Menu Standardization Flashcards
What is a standardized recipe?
recipe:
tried, tested, evaluated and adapted for foodservice use
consistent quality and yield every time with exact procedures, equipment and ingredients
What does a specific institution take account of?
type of operation equipement available quality required labor amounts needed/yield quantity potion cost/selling price
What are advantages of recipe standardization?
uniform:
- appareance +quality
- quantity
- increased productivity of cooks (simple training, more organized)
- better nutrition content/ special dietary needs better met
- increase managerial productivity: more appropriate planning of food orders, control on production=cost control, control of inventory, meaningful costing ?
- more meaningful meal evaluation
- consumer satisfaction
What are some disadvantage of standard menus?
- time consuming to create
- needs proper and rigorous personnel training
- computer dependent
- hard to use local/seasonal suppliers (depended on specific suppliers)
- dependent on receiving supplies (on time and specific standards)
describe the format of a standard menu?
three columns: ingredients, amount (quantity and units), procedure
-each ingredients order should correspond to the procedure steps
required:
-total yield
-pan size + number
-ingredients, name of item, method, quantities, portion info
option:
- fridge time, HACCP info
- prep cost
- prep time (total)
- quality, picture, code number, variations of recipe, garnish instructions
Compare different formats.
action format: ingredients + procedures in same paragraph
standard format: ingredients first followed by method
block format: ingredients on the left and method on right
How should you write the ingredients?
-from general to specific
eg. raising, dried, soaked, drained
eggs, large, beaten
-quantities:
1) consistent unit system (solid=weight,<1kg use grams and >1kg use Kg and decimals) (liquids=volume, <1L use mL and >1L use L and decimals
2) spices: small amounts = volume and big amounts = weight
3) cans, packs = use purchase unit as measurement unit
4) minimum words, limited repetitions of ingredients name, same name=same activity
5) precision for temperature (small range + indicator)
Describe the process of a recipe standardization.
1) obtain initial recipe
- many sources: cookbook, home, following a cook but always NOTE the source/reference
2) write recipe standardized formal
3) adapt quantities
- first: number of servings and quantities from original recipe
- second: 25 serving and quantities for test kitchen
- third: 50 servings and quantities (or number for your institution/meal event)
4) preliminary costing + nutrient analysis
5) 1st trial batch:
- evaluate: ease of operation, quality and yield (estimate ready to eat quantity, raw ingredients and yields)
6) more trials and evaluations
7) final check: proof the recipe with an employee not familiar to see if it works
8) adjust the recipe according yields
9) if needed, continue trials and evaluation
10) once it is proofed to satisfaction:
- conduct: nutrient analysis using appropriate software
- costing
11) implement recipe and monitor:
- is its as expected?
- how is it being done?
What are two methods to adapt quantities?
method 1: by factor
common, proportional calculation
eg. 6 portions for 25, each ingredient will increase by a factor of 25/6 or 4.17
method 2: percentage
each ingredient calculated as a proportion of main ingredient of total weight of all ingredients
-more precise, preferred for baking, requires weight for all ingredients
eg. bread for 6, 60g of sugar and 500g of flour, sugar is 12% of flour . if recipe is increased to 24 (factor of 4), flour: 2000g so 12% of that is 240g of sugar
or can calculate the percentage by the total weight of recipe
What is important in quantities of ingredients?
ROUND results to an easily measurable number
AVPID decimals
no more than 1 if required
What are some limitations in standardizing?
- incorporating air is hard
- quantity of herd and spices hard to estimate
- thickening/baking/cooking/cooling takes more time
- physically demanding
- different cooking techniques
- no more suitable equipment available
- increasing yields means adjusting procedures!!
Why use standardized recipes?
consistent: quality, yield
increased: productivity
improved: nutrition information and customer satisfaction, budget control due to food cost control
How is food cost control achieved?
through recipe costing
What are the two parts to recipe costing?
description part and calculation part
What does the description part contain?
recipe classification item costing date total yield (in weight/volume) total number of portions portion size (dimension or volume) portion weight pan size portion per pan number of pans
What does the calculation part include?
ingredients, edible portion (EP), % yield as per purchased portion (AP) purchase unit conversion factor coat of purchase unit
What is AP?
as per purchased
amount of food bought corresponding to the number of edible portions needed/intended to serve a specific amount of customers
in weight/volume or portion size
What is EP?
amount of food after is has been processed (cooked)
what is available for consumption
in weight/volume or portion size
What is yield?
amount of food resulting in completion of a given proces
what is the % yield?
the estimated % of loss or increase for a given ingredient after a specific process
- for most: results in a loss
- some: increase as a result of processing (cereal/starched)
- refer to food yield handbook
How can you do a recipe costing step by step?
- each ingredient:
a) . edible portion (EP)
b) . find % yield
c) . calculate AP = EP/ (%yield)*100
d) . determine the purchase unit using the AP - weight/volume, specific container - for each ingredient
a) determine conversion factor (CF)
- same units as AP
b) determine cost of each purchase unit ($)
c) determine cost of recipe ingredient = cost of purchase unit * CF (conversion factor)
How do we determine costing and food cost control?
- cost of recipe = sum of all recipe ingredient of the recipe
- cost per portion= cost of recipe/total number portions
- cost per pan = cost per portion * number of portion per pan
- suggested selling price = cost per portion + labour cost * profit factor
How much are food budgets?
CISS or CIUSS montreal region: 6, 75 - 13, 59 million
cost per meal (2016)
montreal region: 5, 274 - 11, 245$
Why is food a complex issue?
mixed clienteles :
- patients/staff
- ages: new born to elderly
- cultural needs
- medical needs and diets: kosher, tube feeding, restrictions
type of facilities:
- short term care
- long term care
- youth & rehab facilities
- resource intermediares
