Dry Heat Cooking and Moist Heat Cooking

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Dry Heat Cooking and Moist Heat Cooking

• Fall 2007

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Cooking Methods Defined

• Dry Heat Methods
• Broiling
• Sautéing
• Grilling
• Pan-frying
• Deep-frying
• Roasting
• Baking

• Moist Heat Methods
• Steaming
• Poaching
• Simmering
• Boiling
• En Papillote
• Combination
• Braising
• Stewing

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Dry Heat Cooking Methods

• Sautéing
• Definition Cooking in a small amount of fat at a
  medium high temperature
• What type of fat works best?

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Dry Heat Cooking Methods

• Stir-frying
• Similar to sautéing
• Cook food quickly in a small amount of fat or oil
  over high heat while constantly stirring

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Dry Heat Cooking Methods

• Pan-frying
• Cooking method where food items are partially
  submerged in fat or oil

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Dry Heat Cooking Methods

• Deep Frying
• Cooking method where food items are completely
  submerged in hot fat or oil

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Dry Heat Cooking Methods

• Grilling
• Cooking food on rack above heat source

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Dry Heat Cooking Methods

• Broiling
• Cook food by placing below a very hot heat source

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Dry Heat Cooking Methods

• Roasting/Baking
• Cooking by dry heat typically in an oven
• Roasting typically involves basting

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Moist Heat Cooking Methods

• Shallow Poaching
• Technique where both steam and liquid cook the
  items

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Moist Heat Cooking Methods

• Deep Poaching
• Technique where items are completely submerged in
  a liquid that is between 180 and 185 degrees
  Fahrenheit
• Small bubbles rise to the surface.
• Less bubbles than a simmer

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Simmering

• Cooking food in a liquid between 185 and 200
  degree Fahrenheit.
• Small bubbles rise to the surface and break.

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Boil

• Food is cooked in a liquid that has been brought
  to 212 degrees Fahrenheit.
• Large bubbles rise to the surface and break.

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Moist Heat Cooking Methods

• Braising
• A method of cooking that involves dry and moist
  heat
• Food is typically seared and then cooked in a few
  inches of a liquid.
• Pot or pan is typically covered to trap in
  moisture

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Moist Heat Cooking Methods

• Stewing
• Stewing is similar to braising, but the main item
  is cut into bite-size pieces and more liquid is
  used

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Moist Heat Cooking Methods

• Steaming
• Cooking food over, but not directly in, boiling
  liquid in a covered pot