BEAT - Making mixture smooth or introducing BAKE- Cook in oven
Air by using a brisk motion that lifts the mixture BASTE - To put moisture on meat or other food while over and over. Cooking to prevent drying surface. the liquid is usually BLANCH - Pouring hot or boiling water over food; melted fat, meat dripping fruit juices or sauce. Drain and rinse immediately with cold water BARBECUE - T o roast slowly on a grid-iron over coals or BLEND - Mixing thoroughly two or more ingredients under a free flame or even an electric unit usually CHOP - To cut by striking a heavy sharp tool. Basting with a special sauce. COAT - Covering with flour or breadcrumbs BOIL - To cook in water or liquid mostly water in which CREAM -Blending into a cream consistency. bubbles rise continuously and break the surface DICE - Cutting in cubes BRAISE - To cook (meat) by searing until brown then DRAIN - Removing liquid from food simmering in a covered pan DREDGE - Sprinkling or coating with flour or other CARAMELIZE - To heat sugar until a brown color Fine substances characteristic flavor develops FLAKE - Breaking or pulling apart a food like chicken FRICASSEE - A dish of meat poultry cut small, stewed in Or fish that divides naturally gravy FILLET - Lean, boneless piece or fish or meat FRY - To cook in fat FOLD - Combining by using two motion, cutting vertically MELT - To liquefy by heat Through the mixture and turning over by sliding the PAN BOIL - To boil until partially cooked. The cooking is implement across the bottom of the mixing bowl with usually completed by another method each Turn PAN BROIL - To cook uncovered a hot surface usually GRATE - Rub food against a grater to divide into small completed by another met Pieces PAN FRY - To cook in a small amount of fat GRIND - Reduce particles by cutting, crushing or grinding POACH - To cook in hot liquid using precautions to KNEAD - Manipulate with a pressing motion accompanied retain shape By folding or stretching ROAST - To cook uncovered by dry heat usually done in MARINATE - Soak in mixture usually containing vinegar, an oven with rotisserie but occasionally in ashes under Wine or various spices. Coals, healed stone or metals. MASH - Make into a soft, pulpy mass or mixture SAUTE - To brown or cook in a small amount of fat MINCE- Cut or chop into very small pieces. SCALD - To heat milk just below the boiling point MIX- Combine ingredients an any way that affects SEAR - To heat surface of meat by short application Distributions of intense heat PARE - To cut off outer covering or layer SIMMER - To work in liquid just below the boiling point PRESS - Separate liquid portions from solid by weights at temperature of 185-210 °f Or mechanical pressure as in making cider from apples STEAM - To cook in steam with or without pressure. PEEL - Strip off outer covering the steam maybe applied directly to the food SEASON - Add spices such as pepper, salt and other STERILIZE - To destroy microorganism for cleaning Seasoning purposes this is done at high temperature with steam, SHRED - Cut or tear food in long narrow pieces dry heat or boiling in liquid SLICE - A thin, broad piece cut off from larger pieces STEW - To cook food by simmering or boiling slowly SQUEEZE - Extract or obtain something by application TOAST - To brown by means of dry heat. Of pressure STIR - Mix food materials with a circular motion for the Purpose of blending or securing a uniform consistency. STRAIN - Pour through a strainer or a piece of cloth