Baking
What does the "AP" in AP Flour stand for?
All-purpose
This method of cooking uses dry and moist heat. Food is typically browned and then simmered in liquid.
Define: mise en place
Mise en place is a French culinary phrase which means "putting in place" or "gather". It refers to the setup required before cooking, and is often used in professional kitchens to refer to organizing and arranging the ingredients prior to cooking.
How many teaspoons in a tablespoon?
3
What is the safest way to put out a grease fire?
a. quickly douse the flame in ice water.
b. quickly douse the flame in baking soda
c. quickly take the pan outside so it doesn't burn the house down
Baking soda
What is "creaming" in baking?
Beating together butter and sugar
Moist cooking method. Food is completely submerged in water/liquid and cooked at a low temperature.
Poaching
What do julienne and brunoise mean?
julienne: short, very thin strips of food
brunoise: tiny cubes of food, cut from julienned strips.
How many tablespoons in 1/8 cup?
2
True or false? When relighting burners on a stove, you should strike a match first and then turn on the gas.
True. If you turn on the gas first, you could let too much escape and cause a larger flame.
What are the ways that we can measure ingredients for baking and what is the most precise method for measuring?
Volume and weight.
Weight is the most precise.
Method of preparing food that uses dry heat, typically in an oven, but can also be done in hot ashes, or on hot stones.
What is a roux?
Roux is flour and fat cooked together and used to thicken sauces
How many cups in a pint?
2
What is the minimum temperature you should cook poultry to?
165 degrees F
Name 2 Quick Breads that we made this year
Pancakes
Waffles
Muffins
Submerging food in fat
Salt
How many cups in a quart?
Tell me where in the culinary lab would you find the following things:
A sheet pan
Parchment paper
Flour and Sugar
Gloves
The dirty laundry
Cleaning supplies and disinfectant
The broom
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Name the 3 types of leaveners and an example of each.
Chemical- baking powder, baking soda
Natural- yeast
Mechanical- incorporating air or steam- like whipping eggs or butter for pastries
Direct heat from above the food
Broiling
What does al dente mean?
"To the tooth." Typically used in cooking pasta- leaving a little bite to your pasta.
How many ounces in a cup? How many ounces in a pound?
8 ounces
16 ounces
What is the title of Julia Child's cookbook?
Mastering the Art of French Cooking