Recipe Basics
Measuring
Knife Skills
Mixing and Preparing
Cooking Methods
100

The number of servings a recipe makes

Yield

100

The utensil used to measure milk.

Liquid Measuring Cup

100

Cutting food into fine pieces.

Mince
100

Mixing thoroughly to add air.

Beat

100

Heat transfer by direct contact

Conduction

200

Another way of measuring the same amount of product.

Equivalent

200

Liquids must be measured at this level.

Eye Level

200

Making shallow cuts in meat to tenderize.

Score

200

Combining fat with flour.

Cut in

200

This dry-heat method cooks food using the oven.

Baking

300

how many cups is 4 ounces

1/2 cup

300

Measuring spoons are used for amounts under this size.

1/4 cup

300

Cutting food into ½ inch cubes.

Cube

300

Gently combining a light mixture into a heavier one.

Fold

300

Heat transfer through air or liquid circulation.

Convection

400

To increase the yield, you must do this to the ingredients

Multiply

400

You must always do this to a scale before measuring.

Tare

400

Cutting food into really thin strips.

Sliver

400

Adding solid fat to a dry mixture uses what tool?

Pastry Blender
400

Heat transfer as waves of energy.

Radiation

500

Changing the ingredients in a recipe because you don’t have the original ones is called this.

Substitution

500

Measuring peanut butter, flour, and brown sugar all require this type of tool.

Dry Measuring Cup

500

Cutting food into uniform ⅛–¼ inch squares is called this.

Dice

500

This mixing method uses quick, vigorous movements to trap air and make mixtures fluffy.

Whip

500

Browning that happens when sugar and proteins react.

Maillard Browning