Food Prep Terms
Across
- 3. To cook gently in hot liquid below the boiling point.
- 5. To combine two or more ingredients, usually by stirring.
- 6. To spread, brush, or pour liquid (such as sauce, drippings, melted fat, or marinade) over food while it is cooking. Use a baster, brush, or spoon.
- 8. To cook in liquid just below the boiling point. The tiny bubbles that form should break before they reach the surface.
- 10. To soak in a seasoned liquid, called a marinade, to add flavor and/or to tenderize.
- 11. To put dry ingredients through a sifter or a fine sieve to incorporate air.
- 13. To rub shortening, fat, or oil, on the cooking surface of bake-ware.
- 15. To spread a liquid coating on a food, using a pastry brush or paper towel.
- 16. To mix solid shortening with flour by cutting the shortening into small pieces and mixing until it is completely covered with the flour mixture.
- 17. To cook in liquid, usually water, in which bubbles rise constantly and then break on the surface.
- 18. To work dough by folding, pressing, and turning, until it is smooth and elastic.
- 21. To cook in hot fat
- 23. To cook over steam rising from boiling water.
- 24. To combine thoroughly two or more ingredients.
- 25. To set the oven to cooking temperature in advance so that it has time to reach the desired temperature by the start of cooking.
- 26. To cook in an uncovered skillet with a small amount of fat.
Down
- 1. To mix together, usually by stirring, two or more ingredients.
- 2. To cook by dry heat, uncovered, usually in the oven.
- 4. To soften and blend until smooth and light by mixing with a spoon or an electric mixer.
- 6. To cook under direct heat or over coals.
- 7. To mix with an over-and-over motion, using a spoon, rotary, or electric beater.
- 9. To cook in an oven or oven-type appliance in a covered or uncovered pan.
- 12. To brown by direct heat in a toaster or in the oven.
- 14. To fry small pieces of food very quickly in a small amount of very hot oil while stirring constantly. Use a wok or skillet.
- 15. To make the surface of a food brown in color by frying, broiling, baking in the oven, or toasting.
- 19. To cover a food with a dry ingredient such as flour or sugar
- 20. To cook uncovered in a small amount of fat in a pan.
- 21. To combine a delicate mixture, such as beaten egg white or whipped cream, with a more solid material.
- 22. To beat rapidly with a rotary beater, an electric mixer, or wire whisk; to incorporate air and make light and fluffy, as whipped cream or egg white