French cooking verbs Flashcards
cuire
Kwir
to cook as in simmer, roast or bake. It’s an irregular verb: je cuis, tu cuis, il cuit, nous cuisons, vous cuisez, ils cuisent.
chaffer
show Fay
to warm
préchaffer
pray show fay
to preheat
réchaffer
ray show fay
to reheat
Porter à ébullition
portay å ee bull i shawn
To bring to a boil
Bouillir
boo year
To boil
mijoter
me zho tay
to simmer (can also talk about someone plotting something.
faire revenir
(fair (gutteral r), rev en near
to brown
mettre au four
metra foor/en foor nay
put in the oven
fondre/faire fondre
fond ra/fair fond
To melt. Fondre is what the substance does; faire fondre (literally: make melt) is what the cook does.
poêler
pwull ay
To cook in a frying pan
frire
f wee
To fry. This verb is almost always used with faire.
réduire
ree dwee
To reduce (boil something down to thicken it)
rôtir
(row tear) gutteral r
To roast
cuire à la vapeur
kwee ah la vap ur
To steam
refroidir
roo froid ear
To cool. Often seen with verb laisser (laisser refoidir = let cool)
congeler/décongeler
(conj eh lay/ day conj eh lay)
the “eh” is barely there
To freeze/to defrost
ajouter
a zjoo tay
To add
rajouter
ra zjoo tay
To add again or in addition to other ingredients.
Most French recipes use the word rajouter because even if it is the first time it’s being added, other ingredients are already present.
verser
vair say
to pour
remuer
room er ay
to stir
mélanger
may long zsay
to mix
fouetter
fwoot ay
to whip
mixer
meek say
to mix in a mixer/blender
découper
day coup ay
to slice/to chop/to carve
ciseler
seize oh lay
to chop
trancher
tron chay
to slice
hacher
ash ay
to chop/to mince
farcir
far seer
to stuff
saupoudrer
sew poo dray
to dust/sprinkle
enrober
on row bay
to coat
beurrer
(boo ree) r is is gutteral
to butter/to grease a baking pan or mold
démouler
day moo lay
to unmold (remove from a pan or mold)
râper
(ra pay) gutteral r
to grate
éplucher/peler
eh ploo chay/pull ay
to peel
assaisonner
assa zoon ay
to season
étaler
ay tal ay
to spread
pétrir
(pay treer) gutteral
to knead
laisser reposer
lay say rep ose ay
let sit
