Food Prep Home & Careers 7 grade

 Use a spoon to make circular or figure eight motions.

 Use a spoon to stir two or more ingredients together thoroughly.

 Used to add air to foods. You can use a whisk, spoon or electric mixer.  ex. beating eggs.

 This rapid movement adds air and makes food fluffy.  Use a wire whisk or electric mixer to whip ingredients.

 Use a spoon, electric mixer, or Kitchen Aid mixer to combine ingredients.  Cream butter and sugars until soft and creamy.

 Use a pastry blender or two knives, using a cutting motion to mix solid fat with dry ingredients.

 Use a rubber scraper to gently combine ingredients in a delicate mixture.  Such as adding a lighter ingredient to a heavier one. (ex. Whip cream into cake batter)

 Chop food into pieces that are as small as possible  ex. mincing an onion.

 Cut off the outside covering of a fruit or vegetable  Ex. Paring an carrot or peeling a potato.

 Rub food over a grater to make fine particles or shredded food  ex. Grating cheese.

 Moisten foods,such as meat, while cooking. Adds flavor and keeps food from drying out.

 Decorate a food dish with a small decorative food item, such as parsley sprigs, vegetable confetti, carrot curls, or edible flowers.

 Cooking large pieces of meat or poultry in a shallow pan using dry heat.  Always preheat your oven before you Roast

 Cooking food directly under a heat source. This is also using dry heat.

 Using a dry heat method the air circulates around the food.  Baking can include cookies and cakes as well as meats and vegetables.  Always preheat your oven before you bake.

 Heating liquid at a high temperature so that bubbles rise and break on the liquid surface.  Boiling point is 212°F

 Cooking food over boiling water rather than in it using a metal basket placed over the boiling water.  Steaming vegetables is a healthy way to conserve the nutrients.

 Heating liquid to a temperature just below boiling point until bubbles barely break on the liquid surface.

 Food is cooked by completely covering it in fat.  Ex. French fries, fried chicken, onion rings.

 Smaller amounts of fat are used  Ex. fry tender cuts of meats, fish, and eggs in a skillet.

 Involves stirring and cooking small pieces of food quickly at high heat in little fat.  Vegetables, meat, fish, and poultry can be stir-fried.  Stir-frying is often done in a wok.

 To lightly mix ingredients  Example: to toss a salad

To mix by folding, stretching, or pressing dough Example: kneading biscuit dough, kneading pizza dough