Vegetable Garnishes Flashcards
What are your key 4 ingredients you will need to make gnocchi?
The 4 main ingredients you need to make gnocchi are potatoes, 00 flour, yolk and parmesan
What method do you use to cook potatoes for gnocchi and why in this way?
You want to place the potatoes in their skins into a hot oven and roast for at least 1 1⁄2 hours,
this way they will still be dry and not waterlogged as they could be if they had just be boiled.
What can be used to emulsify vegetable purees at the end of blending?
Either butter or double cream
What must you do to a vegetable puree before you serve it, to achieve a more refined result?
Make sure it is chinoised
What is the advantage of salt baking vegetables?
Salt baking will allow the vegetable to be seasoned as it bakes in the crust, it intensifies the flavour and seasoning. The crust can also have aromatics added to it to change the flavour
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What are the best vegetables for salt baking?
Root vegetables
What is the season for asparagus in the UK?
April to June
What to look for when buying asparagus?
Firm in texture and uniform in colour
What is the season for morels in the UK?
March to May
Name 2 things that wild garlic could be used for?
Risotto, purees, soup, pesto, oil,
Describe how to prep baby carrots
For carrots, scrape with a knife or clean scourer before trimming the stalk to 1⁄2 -1 cm. Remove any
mud from around the base of the stalk and trim the root end of the carrot, keeping the overall shape
as natural as possible. A larger carrot may be peeled whilst still maintaining the natural shape
Describe how to prep spring peas and broad beans?
Once podded, blanch and refresh in ice water. Then pod one more time to produce
vegetables of an advanced level of preparation.
