Food Prep

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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