Mother Sauces
Culinary Math
Vegetables
Oh Potatoes
Baking and Pastry techniques
100

This sauce uses tomatoes as the base

Tomato Sauce 

100

How many teaspoons are in a Tablespoon?

3

100

What family is the onion in?

Onion Family aka Bulbs 

100

This potato is high in starch and low in moisture 

Russet Potato

100

This techniques turns plain regular sugar into a beautiful caramel 

Caramelizing Sugar 

200

This sauce is used using a roux as the first step 

Bechamel 

200

How many oz in 1 cup?

8oz 

200

What family is the squash in?

The Gourd Family 

200

Where are the most potatoes produced in the world?

China

200

This technique is used with layers of pastry dough and butter to create a flaky pastry

Laminating 

300

This sauce is made by emulsifying egg yolks and butter together 

Hollandaise 
300

What do you use to measure liquid ingredients? 

a liquid measuring cup

300

What family are tomatoes in?

The nightshade family

300
What is the ratio between water and solids in a potato

80% water 20% solid 

300

This technique uses yeast to help bread rise 

 Natural leavened dough

400

This sauce is made by using a brown broth stock base

Espagnole 

400

How many oz in a lb? 

16oz=1lb 

400

What family is cauliflower in?

The brassica family 

400

Example of a high in moisture low in starch potato

Yukon gold or red potato

400

This technique uses butter and sugar that are combined together 

The creaming method 
500

This sauce is made with a white stock base 

Velouté 

500

If a recipes yields 8 portions and I need 16 how would I scale up my recipe?

16/8=2 

New over Old! 

500

What family is peanuts in?

The Legume family

500

Who can sing the whole small potato song?

LOL

500

When butter is cold and is rubbed in with flour 

Cut-In Method