The document provides instructions for preparing various types of hot and cold meals, desserts, appetizers and sandwiches. It also lists and describes the key tools and equipment needed for cooking and food preparation, including various pots, pans, measuring tools, utensils and strainers. Equipment such as stockpots, fry pans, saucepots, baking pans and sheets, scales, measuring cups and spoons are outlined. Hand tools like spatulas, scrapers, whisks, tongs and graters are also detailed.
The document provides instructions for preparing various types of hot and cold meals, desserts, appetizers and sandwiches. It also lists and describes the key tools and equipment needed for cooking and food preparation, including various pots, pans, measuring tools, utensils and strainers. Equipment such as stockpots, fry pans, saucepots, baking pans and sheets, scales, measuring cups and spoons are outlined. Hand tools like spatulas, scrapers, whisks, tongs and graters are also detailed.
The document provides instructions for preparing various types of hot and cold meals, desserts, appetizers and sandwiches. It also lists and describes the key tools and equipment needed for cooking and food preparation, including various pots, pans, measuring tools, utensils and strainers. Equipment such as stockpots, fry pans, saucepots, baking pans and sheets, scales, measuring cups and spoons are outlined. Hand tools like spatulas, scrapers, whisks, tongs and graters are also detailed.
The document provides instructions for preparing various types of hot and cold meals, desserts, appetizers and sandwiches. It also lists and describes the key tools and equipment needed for cooking and food preparation, including various pots, pans, measuring tools, utensils and strainers. Equipment such as stockpots, fry pans, saucepots, baking pans and sheets, scales, measuring cups and spoons are outlined. Hand tools like spatulas, scrapers, whisks, tongs and graters are also detailed.
Stockpot - A large, deep, straight-sided pot for preparing stocks and simmering large quantities of liquids. Stockpots with spigots allow liquid to be drained off without disturbing the solid contents or lifting the pot Fry pan – It is the easiest pan to use for flipping food without utensils. Saucepot – A round pot of medium depth, similar to a stockpot but shallower, making stirring or mixing easier. This is used for soups, sauces, and other liquids. Casserole or Dutch oven – This is made of very thick material for slow heating of food which need softening, tenderizing and long cooking. It may be rounded or oblong in shape but must be very deep to accommodate meat, poultry and others together with plenty of liquid. Double boiler – This has two sections. The lower section, similar to a stockpot, holds boiling water. Meanwhile, the upper section holds food that must be cooked at low temperatures and cannot be cooked over direct heat. Sheet pan / baking pan / cookie sheet – Shallow rectangular pan (1 inch/25 mm deep) used for baking cakes, rolls, and cookies, and for baking. Bake pan / Baking pan – Rectangular pan about 2 inches deep. This is used for general baking and comes in a variety of sizes. Scales – Most recipe ingredients are measured by weight, so accurate scales are very important Liquid measuring glass – These are used for liquids. They have lips which make pouring easy and come in different sizes. Sizes are pints, quarts, half gallons, and gallons. Each size is marked off into fourths by ridges on the sides. Measuring cups – are available in 1-, ½-, 1/3-, and ¼-cup sizes. They can be used for both liquid and dry measures. Cook’s Fork – Heavy, two-pronged fork with a long handle. Used for lifting and turning meat and other items. Straight spatula or palette knife – A long, flexible blade with a rounded end. This is mostly used for spreading icing on cakes and for mixing and bowl scraping. Offset spatula – Broad blade, bent to keep hand off hot surfaces. Used for turning and lifting eggs, pancakes and meats and griddles, grills, sheet pans and so on. Also used as a scraper to clean bench or griddle. Rubber spatula or scraper – Broad flexible, rubber or plastic tip on long handle. Used to scrape bowls and plans. Also used for folding in egg foams or whipped cream. Pie server - A wedge-shape offset spatula, used for lifting pie wedges from pan. Bench scraper or dough knife – A broad, stiff piece of metal with a wooden handle on one edge, used to cut pieces of dough and to scrape workbenches. Pastry wheel or wheel knife – A round, rotating blade on a handle, used for cutting rolled-out dough and pastry baked pizza. Tongs – Spring-type or scissors-type tools used to pick up and handle food. Wire whip – Loops of stainless-steel wire fastened to a handle. China cap – Cone-shaped strainer. Used for staining stocks, soups, sauces, and other liquids. Fine china cap or chinois (shee-nwah) – China cap with very fine mesh. Used to strain when great clarity or smoothness is required in a liquid. Strainer – Round-bottomed, cup-shaped strainer made of screen-type mesh or perforated metal. Used for straining pasta and vegetables. Sieve – Screen-type mesh supported in a round metal frame. Used for sifting flour and other dry ingredients. Colander – Large perforated bowl made of stainless steel or aluminium. Used to drain washed or cooked vegetables, salad greens, pasta, and other food. Grater – A four-sided metal box with grids of varying sizes. Used for shredding and grating vegetables, cheese, citrus rinds, and other foods. Pastry blender – This is a hand tool with a set of steel cutter on the bottom. It is used to cut fats into flour quickly. To be continue…