Food Preparation & Cooking Techniques

Label and describe each type of food preparation

and cooking technique
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Cooking Technique
Slicing: the techniques where a
knife is used to cut foot into small
pieces

Grating: where a sliding action is

used to break a solid down into
small shreds E.g. carrot

Dicing: The action of cutting a solid

into little cubes E.g. onion, tomato

Boiling: The process of boiling a

hard food in hot water at 100 C the
soften it

Baking: To cook a prepared batter in

the oven E.g. Cupcakes, vegetables,
pasta

Shallow frying: frying cold foods in a

pan with a small amount of oil E.g.
Schnitzel, chips, eggs

Grating: Using a grater and sliding it

off a food to produce thin strips of
the substance

Whisking: mixing a wet substance

to froth or combine the ingredients
E.g. Eggs

Sifting: refining a powder E.g. Flour,

sugar

Mixing: Combining a batter to

create a substance that might be
cooked E.g. Butter + icing sugar =
frosting

Straining: Dripping a liquid out of a

substance E.g. Straining Bocconcini,
straining pulp out of OJ