What term refers to the browning of sugar, resulting in a nutty flavour and brown colour?

Braising

Charboiling

Grilling

Caramelizing

What cooking technique am I using if I plunge a fruit or vegetable into boiling water, then remove it after a brief time period and plunge it in ice water?

Deglazing

Steaming

Blanching

Sous Vide

What does the cooking term ‘coddling’ mean?

Cooking in grease, oil, and sugar water

Heating food just below the boiling point

Heating food over a high heat in a pan

Stir frying marinated piece of meat over high heat

What is the best definition for the cooking technique saute?

Submerge food in boiling water in a pot on the stove top

Submerge food in boiling oil in a frying pan on the stove top

Cook food at medium-high heat with a thin layer of fat in a frying pan on the stovetop

Cooking food in a frying pan with water

What is braising?

Food is seared then cooked in liquid in a closed pan

Food submerged in oil and cooked over high heat

Food is cooked in a pan with some fat or oil

Food is cooked over barbecue then placed in the oven

Which term does not belong with the others?

Pot roasting

Poaching

Braising

Stewing

If you pour alcohol over a dish and then ignite it what are you doing?

Flambeing

Chargrilling

Spit roasting

Grilling

What does it mean when a recipe says to ‘sweat the vegetables’?

To roast them at a very high temperature

To cook them over low heat so they soften but don’t brown

To cut them into very tiny, cube-shaped pieces

To steam them until they’re completely soft

What does tempering mean?

To cool something quickly in an ice-water bath

To let a large roast rest after it comes out of the oven

To melt chocolate

To slowly bring down the temperature of something by mixing it with something cooler

Cooking technique in which a wok is used:

Smoking

Stewing

Stir-frying

Sous-vide

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