Leafy vegetables are rinsed and chilled bread and crackers are heated.Ĭut in: To roughly mix fat into flour when making pastry may be done by hand through pinching the fat with two knives, in a criss-cross motion, or with a special pastry blender. There are alsoĬream: To soften solid fats by pressing and beating, using either a heavy spoon or electric beater, usually adding another ingredient, such as sugar, until the mixture is soft and creamy.Ĭrisp: To make firm. Blend: To mix thoroughly (less vigorously than beating) with a stirring action also to liquify or puree in an electric blender.īoil: To cook in liquid at a rolling or ''fast'' boil. To cook some vegetables by boiling in a large amount of salted water (similar to parboil). To put foods in cold water and bring to a boil for 3-4 minutes, then plunge into cold water, to: eliminate bitterness (e.g., cabbage), to clean and firm meats (e.g., sweetbreads), or to remove saltiness (e.g., bacon).

To keep certain foods-such as artichoke hearts, mushrooms, or celery root-white when cooked by cooking in a quart of water with 1 tablespoon of flour, 1 teaspoon of salt, and the juice of 1 lemon. Beat: Stir thoroughly and vigorously, usually with a circular, up-and-down motion, with a spoon, fork, whisk, or electric mixer.īind: To thicken a sauce or soup by adding flour, cornstarch, arrowroot, or egg yolks also to loosely hold together a mixture of foods with a sauce, such as mayonnaise.īlanch: To loosen the outer skin on foods such as tomatoes, peaches, almonds or pistachios, by briefly boiling in water and then plunging into cold water before peeling.

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