Vicab #2 Flashcards
Albumin
Protein of eggs and leeks
Aromatics
Food that enhances flavor or aroma of dish
Blanc
Produces “white” food
Blanch
Boil food briefly as a first step to other cooking processes
Boil
Transfers heat from liquid to food by convection
212*
203*—high elevation
Broth
Savory liquid made of water and bones meats or veggies
Brun
Cooking a small tender piece in a small amount of fat
Chiffonade
Fine ribbon cut
Clarification
Process of removing impurities from liquid
Depouillage
Process of skimming fat and impurities from surface of stock
Essence
Reduced liquid with dominant prevailing flavor
Fond
Base: browned bits/caramelized to bottom of pan
Fumet
Flavorful liquid made from vegetables, fowl, poultry, fish or game that simmered in wine or stock and reduced by 50%
Gelatin
Colorless/flavorless thickening agent made from bones
Glacé
White or brown stock reduced 85-90% through
Legume
Seed pods that split when ripe(beans)
Poisson
Fish cured by being split and air dried without salt
Purge
Juice that oozes from flesh or fresh cooked meat after packaged
Remouillage
Weak stock made with solid ingredients left after straining a stock