooking is called mise en ______.
Place
Before turning on an appliance, check that you know how to use it ______.
Safely
When food is cooking without constant attention, use the time to prepare, organise or ______.
Clean
Halfway through cooking, you discover that an ingredient should have been marinated for 30 minutes. Which important step was missed?
Reading the entire recipe before starting
Reading a recipe twice helps prevent mistakes, missing ingredients and poor time ______.
Management
If an ingredient says “cooked and cooled,” it needs to be prepared in ______.
Advance
Gathering equipment before starting prevents delays and unnecessary ______ around the kitchen.
Movement
Completing two compatible jobs during the same period is called ______.
Multitasking
A student starts cutting ingredients before checking the recipe and later discovers they used the wrong cutting technique. What should the student have identified?
The preparation/action words in the ingredients list