WEEK1 Tools n Equipment used in Preparing Desserts

• Kitchen Knives

  Often reffered to as cook’s and chef’s knife. Use for peeling and slicing fruits and vegetables.
• Fruit and Salad Knife

  Used to prepare salad greens, vegetables and fruits.
• Spatula

  used to level off ingredients when measuring and to spread frostings.
• Citrus Knife

  used to citrus fruits. The blade has a two sided, serrated edge.
• Paring Knife

  used to core, peel and section fruits and vegetables. Blades are short, concave with hallow ground.
• Kitchen Shears

  They are practical for opening food packages, cutting tape or string to package foods or simply to remove labels or tags from item.
• Cutting Board

  A wooden or plastic boards where fruits and vegetables are cut.
• Double Boiler

  Used when temperatures must be kept below boiling, such as for egg sauces, puddings, and to keep foods warm without overcooking.
• Grater

  Used to grate, shred, slice and separate foods such as carrots, cabbage, and cheese.
• Baking pan

  Like load pans, cake pans, pie plates, baking sheets and so on are necessary for baking.
• Refrigerator/freezers

  These are necessary in preventing bacterial infections from foods.
• Range

  A kitchen appliances used for cooking food.
• Measuring cup and spoons

  Individual measuring cup for dry ingredients, glass measuring cup for liquid and measuring spoon for ingredients used in small quantity.
• Mixing Bowl

  Use for mixing ingredients. It comes in different sizes. Small, medium, and large.
• Cans opener - Use to open food containers.
• Vegetable Peeler - Used to scrape vegetables, such as carrots and potatoes and to peek fruits.
• Whisks for Blending - Mixing used for whipping eggs, or batter, and for blending gravies, sauces, and soups.
• Wooden Spoons - Continue to be kitchen essentials because of their usedfulness for creaming, strirring, and mixing.
• Scraper - A rubber or silicone to blend or scrape the food from the bowl; metal, silicone or plastic egg tornes or flippers.
• Spoons - Made of stainless steel or plastic, the solid ones are used to spoon liquids over foods and to lift foods, including the liquid out of the pot.
• Temperature Scale - Used to measure heat intensity.
• Mixers - used for mixing, creaming, beating, and whipping ingredients.
• Blenders - These are used to chop, blend, mix, whip, puree, grate, and liquefy all kinds of food.