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a large deep pot used for long simmering sessions and can hold large amounts, often vegetables or even bones

Cooking stews: They are ideal for recipes that require long, slow cooking, like beef stew or vegetable stew

Boiling pasta, vegetables, or eggs: The large size and deep design make it easy to boil large quantities of pasta or vegetable

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to cook food using shallow frying, sautéing, or direct heat on the stovetop

Seared Meats: Steaks, chicken breasts, and pork chops can be seared to develop a rich flavor and texture

Sautéing onions for sauces or making a pan sauce

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a handheld tool used to cut solid fat creating a dough for pastries

Pie Crusts: Cutting butter into flour to create a flaky crust

Making Guacamole: Blending avocado and other ingredients for a smooth consistency

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a kitchen tool used to separate the egg yolk from the egg white

Meringues and Whipped Egg Whites: Egg whites are commonly separated and whipped to create light and fluffy textures in desserts like meringue or angel food cake.

Yolk-Heavy Recipes: Recipes like custards, sauces, and mayonnaise often require egg yolks and benefit from the separated yolks being used directly without any egg whites.

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kitchen tool designed to blend ingredients and incorporate air into mixtures

Whipping cream: Whisks are essential for whipping cream into a light and airy texture

Making batter: Whisks are used to mix batters for cakes, muffins, or pancakes, ensuring a smooth, lump-free consistency

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provide a stable, protected surface for chopping and slicing food, preventing damage to countertops and ensuring food safety, and also help prevent cross-contamination by using specific colours for different food types.

Red: Used for raw meat

Yellow: Used for raw poultry like chicken, turkey, and duck.

Blue: Used for raw fish and seafood, like salmon, tuna, and shellfish.

Green: Used for fruits, vegetables, and salads, including lettuce, tomatoes, and other fresh produce.

White: Used for dairy products, baked goods, and pastries, such as milk, cheese, and bread.

(Brown and Purple) Used for cooked meat and allergen-free

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a long-handled spoon with a deep bowl, used for scooping and serving liquids

Serving Soup and Stew: Ladles are designed to scoop and transfer large quantities of soup from a pot to bowls without spilling

Punch Bowls: A ladle is a practical tool for serving drinks from large punch bowls at parties

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to drain liquids from food while retaining the solids, large perforations allow water to pass through, leaving food behind

Draining Pasta: After cooking pasta, a colander is used to remove the excess water, allowing the pasta to drain while keeping it in the colander.

Rinsing Vegetables: Fresh vegetables can be rinsed in a colander to remove dirt or excess water

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a tool used to break up clumps and aerate dry ingredients to ensure even distribution and a lighter, more consistent texture in baked goods, and helps in achieving more precise measurements

Cakes: Sifting helps ensure a lighter, more tender crumb, especially in sponge cakes and chiffon cakes where the goal is a very light texture

Pastries: Sifting can help prevent clumps from interfering with the delicate layering of pastries

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to provide gentle, indirect heat for cooking or melting delicate ingredients without direct contact with the heat source, which prevents ingredients from burning, scorching, or curdling due to the indirect heat from the steam

Melting chocolate: A double boiler helps to melt chocolate smoothly and evenly, preventing it from scorching or clumping, which is crucial for dips, glazes, or chocolate-covered treats

Making custards and sauces: Double boilers are perfect for creating sauces like hollandaise or creme anglaise, where eggs and butter must be heated gently without overcooking

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used for stir-frying, but its deep, rounded shape also makes it versatile for other cooking methods like boiling, steaming, deep-frying, and even smoking

Chicken Lo Mein, Chicken Fried Rice, Beef Stir Fry, and Mongolian Beef: These dishes are all well-suited for preparation in a wok

Steamed dumplings, steamed vegetables, and steamed seafood: Woks can be used to steam these foods with the help of a steamer basket

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kitchen tool used for grating, zesting, and shaving a wide variety of ingredients

Zesting citrus: Microplanes excel at zesting lemons, limes, oranges, and other citrus fruits, removing the flavorful outer rind while leaving the bitter white pith behind

Grating hard cheeses: They can finely grate hard cheeses like Parmesan, Asiago, and Romano, creating delicate wisps for topping dishes or adding to sauces

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used for cooking liquids, such as sauces, soups, and stews, has high, straight sides and smaller base help retain heat, limit evaporation, and prevent spills

Sauce-making: Saucepans are ideal for creating a variety of sauces, from thick gravies to delicate reductions, due to their shape and heat retention

Soup and Stew Preparation: Their size and shape make them perfect for cooking small batches of soups and stews, and they can also be used for reheating leftovers

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are small containers, often called ramekins or prep bowls, used in cooking to streamline the preparation process by holding prepped ingredients like chopped vegetables, spices, and herbs

Spices and Seasonings: Holding measured amounts of salt, pepper, paprika, or other spices

Dry Ingredients: Measuring out flour, sugar, or baking powder for baking

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a versatile tool used for a wide range of food preparation tasks, including slicing, dicing, chopping, and mincing, has broad, sharp blade allows for efficient work with fruits, vegetables, meats, and other ingredients

Meats: It's used for cutting meat, including slicing steaks, breaking down chicken wings, and trimming fat

Vegetables: A chef's knife is ideal for preparing vegetables for various dishes, including slicing onions, dicing carrots, and creating julienned strips

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small, versatile knife primarily used for detailed work like peeling (not in foods class), trimming, and slicing fruits and vegetables

Hulling Strawberries

Pitting Fruits

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are small, oven-safe dishes typically used for baking and serving individual portions of both sweet and savory dishes

Desserts: Crème brûlée, soufflés, molten chocolate cakes, individual puddings, and cheesecake

Savory Dishes:

Individual servings of mac and cheese, pot pies, frittatas, shepherd's pie, and baked eggs

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also known as a meat tenderizer or meat hammer, is used to soften meat by using mechanical force and to break down tough muscle fibers and connective tissue, making the meat more tender

Preparing for frying: Tenderizing and pounding meat ensures even cooking and prevents the meat from shrinking or curling during frying

Pounding meat thin: It's essential for dishes like schnitzel, chicken-fried steak, or piccata, where the meat needs to be pounded to a uniform thickness

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a large, deep pot or pan primarily used for baking and cooking one-pot meals in the oven

Lasagna and Baked Pasta: Layered pasta dishes with sauces and cheese

Tater Tot Casseroles: Savory dishes topped with tater tots

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kitchen appliance primarily used for making smoothies, soups, sauces, and other similar liquid-based dishes, works by using spinning blades to break down ingredients into a smooth, consistent texture

Making Smoothies and Milkshakes: Blenders are ideal for creating a smooth texture for fruit and vegetable smoothies, milkshakes, and other frozen drinks

Creating purees and sauces: Blenders can be used to create smooth purees from cooked vegetables, fruits, or legumes, or to blend ingredients for sauces

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versatile kitchen appliance primarily used for quickly and efficiently chopping, slicing, shredding, grating, puréeing, and grinding various foods

Chopping vegetables: A food processor can chop onions, celery, and carrots quickly and evenly for soups, stews, and other dishes

Pureeing ingredients: It can create smooth purees for soups, sauces, dips, and desserts

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to blend, puree, and emulsify ingredients directly in their container

Pureeing soups and sauces:

Immersion blenders can easily create smooth and creamy soups and sauces directly in the pot, saving time and effort.

Making smoothies and milkshakes: They can efficiently blend fruits, vegetables, and ice cubes for quick and easy smoothies