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Cooking Methods & Mother Sauces

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

To cook small pieces of food in a small amount of fat over med-high on the stove. "to jump".

a)

Sauté

b)

Boil

c)

Grill

d)

Steam

2.

Cooking a liquid until bubbles are rapidly popping on the surface turning to vapor.

a)

Boiling

b)

Simmering

c)

Steaming

d)

Poaching

3.

To cook quickly from above food using very high radiant heat.

a)

Broil

b)

Boil

c)

Steam

d)

Fry

4.

To cook a liquid until bubbles are just beginning to pop on the surface.

a)

Simmering

b)

Boiling

c)

Steaming

d)

Frying

5.

A savory, usually acidic sauce in which food is soaked to enrich its flavor or to tenderize.

a)

Marinade

b)

Vinaigrette

c)

Dressing

d)

Glaze

6.

What is the combination-cooking method that uses both moist and dry heats?

a)

Braising

b)

Boiling

c)

Frying

d)

Steaming

7.

A sauce made with veal or chicken stock and tightened with a white roux.

a)

Velouté sauce

b)

Béchamel sauce

c)

Hollandaise sauce

d)

Espagnole sauce

8.

13. Equal parts fat and flour by weight used to thicken soups and sauces.

a)

Roux

b)

Beurre Manié

c)

Slurry

d)

Cornstarch

9.
What does it mean to use high heat to brown meat?
a)
score
b)
sear
c)
peel
d)
baste
10.

What is a Velouté sauce made out of?

a)

beef stock and brown roux

b)

tomato puree

c)

Light stock and blonde roux

d)

light stock and brown roux

11.

Why is espagnole called brown sauce?

a)

It's made out of chocolate

b)

It contains brown roux and dark stock

c)

It's brown

d)

It contains dark meat

12.

What is the base of a Béchamel sauce?

a)

Milk/cream

b)

Cheese

c)

Vegetable stock

d)

Eggs

13.

What is the mother sauce called that is basically white stock thickened with a blond roux?

a)

Veloute

b)

Bechamel

c)

Espagnole

d)

Hollandaise

14.

What are the main ingredients in a béchamel sauce?

a)

Milk, butter & flour

b)

White stock, butter & flour

c)

Brown stock, roux and bouquet garni

d)

Egg yolks, butter, lemon, hot sauce

15.
What is a Roux?
a)
A Specialty Sauce
b)
A Thickening Agent
c)
A Seasoning
d)
One of the 5 Mother Sauces
16.
What is the ratio of a roux?
a)
1:1 Flour : Butter(Fat)
b)
1:2 Flour : Butter(Fat)
c)
1:3 Butter(Fat) : Flour
d)
2:1 Flour : Butter(Fat)
17.
What are the five mother sauces?
a)
Hollandaise, Veloute, Bechamel, Espagnole & Tomato
b)
Hollandaise, Veloute, Roux, Mornay & Tomato
c)
Hollandaise, Bechamel, Mornay, Espagnole & Tomato
d)
Hollandaise, Veloute, Bechamel, Roux & Tomato
18.
Which two mother sauces do NOT use a Roux?
a)
Bechamel & Veloute
b)
Hollandaise & Bechamel
c)
Bechamel & Tomato
d)
Hollandaise & Tomato
19.

Five classical sauces that are the basis for most other sauces.

a)

king sauces

b)

hierarchy sauces

c)

mother or grand sauces

d)

master sauces

20.
Which is not a mother sauce?
a)
bechamel
b)
cheese
c)
veloute
d)
espagnole