Don't know how to do it? Dr. Gourmet explains common cooking techniques and the hows and whys of what they are and why they work.
Acids Prevent Browning Al Dente Asparagus, Steaming Au Gratin
Bain Marie Baking Muffins Baking Soda Baking Tips Baste Beef, Cooking Beurre Manie Blanch Braising Breading Broil / Grill Butterfly Butter, Storing Browning, Acids Prevent
Caramelization, Flavor Enhancer Caramelizing Sugar Chiffonade Chop Clay Pot Cooking Cold to Hot Cooking Beef Cooking Eggs Cooking Garlic Cooking Scallops Cooking Soup Corn Starch as Thickening Agent Custard as Thickening Agent Cutting Melons
Deglaze Degorge Dice Dicing Onions Dressings, Storing Drying Salad Greens
Eggs, Cooking Emulsion Enhancing Flavors
Fewer Egg Yolks, Using Filet Fish, Storing Flour as Thickening Agent Fold
Garlic, Cooking Grating Cheese Grilling
Julienne
Key Flavors Knead
Less Oil to Sear, Using
Macerate Mandoline Marinate Marinate, as Flavor Enhancer Matchstick Measuring Meat, Pounding Melons, Cutting Melting Cheddar Mince Mincing Garlic
Oil in Vinaigrette Onions, Dicing Opposites Attract Oven Temperatures
Parboil Pare Pasta, Portion Size Pasta, Salt in water Pasta, Water for Peel Peeling Tomatoes Pizza Dough, Working with Poaching Portion Size - Egg Yolks Portion Size - Pasta Portion Size - Scales Pounding Meat Puree
Reduce Refreshing Resting Meat Ripening Tomatoes Roasting Roasting, Less Fat Roasting Peppers Rubs
Salad Greens, Drying Salt (in Pasta Water) Sautee Scald Scales, Portion Size Scaling Recipes Scallops, Cooking Score Sear Seed Separating Eggs Seviche Shellfish, Cooking Shellfish, Storing Sherbert vs. Sorbet Shred Sift Simmer Skim Slicing Steak Smoke Soda, Baking Sorbet vs. Sherbert Souffle, Baking Soup, Cooking Soup, Hot vs. Chilled Steaming Steaming Asparagus Storing Butter Storing Dressings Storing Fish and Shellfish Stuff and Truss Sugar, Caramelizing Sweating Vegetables
Taste Buds Temper Tenderize Thickening - Corn Starch Thickening - Custard Thickening - Flour Thickening - Potatoes Thickening - Rice Thickening - White Sauce Tips, Baking Tomatoes, Peeling Truss
Vegetables, Sweating Vinaigrette, Oil in
Water for Pasta White Sauce, Thickening Agents Whisk