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COOKING METHODS. Dry-Heat Cooking Methods. Dry-heat cooking refers to any cooking technique where the heat is transferred to the food item without using any moisture. Dry-heat cooking typically involves high temperatures, meaning 300°F or hotter. Brown. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

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Dry-Heat Cooking Methods

Dry-heat cooking refers to any cooking technique where the heat is transferred to the food item without using any moisture. Dry-heat cooking typically involves high temperatures, meaning 300°F or hotter.

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BrownNote that the browning of food, as when bread is toasted, can only be achieved through dry-heat cooking. This browning in turn leads to the development of complex flavors and aromas that can't be attained through moist-heat cooking techniques.

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Sautéing & Pan-FryingSAUTÉING.- Sautéing requires a very hot pan. When sautéing, it's important to heat the pan for a minute, then add a small amount of fat and let the fat get hot as well, before adding the food to the pan.

Another key is not overloading or crowding the pan. The pan must stay hot in order to achieve the desired browning of the food. Too much food in the pan dissipates the heat, causing the food to steam or boil rather than sauté.One method for maintaining a hot pan and ensuring the food cooks evenly is through tossing or flipping the food in the pan — sauté actually means "jump" in French. Some sauté pans have sloped sides to facilitate this, but it's generally only done with smaller pieces of food, especially vegetables.

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Sautéing & Pan-Frying

• PAN-FRYING closely resembles sautéing, with the main difference being that pan-frying uses slightly more fat and slightly lower temperatures than sautéing. This makes it a good method for cooking larger pieces of meat that would not have time to cook through because with sautéing, the food isn't in the pan for very long. For that reason, larger pieces of meat are often finished in the oven after the surface has been cooked to the desired degree.

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Roasting & Baking• The words roasting and baking are largely synonymous in that they both

describe a method of cooking an item by enveloping it in hot, dry air, generally inside an oven and at temperatures of at least 300°F (but often much hotter).

This technique cooks food fairly evenly since all of the food's surfaces are exposed to much the same degree. This differs from pan-searing, for instance, where the surface that touches the hot pan gets much hotter than the side that faces up. Roasting and baking both require that the food be cooked uncovered, so that it's the hot, dry air that delivers the heat, not steam from the food.

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Roasting & Baking• Despite these similarities, roasting and baking can mean

slightly different things depending on who you ask. Some chefs use the word "baking" only when speaking of bread, pastry and other bakery items. Some may use the word "roasting" only when referring to meats, poultry and vegetables, but use the term "baking" for fish and other seafood. Yet another distinction can be made with respect to temperature, with "roasting" implying greater heat and thus faster and more pronounced browning.

• BAKING ROASTING

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Broiling & Grilling• Broiling is another dry-heat cooking method that

relies on heat being conducted through the air. Because air is a relatively poor conductor of heat, broiling and grilling require the food to be quite close to the heat source, which in this case is likely to be an open flame. Thus the surface of the food cooks very quickly, making this type of cooking ideal for poultry, fish and the tenderest cuts of meat. In fact, because of the extremely hot and dry nature of this cooking method, it is customary to marinate meats that will be broiled or grilled.

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Broiling & Grilling• Incidentally, there is one significant distinction between

broiling and grilling, which is that grilling involves heating the food from below, while broiling involves heating from above. In both cases, the food is typically turned once during cooking, and a grid or grate of some kind is used, which gives the food the distinctive grill-marks that are the hallmark of this cooking technique. As with sautéing, it's critical to heat the broiler or grill before putting the food on it.

• GRILLING BROILING

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Deep-Frying

• Since deep-frying involves submerging the food in hot, liquid fat, it might take some time to get used to the idea that it's actually a form of dry-heat cooking. But if you've ever seen the violent reaction of hot oil to even a tiny drop of water, you know that oil and water are a couple of opposites that want nothing to do with each other. To avoid that, make sure anything you place into the hot fat is free from excess moisture. That might mean patting an item dry with a paper towel before frying it.

Deep-frying requires keeping the oil at temperatures between 325°F and 400°F. Hotter than that and the oil may start to smoke, and if it's any cooler, it starts to seep into the food and make it greasy. After cooking, deep-fried items should actually have very little oil on them, assuming they've been fried properly.

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Deep-Frying• The key to keeping the oil hot is to fry items

in small batches, as introducing too much food to the oil will cool it off. Another clue that deep-frying is in fact a form of dry-heat cooking is the attractive golden-brown color of foods cooked using this method. Foods are often coated in a simple batter to protect it and seal in its moisture.

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WRITE THE CORRECT WORD NEXT TO EACH DEFINITION

SEAR / TOSS / FLAME / SAUTÉ / FLAVOR / BROWN / POULTRY / ATTAIN / FLIP/ EVENLY / OVERLOAD1.- (VERB)TO MAKE FOOD BROWN BY COOKING IT.2.-(VERB)TO REACH OR SUCCEED IN GETTING SOMETHING.3.- (NOUN) HOW FOOD OR DRINK TASTES, OR A PARTICULAR TASTE ITSELF.4.- (VERB) TO COOK FOOD IN OIL OR FAT OVER HEAT, AT HIGH TEMPERATURE SO THAT A CARAMELIZED CRUST FORMS.5.- (VERB)TO PUT TOO MANY THINGS IN OR ON SOMETHINGIN OR INTO EQUAL AMOUNTS6.- (VERB) SHAKE OR MIX SMALL PIECES OF VEGETABLE TOGETHER WITH A SAUCE OR DRESSING7.- (VERB) TURN SOMETHING OVER QUICKLY ONE OR MORE TIMES.8.- IN EQUAL AMOUNTS9.- (VERB) FRY A PIECE OF MEAT QUICKLY AT A HIGH TEMPERATURE, IN ORDER TO PREVENT LIQUID AND FLAVOR ESCAPING FROM IT.10.- BURNING GAS (FROM SOMETHING ON FIRE) WHICH PRODUCES USUALLY YELLOW LIGHT11.- BIRDS, SUCH AS CHICKENS, THAT ARE BRED FOR THEIR EGGS AND MEAT

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