Cooking terms matching

Bake: To Cook in oven with dry heat

To Cook in oven with dry heat

Garnish:

To add decoration to food

Sauté:

To brown or cook in a small amount of fat

Fold:

To combine ingredients by bringing spatula down through the center of the mixture, turning at the bottom and bringing the bottom to the top.

Broil:

To cook directly under or over the source of heat.

Boil:

To cook in a liquid where bubbles break on the surface.

Fry:

To cook in fat.

Coat:

To cover the surface of a food with another ingredient, such as bread crumbs.

Chop:

To cut into pieces

Cut in:

To distribute solid fat in dry ingredients with a pastry blender

Grate:

To get fine particles of a food by rubbing it over a rough surface such as a grater.

Beat: .

To make a mixture smooth,

Mix, Stir:

To mix ingredients together thoroughly

Sift:

To put dry ingredients through a screen, to remove lump

Strain:

To separate a liquid from a food by means of a strainer.

Cream:

To soften fat, to combine ingredients until soft and creamy using a spoon or mixer

Knead:

To work dough with hands, to mix ingredients

Season:

to add seasonings, such as salt, pepper, spices to improve flavor

Simmer:

to cook in a liquid just under the boiling point, where bubbles break below the surface.

Pan

to cook in a small amount of fat

Roast:

to cook in dry heat

Dice or cube:

to cut into small pieces

Pare:

to cut off the outside covering of a fruit or vegetable.

Whip:

to mix fast to incorporate air into ingredients to raise volume

Grease:

to rub lightly with fat.