Sauces

Question 1

Advantages of using sauces

Answer 1

Add flavour
Provide contrast to texture
Change food value depending on ingredients
Moisten foods
Off set the richness of foods eg. Apple sauce with roast pork

Question 2

Types of sauces

Answer 2

Roux based - White and cheese
Egg based - custard
Fruit sayces -Apple, orange 
Cold sauces - mint
Other- chocolate

Question 3

What is a roux

Answer 3

A mixture of fat and flour used to thicken soups and sauces.

The consist an y depends on the amount of liquid added

Question 4

Certain sauces that are traditionally served with certain meals examples

Answer 4

Bread sauce and cranberry sauce with roast turkey
Mint sauce with roast lamb
Horseradish sauce with roast beef
Apple sauce with roast pork/goose

Question 5

Convince sauces can come in the form of

Answer 5

Bottled
Dried
Frozen
Canned
Cartoned

Question 6

Advantages of convenience sauces

Answer 6

Easy
Useful for people with poor cooking skills
Reduce preparation time

Question 7

Disadvantages of using convenience sauces

Answer 7

High sugar and salt additives

Contains various additives

Question 8

When are sauces used

Answer 8

As an accompaniment or part of a dish

They can be sweet, savoury hot or cold