2.04 Mixing and Cooking Terms

1. Beat: To thoroughly mix ingredients and incorporate _______ using a spoon, ________________, mixer, or food processor with an up-and-down and circular motion.

• air, rotary beater

• water, whisk

• sugar, blender

• oil, spatula

2. Blend: To stir or mix ingredients until they are thoroughly combined and ____________

• smooth

• chunky

• dry

• separated

3. ___________: To blend or mix two or more ingredients

• Mix

• Chop

• Boil

• Bake

4. Cream: To beat ____________ and sugar with a wooden spoon or electric mixer until __________, light, and creamy

• fat, smooth

• eggs, thick

• milk, fluffy

• butter, runny

5. Cut-in: To combine flour and solid fat by ____________ the fat into tiny pieces using a __________ __________, two forks or knives, or the hands

• cutting, pastry blender

• melting, wooden spoon

• whisking, balloon whisk

• folding, spatula

Fold: To blend a ____________ mixture into a heavier one, using a ________________, spoon, or wire whisk in a gentle up, down, and over motion so that the mixture stays light

• delicate, rubber scraper

• thick, metal spatula

• dense, wooden spoon

• liquid, electric mixer

Knead: To work a ball of dough with the __________ of the hands repeating press, fold, and turn motions until the dough is smooth and __________

• heels, elastic

• fingers, sticky

• palms, brittle

• knuckles, dry

8. ___________: To combine two or more ingredients into one mass by ____________ or beating them

• Mix, stirring

• Chop, slicing

• Boil, simmering

• Bake, roasting

Sift: To reduce dry ingredients to finer particles, add ____________ to dry ingredients, or combine dry ingredients by putting them through a ____________

• air, sieve

• water, blender

• oil, strainer

• sugar, mixer

10. Stir: To mix using a spoon or wire whisk with a ____________ motion

• circular

• vertical

• zigzag

• random