Cooking Terminology

Grating
Cooking Terminology

Grate

Grate To Grate is the process of transforming firm food items into smaller finer pieces by rubbing the item against a handheld metal device that contains numerous raised slots of varying sizes that cut ingredients into finer strands.Graters come in various guises, the common kitchen grater, a smaller handheld grater, commonly used for grating whole […]

Kneading
Cooking Terminology

Knead

Knead To fold and stretch dough into a soft, uniform texture to create structure and strength in the dough. Kneading is done by pressing, folding and stretching the dough with the heel of your hand for a length of time until the dough becomes silky.

Jambalaya
Cooking Terminology

Jambalaya

Jambalaya Creole rice dish of West African, French, and Spanish influence, consisting mainly of meat and vegetables mixed with rice. Traditionally, the meat always includes sausage of some sort, often smoked meat, with pork or chicken and seafood, such as crawfish or shrimps

Marinate
Cooking Terminology

Marinate

Marinate To soak food in a marinade that will impart the flavour from the marinade into the food before cooking. Will also be used to tenderise certain cuts of meat.

Marinade
Cooking Terminology

Marinade

Marinade A Marinade is a liquid made up to Marinate food.It can be either acidic (which would be made up of vinegar, lemon juice, or wine, or enzymatic (which would use ingredients such as pineapple, papaya or ginger) and the additions of flavours from oils, herbs, and spices to enhance flavour the food that is […]

Macerate
Cooking Terminology

Macerate

Macerate To macerate is to soften food using a liquid. Raw, dried or preserved fruit or vegetables are soaked in a liquid to soften and absorb the flavour of the liquid into the food.