Freezing & Cold Storage
This process keeps food between 0 degrees Celsius and 3 degrees Celsius for up to 5 days after being cooked to a "just cooked" stage.
What is the cook-chill process?
Sun drying is recommended only for this specific type of food group.
What is fruit?
Standard vinegars used for pickling need to have an acetic acid strength of approximately this percentage.
What is 5%?
This citrus-based preserve is made from the fruit and peel of citrus fruits, giving it a piquant flavour.
What is marmalade?
This severe form of food poisoning can occur in home canning if the process is not completed properly using a pressure cooker.
What is botulism?
When freezing liquid-based dishes like soups and stocks, you should leave this much empty space at the top of the container for expansion.
What is 3 cm?
This term specifically refers to drying a food so that it can be reconstituted back to its original state.
What is dehydration?
Jars must be sterilised at this temperature before filling them with pickled food.
What is 140 degrees Celsius?
A strong brine solution for wet-salting requires this exact amount of salt per 1 litre of water.
What is 270 grams?
Foods with a pH towards this level can be safely processed using the boiling water bath (bottling) method.
What is acidic?
During the cook-chill process, chilling of cooked food must begin within this many minutes.
What is 30 minutes?
When sun drying, the noon temperature should reach a minimum of this measurement.
What is 30 degrees Celsius?
Adding this chemical alkali to cooking green vegetables was an old practice used to retain bright green chlorophyll, though it is now discouraged.
What is bicarbonate of soda (or baking soda)?
To test for high pectin levels in simmered jam, add 1 tsp of jam to 3 Tbsp of this liquid and look for large firm clots.
What are methylated spirits?
Plain, unpickled vegetables and animal products must be preserved using this specific high-heat process rather than a standard boiling water bath.
What is canning?
In commercial applications, fast-freeze units should take no longer than this many minutes for food to maintain optimum quality.
What is 90 minutes?
To pasteurise sun-dried fruit with heat, place it in an oven at 160 degrees Fahrenheit for this long to destroy insects and their eggs.
What is 30 minutes?
In a Soft Cheese recipe, milk must be heated in a heavy-based saucepan to this temperature before adding lemon juice.
What is 80 degrees Celsius?
This smooth, creamy product is made from eggs, sugar, and citrus juice/zest, but must not be boiled or it will curdle.
What is fruit curd (or Lemon Curd)?
Pickled green beans are safe to preserve using the bottling method, but unpickled green beans must be processed using this method.
What is canning?
According to the textbook, these specific egg-based items should NOT be frozen because they will separate upon thawing.
What are egg-based sauces?
When using an oven or dehydrator to dry food, the temperature should be maintained at this setting.
What is 60 degrees Celsius?
This Indian chutney recipe calls for 3 kg of ripe tomatoes, brown sugar, malt vinegar, mustard seeds, and cumin seeds.
What is Tomato Kasundi?
This preserve is made by combining leftover cooked fruit pulp (free from seeds, skin, and fibre) with equal proportions of sugar and boiling it until it loses its stickiness.
What is fruit paste?
To pasteurise sun-dried fruit using cold temperatures instead of heat, it should be placed in a freezer at 0 degrees Fahrenheit for this length of time.
What is 48 hours?