French cooking words/verbs Flashcards

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ébullition

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Fouet

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cooking/baking time

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le temps de cuisson

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How something is cooked/baked

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la cuisson

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a teaspoon

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la cuillière à café (càc)

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the recipe/receipt

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une recette

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low/medium/high heat

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feu doux, moyen, vif

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a tablespoon

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la cuillière à soupe
abbreviation: càs

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raw (usually served seasoned

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tartare, cru, crue

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very rare (steak)

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bleu

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rare (steak)

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saignant

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well done

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bien cuit

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a stock

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un fond

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a very small dash of

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un soupçon de qqs

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the breadcrumbs

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une chapelure

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dough or paste

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la pâte

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a small packet of

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un sachet de

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the baking powder

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la levure chemique

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the baking soda

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la bicorbonate de soude

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an egg yolk

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un jaune d’oeuf

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the egg white

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le blanc d’oeuf

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a selection of herbs bundled up together

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un bouquet garni

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homemade

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fait(e)(s) à maison

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the oven(s)

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le four,
les fours

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the stovetop

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la plaque chauffante, la table de cuisine

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the stove (appliance that has a stove and an oven)

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la cuisinière

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the oven tray/baking sheet

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la plaque de cuisson

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the knife

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un couteau

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a fork

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une fourchette

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a dish

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une assiete

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a bowl

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un bol

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a glass

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une verre

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a mixer, blender, food processor

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un mixer

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a frying pan

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une poêle

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a sauce pan

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une casserole

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a stew pot

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un fait-fout

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a lid

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un couvercle

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a cake mold

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un moule

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a ladle

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un louche

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a whisk

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un fouet, un batteur

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a spatula

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un spatule

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a pressure cooker

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une cocotte-minute, une autocuisseur

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a fryer/chip pan

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une friteuse

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a grater

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une râpe

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an apron

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un tablier

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a chef’s hat

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une toque

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clarified bouillon

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consommé

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a technique for cutting vegetables into long string-like pieces.

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chiffonade

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sprinkled with cheese or breadcrumbs

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au gratin

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to warm

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chauffer

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to cook/bake

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cuire

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préchauffer

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to preheat

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to reheat

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réchauffer

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to bring to a boil

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porter à ébullition

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to boil

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bouillir

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to simmer

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mijoter,
to plot something

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to brown smth

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faire revenir qqs (toujours avec le verbe faire)

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put into the oven

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mettre au four, enfourner

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to melt

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fondre, (le capacité d’un object ou substance)
fair fondre (c’est le chose qu’un chef faisse)

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to cook in a frying pan

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poêler

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to fry

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frire

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to reduce

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réduire

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to roast

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rôtir

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to steam

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cuire à la vapeur

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to cool

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refroidir

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to freeze/ to defrost

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congeler, décongeler

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to add, to add again

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ajouter, rajouter

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to pour

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verser

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to stir

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remuer

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to mix

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mélanger

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to whip

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fouetter

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to mix in a mixer or blender

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mixer

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to slice
to chop
to carve

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découper

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to chop

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ciseler

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to slice

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trancher

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to chop
to mince

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hacher

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to stuff

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farcir

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to dust/to sprinkle

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saupoudrer

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to coat

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enrober

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to butter, to grease something

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beurrer qqs

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to unmold

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démouler

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to grate

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râper

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to peel

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éplucher, peler

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to season

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assaisonner

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to spread

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étaler

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to knead

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pétrir

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let sit

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laisser reposer