Cooking Terms Part II

To thoroughly mix ingredients and incorporate air using a spoon, wire whisk, mixer, or food processor with an up-and-down and circular motion

• Baste

• Shred

• Beat

• Stir

To stir or mix ingredients until they are thoroughly combined and smooth

• Blend

• Beat

• Combine

• cream

To blend or mix two or more ingredients

• Combine

• Blend

• Cream

• Whip

To beat solid fat and sugar with a wooden spoon or electric mixer until smooth, light, and creamy

• Beat

• Cream

• Blend

• Combine

To combine flour and solid fat by cutting the fat into tiny pieces using a pastry blender, two forks or knives, or the hands

• Combine

• Grate

• Shred

• Cut-in

To blend a delicate mixture into a heavier one, using a rubber spatula, spoon, or wire whisk in a gentle up, down, and over motion so that the mixture stays light

• Fold in

• Cut in

• mince

• Combine

To work a ball of dough with the heels of the hands repeating press, fold, and turn motions until the dough is smooth and elastic

• knead

• cut-in

• fold in

• stir

To combine two or more ingredients into one mass by stirring or beating them

• Combine

• Mix

• Stir

• fold in

To reduce dry ingredients to finer particles, add air to dry ingredients, or combine dry ingredients by putting them through a sieve

• cut in

• sift

• fold in

• combine

To mix using a spoon or wire whisk with a circular motion

• Stir

• combine

• mix

• cut in