Cooking Techniques

Question 1

Bake

Answer 1

Cook food by dry heat without direct exposure to a flame (typically in an oven)

Question 2

Beat

Answer 2

To stir rapidly by hand or with a mixer

Question 3

Boil

Answer 3

Heat water to reach the temperature as to which it bubbles

Question 4

Chop

Answer 4

Cut food into pieces with a sharp blade of a knife

Question 5

Dice

Answer 5

Cutting food into small cubed shaped pieces

Question 6

Fold

Answer 6

A technique used to gently combine a light airy ingredient with a heavy one

Question 7

Fry

Answer 7

Cook food in hot fat or oil

Question 8

Peel

Answer 8

Remove the outer covering or skin from fruit or vegetable

Question 9

Poach

Answer 9

cooking food fully submerged in liquid

Question 10

Saute

Answer 10

Fry quickly in a little hot fat

Question 11

Sear

Answer 11

Technique used in grilling, baking, roasting which the surface of the food is cooked at high temp until brown crust forms

Question 12

Shred

Answer 12

To scrape food across or through a shredding surface to make strips

Question 13

Sift

Answer 13

Put a fine or loose substance through a sieve to remove lumps or large particles

Question 14

Steam

Answer 14

Cook food by heating it in steam from boiling water

Question 15

Stew

Answer 15

A dish of meat and vegies slowly cooked in a liquid

Question 16

Whip

Answer 16

Incorporating air bubbles into the structure of fatty liquids like heavy dairy creams