Prepare Desserts and Salads Flashcards
are served after the main menu is taken
Desserts
The choice of desserts depends on the type of meal. A light meal is to be followed by a _____ and a heavier meal by ___ or a ____.
___ can be a single food or a combination of foods accompanied by a dressing.
substantial Desserts
Fruit or a fruit dessert
Salad
IMPORTANCE OF DESSERT
- Ingredients used in preparing desserts help in the digestion of food eaten in the entire meal.
- It helps balance the nutrients absorbed in the body.
- It serves as an anti depressant.
CLASSIFICATION OF DESSERTS
Frozen and Cold Desserts
Hot Desserts
Custard and Cream-based Desserts
Fruit-based Desserts
Chocolate-based Desserts
Cheese-based Desserts
these include cheesecake, crepe with cheese filling, souffles ricotta, or goat cheese fritters.
Cheese-based Desserts
Among these are mousse, classic gateau, chocolate-based cake, tart and custard, cream and parfaits.
Chocolate-based Desserts
- These are comprised of fruit cocktails, fresh fruit, fruit
salad, and others.
Fruit-based Desserts
- Among these are crème brûlée
cream caramel, pastry cream, sabayon, bread pudding, and others.
Custard and Cream-based Desserts
- these include souffle, cobblers, pastries, fritters, donuts,
crepes, and others.
Hot Desserts
- Examples of these are ice cream, parfait, bombes glace, sorbets, coupes, gelatin, flans, mousse, and others.
Frozen and Cold Desserts
Commonly Served Desserts
Ice cream, Ice and Sherbet
Fruit dessert
Pies and Pastries
Mousse
Cold and molded
salads
A cold dessert is usually sweet
unheated dish or chilled and
served after the main course.
Cold and molded
salads
is a prepared food that incorporated air bubbles to give it a light and airy texture. Depending on preparation techniques, it can range from light and fluffy to creamy and thick. A __ may be sweet or
savory. Dessert __ are typically
made with whipped egg whites or whipped cream, and generally flavored with chocolate or purred fruit.
mousse
These are desserts with crust
and filling like pies, tarts,
quiches, and the like. Other
sweet __ desserts are
made of unleavened
dough and fat. They are
light and airy in texture, like
cream puff, eclairs,
baklava, etc.
Pies and Pastries
This dessert is delicious and sweet, the main component is fruits of different kinds. There are ingredients added like syrup,
creams, and milk to make it more palatable. This is the simplest dessert and one of the best fruits because they are
nutritious, appetizing, and easy to prepare and serve.
Fruit dessert
Characteristics of good fruit dessert
Appetizing aroma
Simple
Clean-washed appearance
Slightly chilled
consists of smooth frozen
mixture of milk, cream, sugar, flavorings, and sometimes eggs.
Ice cream
-
made from fruit juices, water, and sugar. American __ contains milk and cream and
sometimes egg white. The egg whites increase smoothness and volume. __ contains only fruit juices, water, sugar, and sometimes egg whites.
Sherbet and Ices
Sherbet
Ice
can be a single food or a
mixture if different foods
accompanied or bound by a course following dressing. It can be served as an appetizer, an entrée, or following the entrée or desserts.
Salad
It is derived from the Latin word “sal” or “salata” meaning salter stuff such as raw vegetables eaten in classical times with oil, vinegar, or salt dressing. During the medieval period, salads were composed of green leaves, sometimes with flowers. However, in England fruits
such as oranges and lemons were added
Salad
SALAD COMPONENTS
Salad Greens
Body of Salad
Toppings
Dressing
are usually composed
of green leafy vegetables.
Salad Greens
Commonly used Green Vegetables
- Belgian
- Boston Lettuce
- Cabbage
- Cress
- Iceberg lettuce
- Leaf lettuce
- Radicchio
- Romaine
- Spinach
- Water Cress
It can be a mixture of vegetables,
fruits, cooked meat, poultry, or fish.
Body of Salad (Main Ingredients)