Recipe terms
To use a fold-push-turn motion when working with dough.
To knead
To brown the surface of meat quickly with intense heat.
Sear
To cook in a oven in a covered or uncovered container.
Bake
To keep food moist during cooking by spooning or pouring melted fat, meat drippings, fruit juice, or sauce over it.
Baste
To make a mixture smooth by adding air using a brisk stirring or whipping motion with a spoon or an electric mixer.
Beat
To combine two or more ingredients until smooth and of uniform consistency.
Blend
To cook in water or liquid in which rolling bubbles have formed.
Boil
To cook in small mount of liquid in a tightly covered pan over low heat.
Braise
To dip foods into a mixture such as beaten eggs and milk and then roll it in crumbs.
Bread
To cook food quickly at a high temperature so the surface becomes brown.
Brown
To cook uncovered by direct heat.
Broyal
To cut into pieces with a knife,scissors, or a food chopper.
Chop
To stir or beat fat such as shortening or butter with sugar until the mixture is soft, smooth, and creamy.
Cream
To mix shortening with dry ingredients by using a pastry blender, two knives, or a fork (two words).
Cut in
To cut into small even pieces, smaller than 1/2 inch.
Dice
To dip into or sprinkle with flour.
Dredge
To combine ingredient into a light, airy mixture using a down, across, up, and over motion with a rubber spatula.
Fold
To let foods such as meat stand in a liquid to increase flavor/ or tenderness.
Marinate
To cut with a sharp knife or scissors into very small pieces.
Mince
To combine ingredients until evenly distributed or blend.
Mix
To restore foods to their normal state by adding water.
Reconstitute
To heat milk just below the boiling point.
Scald
To pass dry ingredients through a mesh or screen to add air or to combine dry ingredients.
Sift
To cook in liquid just below the boiling point.
Simmer
To cut or divide into flat pieces.
Slice
To crush food until it has a smooth texture.
Smash
To cook in steam, with or without pressure.
Steam
To mix foods with a circular motion.
Stir
To beat rapidly to incorporate air and to increase volume.
Whip