Revision 1 Flashcards
Blond Roux
Flour cooked in butter/fat until golden
Reduce
to take liquid and boil down to lesser amount, to intensify and concentrate flavour
Scald
heat up liquid to just below boiling point
Mesclun
mixture of young shoots and leaves
Fish herbs
fennel, dill, thyme, oregano, marjoram, coriander, parsley
Meat herbs
sage, rosemary, thyme
Fine herbs
parsley, coriander, dill, chives
Gremolata
finely chopped flat leaf parsley with lemon zest garlic, served over braised meats
Salad Leaves
spinach, cos, arugula, radicchio, watercress
Salad Vinaigrette
a mixture of oil, vinegar and seasoning 3:1 ratio
Bran
hard outer layers of a wheat kernel
Gluten
protein of some grains, wheat has the most gluten, provides the elastic properties of cake and breads to rise and hold its shape
Bake blind
to prebake pastry crust without filling
Flaky pastry
when shortening or fat is rolled in between 2 layers of dough, folded, rolled and flattened several times so that dough will rise in layers
Hogget
a sheep that is between 9 mths - 2 years
Sear
to colour the outer side of food, to seal
Rack
a cut made perpendicular to the spine and includes the ribs
Deglaze
to add liquid to prevent food sticking
Coulis
a thick sauce or puree made with fruit
Sauce anglaise
Pouring custard made of milk, cream, sugar and egg
Creme pastissiere
Pastry cream, custard thickened with cornfloud and used for filling pastries & cakes
Coagulation
change from a fluid to a thickened jelly, curd, or clot
Syneresis
separation of water from eggs due to over heating
To poach
to cook by submerging food in liquid
Bain-marie
French for water bath
Tournedos
a cut from the heart of the eye fillet, one portion size
T-bone
from the short loin, with sirloin on one side of the bone and tenderloin on the other
Fond brun
brown stock made by browning the bones and mirepoix
Creaming
beating of sugar and butter until light and creamy
Rubbing in
rubbing butter in to flour with fingers, shortens gluten strands
Soft ball
when a small amount of syrup is dropped in to cold water forming a ball, that can be flattened in to a pancake with hands/fingers
Baking soda
sodium bicarbonate
Ganache
whipped filling of chocolate & cream
