Across
- 2. To brush the surface of sweet or savoury dishes to give a glossy surface or to assist in browning.
- 4. Quickly frying food in a small amount of fat, to lightly brown.
- 7. to place food in a seasoned liquid to absorb flavours and to tenderise.
- 8. To cut into cubes 1cm x 1cm.
- 9. To combine whipped mixtures and other ingredients with a metal spoon or spatula whilst maintaining the air already incorporated.
- 10. in To incorporate fat into flour using the fingertips until the mixture resembles fine bread crumbs or comes together as a dough.
- 12. the process of gently simmering food in liquid, generally milk, stock or water.
- 15. a cooking method that uses dry heat to cook foods in an oven. To minimise the loss of juices, food should be sealed in a hot pan before putting it in the oven.
- 17. Placing meat, chicken or vegetables with flavouring ingredients and liquid in a deep dish with a tight fitting lid and cooking in the oven.
- 19. A moist method of cooking that utilises the steam produced over boiling water. It is an effective method of cooking vegetables, puddings and fish.
Down
- 1. To divide foods e.g. such as a egg yolk from its white.
- 3. To pour fat over food to prevent it from drying out.
- 5. To make a liquid thick by adding a thickening agent such as flour, corn flour, eggs.
- 6. To cook food in liquid just below boiling point so that the liquid is lightly bubbling with small bubbles breaking on the surface.
- 9. A method of cooking foods in fat or oil at a high temperature.
- 11. To stir rapidly in a circular motion.
- 13. A small item of food placed onto or beside plated food to improve overall presentation.
- 14. frying cooking foods in a minimal amount of fat or oil at a high heat stirring constantly and quickly.
- 16. To cover foods with another ingredient or ingredients e.g. egg and breadcrumbs.
- 17. To roughly cut foods into small pieces.
- 18. A quick dry heat method of cooking where heat is directed at the food from above at a close proximity.
