Topic 3.1 Identify Basic Food Preparation Equipment and Cookery Terms

Topic 3.1 Identify basic food preparation equipment and cookery terms

Task:

Identify these items of kitchen equipment and give an example of how they might be used.

Note: these are example answers only.

1.
/ What is it? / Serrated edged carving knife
What can it be used for? / Carving cooked meats like roast leg of lamb.
2.
/ What is it? / Cooling wire or tray
What can it be used for? / Cooling hot bakery items like sponges or bread.
3.
/ What is it? / Electric food processor
What can it be used for? / Used for chopping and processing most foodstuffs like vegetables, pates, pastes, purees, etc.
4.
/ What is it? / Fish slice
What can it be used for? / Used for turning cooked food like shallow fried fish cakes.
5.
/ What is it? / A vegetable or potato peeler
What can it be used for? / Peeling a thin skin off potatoes and vegetables.
6.
/ What is it? / Rolling pin
What can it be used for? / Rolling out pastry like puff pastry.
7.
/ What is it? / Planetary whisk
What can it be used for? / Whisking egg whites and double cream, making mayonnaise, etc.
8.
/ What is it? / Sieve
What can it be used for? / Sieving flour to remove lumps and incorporate air.
9.
/ What is it? / Pastry brush
What can it be used for? / Egg washing breads, pastry and cakes.
10.
/ What is it? / Piping bag
What can it be used for? / Piping meringues
11.
/ What is it? / Balloon whisk
What can it be used for? / Whisking eggs
12.
/ What is it? / Star tube
What can it be used for? / Used along with a piping bag it can be used for piping duchess potatoes.
13.
/ What is it? / Pastry cutters
What can it be used for? / Used for cutting pastry shapes
14.
/ What is it? / Cook’s knife
What can it be used for? / Used for cutting vegetables like julienne of carrot.
15.
/ What is it? / Grater
What can it be used for? / Used for grating food like cheese.
16.
/ What is it? / Palette knife
What can it be used for? / Used for shaping food like fishcakes or turning small food items when shallow frying.
17.
/ What is it? / Tablespoon
What can it be used for? / Can be used to measure food items, e.g. a tablespoon of sugar.
18.
/ What is it? / Metal bowl and a wooden spoon.
What can it be used for? / Can be used to cream together butter and sugar
19.
/ What is it? / Office or vegetable knife
What can it be used for? / Can be used to peel onions, scrape carrots, shape vegetables, etc.

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