Puree
If a recipe calls for puree, toss the ingredient(s) into a blender and blend until it is smooth.

Roasting
This cooking term refers to cooking foods uncovered in an oven at high temperatures.

Sear
Searing is a technique often used when preparing fish and means to lightly cook a raw food until it is brown in a pan.

Simmering
To simmer, first boil your cooking liquid (generally oil or water) in a pot, and then turn the heat down to a lower temperature that keeps the liquid just barely bubbling.

Steaming
This cooking term refers to anything being cooked by steam from hot water. Put a little water at the bottom of a pot until it starts to steam, then place your food in the pot and cover it. If the water starts to turn bubbly, turn your temperature down.

Whipping
This can be done with an electric mixer or by rapidly beating a whisk or fork, and is usually used to make whipping cream, eggs or dairy products light and airy.

A COMMON KITCHEN CONUNDRUM

How to Separate an Egg
If you don’t have an actual egg separator tool—a cheap funky-looking device that really gets the job done among the items in your kitchen drawers—have no fear. Simply crack the egg and sift the yolk back and forth between the shell’s halves, allowing the white to slide out of the shells into your bowl or pan. You are done separating when only the yolk remains in the egg shells.

 

 

Is the kitchen the least used room in your place? You’re not alone! Use our guide and you’re sure to impress your friends and family by throwing around cooking terms like “blanching” and “searing” with abandon.