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Mire Poix

Rough cut vegetables (Carrots, celery, and onion)


Onion amount is double the carrot and celery amount

Mise en Place

Everything in its place

Sweat

To saute over moderate heat to release the oil and flavors

Sear

To cook over high heat in order to sear and caramelize the product

Deglaze

To add liquid to a pan over heat to release the particles (fond) left after a product is seared

Fond

(Foundation) Particles left after a product is seared. The foundation of flavor

Roux

Equal parts flour and fat

Pincer

Caramelize tomato products to add color to the stock or sauce

Slurry

Starch and liquid

Buerre manier

Flour and butter used to adjust consistency

Monte au buerre

Mountain of butter. Whole butter added to bring shine and silkiness

Coulis

Puree

Holy Trinity

Green pepper, celery, and onion

Depouillage

To skim the scum

Remouillage

Re-wetting the bones or the second cooking of bones

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

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

Escoffier (1846 - 1935)

"Emperor of the World's Kitchen" Created the five mother sauces as well as the kitchen brigade system.

Thomas Keller

Owns The French Laundry in Napa Valley and Per Se in New York


One of the greatest chefs in the world

Ferran Adria

Formally of El Bulli (Practiced molecular gastronomy)

Food borne illness

Disease carried or transmitted to people by food

Food borne illness outbreak

Instance where two or more people suffer from the same food borne illness after eating the same thing

Cross contact

Can occur through incidental contact with utensils, pots and pans, and preparation surfaces. It is the transfer of protein

Cross contamination

The transfer of bacteria from surface to another

Temperature danger zone

41 degrees - 135 degrees

FATTOM

Food, Acidity, Temperature, Time, Oxygen, Moisture


Required for the growth of food borne pathogens



Chicken temperature requirement

Minimum of 165 degrees

Beef temperature requirement

Minimum of 145 degrees



Rare beef

125 degrees

Medium rare beef

135 degrees

Medium beef

145 degrees

Medium well beef

155 degrees

Well done beef

165 degrees

Ground beef temperature requirement

Minimum of 155 degrees

Pork temperature requirement

Minimum of 145 degrees

Fish temperature requirement

Minimum of 145 degrees

Gluten

A protein in flour (Hold everything together)


The more you knead flour, the more gluten is produced

Leavening agents

Chemical, Physical, Organic (Biological)

Chemical leavening agents

Baking powder and baking soda

Physical leavening agents

Steam

Organic (Biological) leavening agents

Dry yeast. Compressed (Months long refrigeration) Fresh (Seven to ten days refrigerated)

Quick breads

No yeast, usually called batters


(Ex. Cakes, muffins, biscuits, scones, cookies)

How many methods to quick bread cakes and muffins?


Four (Straight mixing, creaming method, biscuit method, and the foaming method)

Straight mixing method

Combine wet with dry, pour into a mold and bake


(Ex. Muffins and banana bread)

Creaming method

Ex. Cookies and pound cakes

Biscuit method

Ex. Biscuits and pie dough

Foaming method

Ex. Cupcakes and angel food cake

Custard

Any liquid thickened with egg (Can be used for fillings)

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

Dining room brigade system

Maitre D, captain, front waiter, back waiter

Maitre D

The person in the restaurants who oversees the waitpersons and busboys, and typically handles reservations

Captain

Also known as the head waiter, oversees the wait staff and the food service of a restaurant

Front waiter

Describes the menu

Back waiter

Also known as busboys, clears plates and fills water

Egg

Six parts. Yolk, thin white, thick white, shell, air sac, chalazae


Useful for creme anglaise (egg yolk, sugar, and cream)

Yolk

Middle of egg, high in fat and protein

White

Around yolk and inner shell

Shell

Allows egg to absorb odor and flavor

Air sac

Between shell and white

Chalazae

Holds the egg centered

Cooking methods

Dry, moist, combination, reduction, saute, pan fry

Dry cooking method

Frying, broiling, smoking, roasting

Moist cooking method

Steaming, boiling, and poaching

Combination cooking method

Braise and stew

Reduction cooking method

Releasing the water and leaving all of the flavors

Saute cooking method

(Jump or leap) Fried quickly in a little hot fat

Pan fry cooking method

Uses more fat than sauteeing

Soup

Three types; clear soup, cream soup, puree

Clear soup

Broth and consumees

Cream soup

Thickened with a roux

Salad

Tossed, compressed, bound

Tossed salad

All ingredients mixed together and dressed lightly

Compressed salad

Ingredients are carefully arranged on plate to create an appealing presentation

Emulsion types

Temporary or permanent

White stock

Bones, water, mire poix, sachet. Cooked for four to six hours

Brown stock

Bones, water, mire poix, sachet, tomato. Cooked for six to eight hours.


Bones must be roasted

Mother sauces

Veloute, Bechamel, Espagnnole, Classical Tomato, Hollandaise

Veloute

White stock, smooth and creamy

Bechamel

Milk base

Espagnole

Brown stock base

Classical tomato

Tomato puree base

Hollandaise

Butter sauce

Thickening agents

Roux, sluree, puree, buerre manier, liaison, monte au buerre

Liaison

Egg yolk and heavy cream

Coagulates

Shrinks or loses moisture

Emulsion

One substance suspended into another

A la carte menu

Sides and entree items all priced seperately

Industry standard food cost

30%

Offal

The organs from meat

Tripe

Intestines

Beef square chuck

The shoulder

Prime Rib

7th - 12th rib

Tenderloin

Most expensive cut of meat. The filet mignon. Only ten percent of entire meat from cow

Elastin

Silver skin. Must be cut off

Collagen

Removed with heat

Poaching temperature

Lowest temperature 160 degrees to 180 degrees