TLE

• Measuring cup and spoon

  • Individual measuring cup for dry ingredients
  • Glass measuring cup for liquid
  • Measuring spoon for ingredients used in small quantities
• Mixing bowl


  • Used for mixing ingredients
  • Comes in different sizes: small, medium, and large
• Can opener


  Used to open food containers
• Cutting board


  Wooden or plastic board where fruits and vegetables are cut
• Double boiler


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


  • Used to fill jars
  • Made of various sizes of stainless steel, aluminum, or plastic
• Graters


  Used to grate, shred, slice, and separate foods such as carrots, cabbage, and cheese
• Kitchen Knives


  • Often referred to as the cook's or chef's knife
  • Used 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 section citrus fruits
  • The blade has a two-sided, serrated edge
• Paring knife


  • Used to core, peel, and section fruits and vegetables
  • The blades are short and concave with hollow ground
• Kitchen Shears


  Practical for opening food packages, cutting tape or string package foods, or simply to remove labels or tags from items
• Scraper


  • Rubber or silicone tool to blend or scrape the food from the bowl
  • Metal, silicone, or plastic egg turners or flippers
• Spoons


  • Solid
  • Slotted
  • Perforated
  • Made of stainless steel or plastic
  • Solid ones used to spoon liquids over foods and to lift foods, including the liquid out of the pot
• Temperature Scales


  Used to measure heat intensity
• Vegetable peeler


  • Used to scrape vegetables, such as carrots and potatoes and to peel fruits
  • Best ones are made of stainless steel with a sharp double blade that swivels
• Whisks


  • Used for whipping eggs or batter, and for blending gravies, sauces, and soups
  • Beaters are made of looped steel piano wires which are twisted together to form the handle
• Wooden spoons


  • Kitchen essentials because of their usefulness for creaming, stirring, and mixing
  • Made of hard wood
• Baking pan


  • Cannot bake without bakeware
  • Baking pans like loaf pans, cake pans, pie plates, and baking sheets and so on are necessary for baking
• Refrigerators/Freezers


  • Necessary to prevent bacterial infections from foods
• Range


  • Kitchen appliance used for cooking food
• Mixers


  • Used for mixing, creaming, beating, and whipping ingredients
  • The ultimate mixer for anyone who bakes is, of course, a stand mixer
• Blenders


  • Used to chop, blend, mix, whip, puree, grate, and liquefy all kinds of food
  • A very useful appliance
• Sugar


  The common element linking virtually all desserts
• Using sugar


  1. Sprinkle over fruit

  2. Beat into egg yolks for custard

  3. Beat into whites for meringue

  4. Use in sugar syrup by boiling with water
• Gelatin


  • Used to set many cold molded desserts
  • Basis for jellies
  • Used to set creams and mousses
• Egg yolks


  Mixed with flavorings, sugar cream, or milk to make custard
• Egg whites


  • When raw, air is trapped in the form of bubbles
  • Beaten to soft peaks will support soufflés and mousses
  • Beaten to firm peaks are suitable for meringues
• Ripe fruit


  • Provides the basis for many desserts with little effort needed to make an attractive colorful display
  • May be pureed, baked, or poached and used for pies, soufflés, and puddings
• Batters


  • Simple mixture of flour and water used to make crepes and pancakes
  • Also used to coat fruit for fritters
• Nuts


  • Available whole, ground, roasted or caramelized
  • An important part of dessert cookery as they provide flavor for creams and ice creams
• Chocolate


  • May be melted to blend into fillings and batters
  • Can be poured over desserts such as cakes and puddings
  • When melted and cooled, can be shaped and molded into many attractive decorations