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WorksheetsBASIC PREPARATIONS REVIEW
Total questions: 63
Worksheet time: 32mins
Henry is working in a professional kitchen for the first time. He hears the term 'mise en place' being used by his colleagues. What does 'mise en place' refer to in this context?
Having all foods and equipment ready for a specific preparation before beginning
Creating new recipes on the spot
Ordering ingredients as needed during cooking
Cleaning the kitchen after service
Aria, Luna, and Priya are preparing a salad for their cooking class. They are discussing the purpose of mincing parsley. What could be the reason?
To increase its shelf life
To make the parsley easier to sprinkle on their salad
To prevent green color from bleeding into other foods in their salad
To remove moisture
Ethan, Olivia, and Maya are having a cooking competition. Ethan is tasked with making clarified butter. How should he do it?
By adding salt to the regular butter he has
By churning the regular butter he has multiple times
By removing water and milk solids from the regular butter he has
By adding milk to the regular butter he has
Lily, Aria, and Emma are preparing a soup for their cooking class. They are discussing the difference between mirepoix and white mirepoix. Can you help them?
Mirepoix contains onion while white mirepoix contains leek
Mirepoix contains carrot while white mirepoix contains leek
Mirepoix contains celery while white mirepoix contains carrot
Mirepoix contains leek while white mirepoix contains onion
Ava, Abigail, and Priya are planning a cooking competition. They decided to cook at high temperatures. Ava suggested using clarified butter. Why did Ava suggest clarified butter for high temperature cooking?
It has a higher smoke point than regular butter
It has a lower smoke point than regular butter
It has a lower fat content than regular butter
It has a higher water content than regular butter
William, Grace, and Ava are participating in a cooking competition. They are asked to prepare a dish that requires peeled onions. What technique should they use to peel an onion?
Blanching the onion in hot water to remove the peel
Smashing the onion with a mallet to remove the peel
Peeling the onion with a vegetable peeler
Cutting the onion in half and removing the peel with a paring knife
Michael and Aria are cooking dinner together. Michael has minced some garlic and Aria needs to turn it into garlic paste. How should she do it?
By heating the minced garlic in a pan
By blending the minced garlic with olive oil
By repeatedly dragging the side of the knife across the garlic
By adding sugar to the minced garlic
Isla, Aria, and Avery are preparing for a cooking competition. They have to prepare a dish using leeks. What should they do to clean the leeks properly?
Soak the leeks in hot water for 10 minutes
Boil the leeks in a pot of water
Rinse the leeks under cold running water
Rub the leeks with a dry cloth
Emma, Grace, and Hannah are planning to make a tomato sauce for their pasta. They need to peel the tomatoes first. What technique should they use?
Peeling the tomatoes with a vegetable peeler
Blanching the tomatoes in boiling water and then placing them in ice water
Placing the tomatoes in a bowl of vinegar for 10 minutes
Microwaving the tomatoes for 30 seconds and then peeling them
Oliver and Ava are preparing a salad for their cooking class. Oliver notices Ava wringing out minced parsley. Why might Ava be doing this?
To increase its shelf life
To prevent the green color from discoloring other foods in the salad
To remove moisture
To make the parsley easier to sprinkle over the salad
A vegetable-based seasoning made of two parts chopped onion, one part chopped carrot, and one part chopped celery.
chiffonade
blanch
concassé
clarified butter
mirepoix
A vegetable-based seasoning made of two parts chopped onion, one part chopped carrot, and one part chopped celery.
chiffonade
blanch
concassé
clarified butter
mirepoix
Having all foods and equipment ready for a specific preparation before beginning it.
clarified butter
blanch
mise en place
chiffonade
concassé
The fat portion of butter that has been separated from the water and milk solids.
concassé
clarified butter
duxelles
blanch
chiffonade
Thinly cut strips of leafy greens.
concassé
clarified butter
duxelles
blanch
chiffonade
A vegetable-based seasoning made of two parts chopped onion, one part chopped leek, and one part chopped celery.
white mirepoix
blanch
chiffonade
clarified butter
concassé
Roughly dicing or chopping a product.
concassé
blanch
clarified butter
chiffonade
duxelles
The goal of mise en place is to ensure that kitchen work will be orderly and carried out efficiently.
True
False
To preserve the shape, onions are cut unpeeled.
True
False
Julienne onions is another name for sliced onions.
True
False
To remove the root of an onion, make a small round cut with a vegetable peeler.
True
False
To dice onions, be sure the root end of the onion faces toward the knife.
True
False
The flavor of garlic is intense when raw, mild when cooked, and sweet when roasted.
True
False
Green in the germ of garlic is an indication of freshness and should be chopped with the garlic to retain full flavor.
True
False
To get the most flavor from parsley, wring it out well.
True
False
Before mincing parsley, the leaves should be separated from the stems.
True
False
After trimming the root end of leeks, the dark green leaves should be removed all at once by cutting about 3 inches (7.5 cm) into the darkest green.
True
False
To begin to prepare leek halves or quarters, cut the leek lengthwise, but stop short of completely cutting through the root end.
True
False
Although tomatoes are often blanched, their soft skin also makes them easy to peel with a vegetable peeler.
True
False
Removing seeds from tomatoes also removes excess juice.
True
False
The initial cut to a tomato to be seeded is through the core.
True
False
Clarified butter is considered ideal for low-temperature cooking.
True
False
When chefs talk about "parts" in mirepoix, they are referring to weight measurements, not volume.
True
False
Failing to review a recipe in advance can result in confusion and errors during preparation when it might be too late to remedy.
True
False
Mise en place is a French phrase that translates loosely as ____.
A. "my place"
B. "a place for everything"
C. "out of place"
D. "put in place"
When dicing onions, after slicing the onion lengthwise, the next step is to hold the onion with the guiding hand and make slices parallel to the cutting board that begin at the ____ end.
A. stem end and stop before cutting through the root
B. root end and stop before cutting through the stem
C. middle and cut through first the stem end and then the root
D. middle and cut just short of the root and just short of the stem
To peel garlic, place a clove on the cutting board, place the ____.
A. side of the chef's knife on the clove, and press firmly
B. tip of the chef's knife on the clove, and hit the top of the handle with the palm of your hand
C. dull edge of the chef's knife blade on the clove, lift, and bring it down sharply
D. handle of the chef's knife on the clove, lift, and bring it down sharply
Which of the following is a reason for wringing out parsley?
To increase flavor
To increase shelf life
Neither of the above
Both of the above
Simply rinsing the outside of leeks is not enough because leeks _____
have dirt trapped on the inside
cannot be cleaned without chemicals
are generally grown in pure manure
tend to have minute insects on them
For chopped or julienned leeks, place the leeks in a container of cold water, agitate the water to loosen the dirt, let it sit for 10 to 15 minutes or so, and then _____
warm the water
skim the water with a spoon and gently stir the leeks
scoop the leeks off the top of the water with a spider
pour the leeks and water into a colander
To peel tomatoes by blanching, cut an “X” through the skin of the end opposite the core, remove the core, and plunge the tomatoes into _____
warm water for 30 minutes
boiling water for 30 minutes
boiling water for 3 minutes
boiling water for 30 seconds
After blanching tomatoes, immediately plunge them into _____ water.
warm
lukewarm
cold
ice
Tomatoes that are _____ might need to be blanched a second time to remove their skins.
not ripe
overripe
too fresh
too large
To dice tomatoes using the concassé technique, first _____, cut into strips, and then dice.
roughly chop whole tomatoes with a cleaver
crush a peeled and seeded tomato with a meat mallet
gently roll a ripe tomato half with a rolling pin to flatten and seed the tomato
flatten a peeled and seeded tomato half slightly with the palm of the hand
In general, the longer a mirepoix will cook, the _____ it can be.
thicker
thinner
larger
smaller
Butter is ____.
40 percent fat, 10 percent water, and 50 percent milk solids
60 percent fat, 35 percent water, and 5 percent milk solids
80 percent fat, 18 percent water, and 2 percent milk solids
90 percent fat, 1 percent water, and 9 percent milk solids
The easiest technique for clarifying butter is to place a metal container of butter in ____.
lukewarm water
lightly simmering water
water with a rolling boil
the oven on low heat
If covered, clarified butter will keep for at least three to four ____ in the refrigerator.
hours
days
weeks
months
How much Mire Poix (onion, carrot, celery) is required?
12 OZ
10 OZ
8 OZ
6 OZ
Why is the tomato Concased?
To gently cook the flesh
To remove dirt, debris, etc.
To remove the skin.
To remove bacteria
What type of cut should be used for the clove of garlic?
julienne
Mince
Chop
1/4 Inch Dice
What size should a Julienne be cut (width)?
1/16 Inch
1/2 Inch
1/4 Inch
1/8 Inch
To what size should the tomato be Diced?
1/4 Inch
1/8 Inch
1/2 Inch
1/16 Inch
Where should you place the tomato once it is removed from the boiling water?
A Bowl
On the table until cooled
Refrigerator
Ice Bath
What are to 2 types of knives you will need?
Chefs knife and paring knive
Chefs knife and tomato knife
Wichever knives Chef says on test day
Chef knife and small knife
To display the finished cuts you will need a half sheet pan covered with what?
Construction Paper
Kitchen Paper
Plastic Wrap
Parchment Paper
What will be used to "cook" (concase) the tomato?
A pan with a small ammont of oil to Saute the tomato
Sauce Pan w/ boilibng water
Sauce pan w/ hot oil
place it on the burner to roast it
You will need a Vegetable Peeler on your station for this test
True
False
What do I use to make sure the Cutting Board dosen't slide?
Parchment Paper
Rubber mat(s)
Put pressure on it with your hand as you cut.
Nothing (cutting boards dont move very much)
How much time do you have to complete the test?
1 Hour
45 Minutes
25 Minutes
30 Minutes
What vegetables make up Mire Poix? (there are multipe answers)
Celery
Onion
Zucchni
Tomato
Carrot
On what vegetable will you be using the Julienne cut?
Carrot
Celery
Tomato
Zucchni
How much garlic will you mince?
However much I need to pass the test
2 Cloves
1 Clove
1 Head
