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Brown |
To cook food quickly at a high temp. So the surface becomes brown |
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Cream |
To stir or or beat fat with sugar until mixture is soft, smooth and creamy |
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Sift |
To pass dry ingredients through a mesh or screen to add air or combine dry ingredients |
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Reconstitute |
To restore food to their normal state by adding water |
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Puree
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To crush food till it has a smooth texture |
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Fold |
To combine ingredients into a light airy mixture using a down across up and over motion with a rubber spatula |
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Dice |
To cut into small even pieces smaller than an inch |
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Mix |
To combine ingredients until evenly distributed or blended |
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Searing
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To brown the surface of meat quickly with intense heat |
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Whip |
To beat rapidly to incorporate air and increase volume |
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Dredge |
To dip or sprinkle in flour |
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Blend |
To combine two or more ingredients until smooth and of uniform consistency |
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Marinate |
To let foods such as meat stand in a liquid to increase the flavor and tenderness |
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Baste |
To keep foods moist duing cooking by spooning liquids on the food |
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Scald |
To heat milk just below the boiling point |
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Cut in |
To mix shortening with dry ingredients by using a pastry blender two knives and a fork |
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Julienne |
To cut or divide into flat pieces |
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Chop |
To cut with a sharp knife or scissors or food chopper |
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Stir |
To mix foods with a circular motion |
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Knead |
To use a food-push-turn motion when working with doughs |
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Bread |
To dip food into a mixture such as beaten eggs and milk and then roll it in crumbs |
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Boiling |
To cook in water or liquid in which rolling bubbles have formed |
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Boil |
To cook in water or liquid in which rolling bubbles have formed |
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Braise |
To cook in small amounts of liquid in a tightly covered pan over low heat |
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Simmer |
To cook in liquid hust below boiling point |
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Roast
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To cook in an oven in a covered or uncovered container |
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Pressure cooker |
To cook in steam with or without pressure |
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Broil
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To cook uncovered by direct heatd |