Any of a wide variety of dishes incorporating meat, poultry, seafood, or fruit, including a mixture of hot or cold and often includes raw vegetables or fruits
Salade - French
Salata - Latin
Types of Salad
Appetizer Salad
Accompaniment Salad
Main Course Salad
Separate Course Salad
Dessert Salad
Appetizer Salad
Stimulates the appetite
Classifications of Appetizer Salad
Canapes
Cocktails
Vegetable Hors d'oeuvres
Relishes
Fruit Appetizers
Grilled Appetizers
Tasty Tidbits
Canapes
Small open-faced sandwich topped with seasoned dressing
Cocktails
Drinks with flavoring ingredients served in small glasses, can be alcoholic or non-alcoholic
Vegetable hors d'oeuvres
Small marinated fish, hard cooked eggs, pickles, sardines, sausages, fruits with vegetable slices as base
Relishes
Selected vegetables that are served chilled, including celery, radish, olives, pickles, and vegetable sticks
Dips
Usually made from cheese and served with chips and crackers
Fruit appetizer
Light and refreshing fruit sliced, diced, or scooped that are fresh or preserved, chilled and served with cream or syrup as accompaniment
Grilled appetizer
Usually served outdoors and the guest do the grilling themselves like hotdogs, and sausages and other cold cuts
Tasty Tidbits
Include assorted nuts, chips, pickles, and fresh or dried fruits and vegetables, commonly called finger foods
Accompaniment Salad
Served with the main course
Main Course Salad
Large enough to serve as a full-meal and should contain a substantial portion of protein
Separate Course Salad
A refreshing light salad served after the main course
Dessert Salad
Contains fruits, sweetened gelatin, nuts and cream
Cooking Methods for Hot Dessert
Boiling
Baking
Frying
Poaching
Steaming
Principal Categories of Salad According to Ingredients
Green Salad
Vegetable Salad
Mixed Salads
Salads of Pasta or Grains
Fruit Salad
Structures of a Salad
Base or Underliner
Body
Garnish
Dressing
Base or Underliner
Leafy greens that give height to the salad and help to confine loose pieces of food
Body
The main part of the salad
Garnish
Gives an eye appeal to the salad and adds flavor
Dressing
A seasoned liquid or semi-liquid that is added to the body of the salad, increases the absorption of certain nutrients being consumed, and used to enhance and moisten salads
Tips in Arranging Salads
Keep the salad off the rim of the plate
Strive for good balance of colors
Height helps make a salad attractive
Cut ingredients neatly
Make each ingredient identifiable
Keep it simple
Basic Procedures for Green Salads
Wash greens thoroughly
Drain greens well
Crisp the greens
Cut or tear into bite-sized pieces
Mix the greens
Plate the salads
Garnish
Refrigerate
Add dressing before service or serve on the side
Moulded Cream
Mousse, bavarois, cream based
Meringue Shell and nest
Egg white whisked into a stiff mixture sweetened with sugar
Flans and tarts
made of short/sweet pastry with sugar and egg in place of water, they are baked or steamed.
Jellies
flavoured fruits which are sometimes mixed with wine and set with gelatine or agar agar
Trifle
Sponge, jelly and its fruit based and sometimes served with jam or whipped cream
Ice cream/Yogurt
frozen mixture of sugar, milk, fat and fresh fruits for flavoring. its the creamiest of all frozen dessert
Sherbet
contains less dairy than ice cream
Sorbet
frozen fruit and veggie purees, juices, wine or a combination of tea.
Cakes and pastries
sweet baked products served in slices or pieces
Crepes and pancakes
made of flour, sugar, egg and butter made into a soft dough