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Final dough-rise step before baking.
Proof
Cooking food, especially pasta, so as to still be firm when bitten.
Al Dente
Working solid shortening into dry ingredients using a pastry cutter or knives.
Cut in
Cutting food into small blocks about 1/4 inch in size.
Dice
To cut into extremely small, irregular pieces.
Mince
Fry quickly in a small amount of hot fat
Sauté
Foods cut into matchsticks shapes of ¼ inch x ¼ inch x 2 inches
Batonnet
Remove the outer skin from fruits or vegetables by putting in boiling water and then cold water
Blanch
Cut into pieces 1/8 x 1/8 x 1/8 inch
Brunoise
To finely slice or shred leafy vegetables or herbs by rolling leaves together then slicing
Chiffonade
A little more than 1/8 of a teaspoon
Dash
To cut food into thin, stick-sized strips 1/8 x 1/8 x 2.5 inches
Julienne
An iron tripod placed placed on a counter to protect if from a hot plate
Trivet
About 1/16 of a teaspoon.
Pinch
Cooking foods in a low heat. Just below the boiling point.
Simmer
Putting two mixtures together by gently using a spatula to flip one and over another
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