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Garnishing
Decorating food with edible decorations like cilantro, parsley, nuts, cheese etc.
Goulash
A Hungarian style stew usually made with paprika, often served with or over buttered noodles.
Glaze
To improve the appearance of certain preparation either sugar-water solution or egg-water solution is applied on the surface before baking. This is called glazing.
Garbanzo beans
Dried or canned Chick peas
Grate
To cut food into small shreds or particles, usually with a food grater or a food processor
Gratin dish
A shallow baking dish or pan, usually round or oval in shape.
Ganache
A Ganache paste is a mixture of melted chocolate and cream which is blended well and cooled. The texture of Ganache paste depends upon the kinds of cream and chocolate used. Ganache paste is used to decorate desserts and to fill cakes and chocolates.
Green Meat
It refers to that meat which has not had enough time to become tender and flavourful after slaughter
Georgette
Sweet pancakes filled with dices of pineapple in rum sprinkled with sugar and glazed in the oven.
Gravy
A sauce made with a base of meat juices combined with liquid and thickener, such as flour. Gravy may also consist of simply meat juices.
Grease
To spread fat (or non-stick cooking spray) on a cooking utensil or pan to prevent food from sticking. Used in baking, roasting, grilling etc
To grease and flour
It means to grease the pan then dust with flour. The flour is sprinkled into the greased pan, then the pan is shaken to distribute the flour evenly on it.
Grind
To reduce food to small particles, as in ground coffee, ground beef, or ground spices. A variety of instruments may be used, including mortar and pestle, meat grinder, pepper mill and food processor.
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Hash
A dish made up of chopped potatoes, meat, and other vegetables. Hash is often made using leftovers.
Hull
To remove stems or outer husks (as from strawberries or nuts).
Hard-Crack Stage -
A test for sugar syrup describing brittle threads formed when a drop of boiling syrup is immersed
Hors d'Oeuvre -
Small, bite-size foods usually served before a meal.
Hummus
An Arabic and Greek dish made from cooked chickpeas crushed with sesame oil sometimes with the addition of soy sauce. It is served with pita bread or falafel.
Headspace
The amount of space to leave at the top of a container to allow for expansion of food when frozen or processed.
Homogenise
To break up fat globules into small particles. Generally refers to milk.
Half and Half
A mixture of half cream and half milk. The fat content is between 10 and 12 percent.
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Infuse
To immerse tea, herbs, or other flavouring ingredients in a hot liquid in order to extract flavor.
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Jalapeņo
Hot green pepper of southwestern United States and Mexico. Sometimes are red in colour as well.
Julienne
To cut food into thin, matchstick strips. Julienne strips are usually about 1/8-inch thick, but the length varies.
Jambalaya
A combination of meat or seafood and rice cooked together.
Jardiniere
A garnish for meat dishes, generally consisting of carrots, celery, turnips, and sometimes peas.
