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List of food preparation utensils Name Alternative names Purpose in food preparation Design Image Apple corer: To remove the core and pips from apples and similar fruits Apple cutter: To cut apple and similar fruits easily while simultaneously removing the core and pips. Cf. peeler: Baster
The definition of fruit for this list is a culinary fruit, defined as "Any edible and palatable part of a plant that resembles fruit, even if it does not develop from a floral ovary; also used in a technically imprecise sense for some sweet or semi-sweet vegetables, some of which may resemble a true fruit or are used in cookery as if they were ...
Hangetsu-giri; half-moon cut, cut into round slices which are cut in half. Aname-giri ; diagonal cut, cut at a 45-degree angle to make oval slices. Icho-giri; gingko leaf cut, cut into round slices which are cut into quarters. Koguchigiri; small edge cuts into tiny round slices. Kushigatagiri; wedge cut or comb cut. Kakugiri; cut into cubes.
Confit, as a cooking term, describes the process of cooking food in fat, whether it be grease or oil, at a lower temperature compared to deep frying. While deep frying typically takes place at temperatures of 160–230 °C (325–450 °F), confit preparations are done at a much lower temperature, such as an oil temperature of around 90 °C (200 ...
Julienne, allumette, or French cut, is a culinary knife cut in which the food item is cut into long thin strips, similar to matchsticks. [1] Common items to be julienned are carrots for carrots julienne , celery for céléris remoulade , potatoes for julienne fries , or cucumbers for naengmyeon .
Crisp (dessert) – Fruit-based American dessert – fruit baked with a sugary, streusel-like topping, generally containing oats or nuts (or both) Crumble – Dish of British origin; Date shake – Type of sweet drink using dates as the main ingredient; Duff (dessert) – Dessert from the Bahamas; Es buah – Indonesian iced fruit cocktail dessert
The glaze is used to cover fruit on a fruit tart or other baked goods, to make the fruit pieces shiny, prevent them from drying out, and to reduce oxidation (e.g., browning of cut fruit). [1] The active ingredient that gives nappage its glazing properties is pectin, a gelling agent naturally occurring in fruits. [2]
Zest [1] is a food ingredient that is prepared by scraping or cutting from the rind of unwaxed citrus fruits such as lemon, orange, citron, and lime. Zest is used to add flavor to many different types of food. In terms of fruit anatomy, the zest is obtained from the flavedo which is also called zest. [2]