Cooking Tools
This is the best knife to use to cut soft items like bread.
Bread Knife or Serrated Knife
165 degrees F
To remove or strip off the skin or rind of fruits and vegetables.
Peel
1/3
3
This is the tool you use to "cut in" fats in a recipe.
Pastry Blender
Safe internal temperature for Pork loin
145 degrees F
To work dough to further mix the ingredients and develop the gluten
Knead
This remains the same and will not change when doubling and cutting a recipe in half.
Cooking Temperature
Changes: amount of ingredients, length of cooking time, size of pan
Two cups equals this many pints.
1 pint
Colander
Safe internal temperature of ground beef
160 degrees F.
To sprinkle or coat with a powdered substance, often with crumbs of seasoning.
Dredge
6 teaspoons
4 Tablespoons equals this amount in cups.
1/4 cup
This type tool is best to use to stir hot things because it doesn't conduct heat well.
Wooden Spoon
Danger Zone Range of temperatures
41 degrees F to 135 degrees F
To brown or cook foods with a small amount of fat using a frying pan.
Saute
half of 3 Tablespoons in standard measuring spoons.
1 1/2 Tablespoon = 1 Tbs. + 1 1/2 Teaspoons
1/2 cup
This is the tool you would use to take tiny pieces off the rind of a citrus like a lemon.
Zester
Safe internal minimum temperature for leftovers to be reheated to
165 degrees F
The time food continues to cook after it is removed from the heat source.
Carry over cooking
3/4 cup + 2 Tablespoons
1 cup = 1/2 cup
3/4 cup = 12 Tablespoons = 6 Tablespoons = 1/4 + 2 Tablespoons