Cooking Terms [http://www.newitalianrecipes.com/cooking-terms.html]

• blanch
• shock
• roux: flour + butter
• Bechamel sauce
• roast
• bake
• sautee
• blind baking - baked before it is filled
• simmer
• boil
• reduce
• water bath
• puree
• emulsify
• hull (strawberries)
• half and then quarter
• chiffonade
• julienne
• macerate
• whipp
• grate
• wet ingredients
• dry ingredients
• chopped
• toasted
• golden brown
• sinking to the bottom - flour raisins, nuts, chocolate chips
• butter and flour a baking pan
• letting the meat rest [so the juices don't run right out]
• thickening agents: tomato puree, flour, roux
• slow roasting
• loosening agents: wine, stock
• mashed
• segmenting an orange
• grilling
• searing
• marinate
• a la mode
• Framboise: raspberry liquor
• stiff peaks
• Clafouti
• Vichyssoise
• sausage out of the casing
• nutmeg in a white sauce
• molten
• Ganache
• consistency
• leavening
• al dente
• frozen
• iced
• butterfly - cut in the middle and lay flat
• room temperature
• packed [brown sugar]
• binder
• flambe
• bananas foster
• fermented
• limoncello
• frittata - open face omelet
• soffritto
• render the fat
• pitted
• double boiler
• clarified butter [aka ghee] - without the water and milk solids
• deglaze
• fold
• deflate
• gratin
• breading station
• assembly line
• temper
• crystalize
• delicate pallete
• first pick of the day
• Pots de Crème - eggs, cream, milk
• Creme Brulée - egg yolks, cream, sugar [ much thicker than a flan]
• Panna Cotta - cream, milk and sugar [no eggs]
• Flan - eggs, cream, sugar
• tapenade
• baking powder - to fluff
• baking soda - to tenderize
• hemogenize
• Sauces
  • Velouté
  • Béarnaise
  • Chasseur
  • Meuniére
  • Hollandaise
  • Dijonaise
• Bone marrow meat (yum)

TASTES

• oaky nuttiness
• slight tang on the finish
• overpowering
• sweet
• sour
• salty
• acidic

TEXTURES

• grainy
• moist
• dry
• rich
• crunchy
• juicy
• creamy - luxurious - buttery - rich
• dense
• crumbly
• hot
• cold
• intense
• cuts through the density
• enhances the flavor
• lemony
• fresh