Cooking Terms

Fold

• To combine a delicate ingredient to a solid mixture

• To moisten food while it’s cooking to add flavor

To cook meat or poultry by dry heat, usually in an oven

• Fold

• Roast

• Bake

• Whip

To moisten food while it is cooking to add flavor

• Baste

• Broil

• Sauté

• Simmer

to cook in a small amount of hot fat in a skillet

• Sauté

• Broil

• Braise

To mix gently with a spoon in a rotary motion

• Dissolve

• Whip

• Stir

To cook liquid at boiling temperature

• Broil

• Boil

• Steam

To be rapidly to incorporate air and increase volume

• Whip

• Stir

• Fold

• Fold-in

To cook a liquid just below boiling point

• Simmer

• Steam

• Broil

• Boil

To distribute solid shortening through dry ingredients

• Slice

• Bake

• Cut-in

• Butter

To cut into 1/4 inch cubes

• Chop

• Mince

• Cut

• Slice