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Mire Poix |
Rough cut vegetables (Carrots, celery, and onion) Onion amount is double the carrot and celery amount |
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Mise en Place |
Everything in its place |
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Sweat |
To saute over moderate heat to release the oil and flavors |
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Sear |
To cook over high heat in order to sear and caramelize the product |
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Deglaze |
To add liquid to a pan over heat to release the particles (fond) left after a product is seared |
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Fond |
(Foundation) Particles left after a product is seared. The foundation of flavor |
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Roux |
Equal parts flour and fat |
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Pincer |
Caramelize tomato products to add color to the stock or sauce |
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Slurry |
Starch and liquid |
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Buerre manier |
Flour and butter used to adjust consistency |
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Monte au buerre |
Mountain of butter. Whole butter added to bring shine and silkiness |
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Coulis |
Puree |
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Holy Trinity |
Green pepper, celery, and onion |
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Depouillage |
To skim the scum |
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Remouillage |
Re-wetting the bones or the second cooking of bones |
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Boulanger |
Opened restaurants that served the food that only the aristocracy had access to before the revolution. Had the first menu with choices of dishes |
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Careme (1783 - 1833) |
"Cook of kings and the king of cooks" Wrote the first cook book and made elaborate pastries and dishes that added height and grandeur to his food |
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Escoffier (1846 - 1935) |
"Emperor of the World's Kitchen" Created the five mother sauces as well as the kitchen brigade system. |
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Thomas Keller |
Owns The French Laundry in Napa Valley and Per Se in New York One of the greatest chefs in the world |
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Ferran Adria |
Formally of El Bulli (Practiced molecular gastronomy) |
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Food borne illness |
Disease carried or transmitted to people by food |
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Food borne illness outbreak |
Instance where two or more people suffer from the same food borne illness after eating the same thing |
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Cross contact |
Can occur through incidental contact with utensils, pots and pans, and preparation surfaces. It is the transfer of protein |
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Cross contamination |
The transfer of bacteria from surface to another |
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Temperature danger zone |
41 degrees - 135 degrees |
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FATTOM |
Food, Acidity, Temperature, Time, Oxygen, Moisture Required for the growth of food borne pathogens |
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Chicken temperature requirement |
Minimum of 165 degrees |
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Beef temperature requirement |
Minimum of 145 degrees |
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Rare beef |
125 degrees |
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Medium rare beef |
135 degrees |
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Medium beef |
145 degrees |
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Medium well beef |
155 degrees |
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Well done beef |
165 degrees |
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Ground beef temperature requirement |
Minimum of 155 degrees |
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Pork temperature requirement |
Minimum of 145 degrees |
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Fish temperature requirement |
Minimum of 145 degrees |
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Gluten |
A protein in flour (Hold everything together) The more you knead flour, the more gluten is produced |
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Leavening agents |
Chemical, Physical, Organic (Biological) |
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Chemical leavening agents |
Baking powder and baking soda |
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Physical leavening agents |
Steam |
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Organic (Biological) leavening agents |
Dry yeast. Compressed (Months long refrigeration) Fresh (Seven to ten days refrigerated) |
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Quick breads |
No yeast, usually called batters (Ex. Cakes, muffins, biscuits, scones, cookies) |
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How many methods to quick bread cakes and muffins?
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Four (Straight mixing, creaming method, biscuit method, and the foaming method) |
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Straight mixing method |
Combine wet with dry, pour into a mold and bake (Ex. Muffins and banana bread) |
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Creaming method |
Ex. Cookies and pound cakes |
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Biscuit method |
Ex. Biscuits and pie dough |
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Foaming method |
Ex. Cupcakes and angel food cake |
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Custard |
Any liquid thickened with egg (Can be used for fillings) |
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Menu |
A list of items to be sold, a blue print of the operation a representation of concept and a representation of a specific cuisine |
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Dining room brigade system |
Maitre D, captain, front waiter, back waiter |
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Maitre D |
The person in the restaurants who oversees the waitpersons and busboys, and typically handles reservations |
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Captain |
Also known as the head waiter, oversees the wait staff and the food service of a restaurant |
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Front waiter |
Describes the menu |
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Back waiter |
Also known as busboys, clears plates and fills water |
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Egg |
Six parts. Yolk, thin white, thick white, shell, air sac, chalazae Useful for creme anglaise (egg yolk, sugar, and cream) |
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Yolk |
Middle of egg, high in fat and protein |
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White |
Around yolk and inner shell |
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Shell |
Allows egg to absorb odor and flavor |
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Air sac |
Between shell and white |
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Chalazae |
Holds the egg centered |
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Cooking methods |
Dry, moist, combination, reduction, saute, pan fry |
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Dry cooking method |
Frying, broiling, smoking, roasting |
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Moist cooking method |
Steaming, boiling, and poaching
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Combination cooking method |
Braise and stew |
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Reduction cooking method |
Releasing the water and leaving all of the flavors
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Saute cooking method |
(Jump or leap) Fried quickly in a little hot fat
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Pan fry cooking method |
Uses more fat than sauteeing |
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Soup |
Three types; clear soup, cream soup, puree |
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Clear soup |
Broth and consumees |
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Cream soup |
Thickened with a roux |
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Salad |
Tossed, compressed, bound |
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Tossed salad |
All ingredients mixed together and dressed lightly |
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Compressed salad |
Ingredients are carefully arranged on plate to create an appealing presentation |
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Emulsion types |
Temporary or permanent |
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White stock |
Bones, water, mire poix, sachet. Cooked for four to six hours |
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Brown stock |
Bones, water, mire poix, sachet, tomato. Cooked for six to eight hours. Bones must be roasted |
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Mother sauces |
Veloute, Bechamel, Espagnnole, Classical Tomato, Hollandaise |
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Veloute |
White stock, smooth and creamy |
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Bechamel |
Milk base |
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Espagnole |
Brown stock base |
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Classical tomato |
Tomato puree base |
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Hollandaise |
Butter sauce |
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Thickening agents |
Roux, sluree, puree, buerre manier, liaison, monte au buerre |
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Liaison |
Egg yolk and heavy cream |
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Coagulates |
Shrinks or loses moisture |
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Emulsion |
One substance suspended into another |
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A la carte menu |
Sides and entree items all priced seperately |
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Industry standard food cost |
30% |
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Offal |
The organs from meat |
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Tripe |
Intestines |
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Beef square chuck |
The shoulder |
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Prime Rib |
7th - 12th rib |
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Tenderloin |
Most expensive cut of meat. The filet mignon. Only ten percent of entire meat from cow |
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Elastin |
Silver skin. Must be cut off |
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Collagen |
Removed with heat |
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Poaching temperature |
Lowest temperature 160 degrees to 180 degrees |