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Composition of a canapé
Base
Spread
Body
Garnish
Appetiser
A term used to describe all menu items served at the beginning of a meal.
Starter
An alternative term used in some menu’s instead of appetisers.
Hors D’oeuvres
Small bite-sized items often served upon the arrival of guests.
Canapés
Bite-sized pieces served on a base, usually bread, crackers, or pastry, and served cold.
Entrees
A plated meal before a main course.
Antipasto
Traditionally served as a “meal before a meal”. Usually consists of marinated vegetables, olives, bread, deli meats, seafood and cheeses.
Tapas
A wide variety of appetisers found in Spanish culture.
Why are Tapas served?
To encourage conversation amongst diners.
Things to consider when preparing leafy greens
Keep greens refrigerated until ready to use
Wash all greens thoroughly to remove dirt, grit and insects
Dry greens thoroughly using a salad spinner
Cover, label, and refrigerate
Dress greens at last minute before serving
Butter lettuce
Has a fine, loose yellow to pale green leaf. It has a delicate flavour and is great for leafy salads.
Coral lettuce
Has colour shade from pale green at the base to a reddish colour at the tip. The leaves are compact and curly.
Baby Spinach
Very versatile due to it’s mild, subtle flavour.
Radicchio
A round, deep red endive with a contrasting white tip. It looks rather like a large real brussel sprout. Has a bitter flavour.
Bok Choy
A type of Chinese cabbage that has green lead blades with lighter bulbous bottoms. Has a crunchy texture and mild flavours.
Composition of a Salad
Base - most commonly some form of salad greens
Body - the ingredients that make up the main part of the salad
Dressing - liquid that coats the salad ingredients
Garnish - added decoration, flavour and colour that is placed on top of the salad
Simple Salad
A salad with one or two basic ingredients, dressing and/or garnish.
Compound Salad
A salad with three or more ingredients with dressing and/or garnish. These salads may have ingredients such as protein, grains, or diary additionally added.
FIFO
First In First Out
Adhesive and Peel Labels
Labels usually made from a durable plastic material and remove cleanly from food preparation and storage containers.
Cold Temperature Labels
Labels ideal for use in very cold temperatures or in ice.
Slightly soft, bruised tomatoes
Can be used in sauce instead of salads and appetisers.
Baby Spinach that is not fresh
Can be used in pastas, risottos and stir-fries instead of salads and appetisers.
Examples of high-risk and Perishable Foods
Cooked rice
Fresh and cooked pasta
Seafood (excluding live) and foods containing seafood
Prepared fruits and vegetables
What does SOP stand for?
Standard Operating Procedures
Why are SOP’s put in place?
To ensure that the correct hygiene and WH&S procedures are applied for each piece of equipment.
Machine guard
An attachment to a piece of equipment that prevents limbs or clothing from coming into contact with the moving parts of equipment while it is in use.
How should lettuce be cleaned?
Individual leaves should be separated being being submerged in water, to ensure dirt and bacteria are removed.
How should produce with thick skin, such as potatoes, be cleaned?
To remove microbes, produce with thick skin should be scrubbed (but not too hard).
Deep fried appetisers
Fried calamari
Wontons
Spring rolls
Arancini
Fried chicken wings
Chips
Garnishing Methods
Drizzling
Dolloping
Sprinkling
Placing
Appropriate serviceware for appetisers
Plates and bowls
Wooden boards
Tiered stands
Shot glasses
Skewers/toothpicks
Why are thyme or rosemary herbs not suitable for a salad?
Because of their woody texture and strong flavour.
What can happen if a dressing is added to a green salad too long before serving?
The salad can become soggy
The flavours can become too intense
The dressing can drain to the bottom of the bowl
How to minimise wastage when preparing salads and dressing
Do not overcook ingredients
Prepare only what is required
Purchase top quality produce
Maintain correct methods of storage for ingredients and prepared foods
Scaling amounts of produce needed
Using reusable equipment
Mezze
A greek selection of dips, bread, and dolmades
Warm Salad
A combination of ingredients with some form of warm protein and occasionally the dressing is also served warm.
Moulded Salad
Salad that is shaped into a ring mould etc.
Composed/Arranged Salad
Salad with ingredients individually placed in service ware to obtain a colourful and attractive presentation.
Tossed Salad
A salad where individual ingredients are placed loosely in a bowl with a dressing and seasoning, and are the lightly tossed together, using either tongs, a large spoon, or gloved hands to ensure an even distribution of ingredients.
“Salad” origin
Comes from the French word salade of the same meaning.
Stacked Salad
Ingredients are placed in layers in a mould e.g. cucumber, tomato, avocado
Tabbouleh Salad
Salad including parsley, spring onion, mint, tomato, cucumber with burghul, and an olive oil and lemon juice dressing.
Coleslaw Salad
Salad including grated carrot, chiffonade cabbage, and celery tossed with mayonnaise.
Caesar Salad
Salad including cos lettuce, croutons, crispy bacon with a mayonnaise-based dressing, topped with a poached egg, strips of anchovy, and finished with shaved parmesan.
Potato Salad
Salad including steamed or boiled potato and thinly sliced spring onions bound with mayonnaise. May also contain Dijon mustard, boiled egg, bacon pieces, thyme, or other additional ingredients.
Waldorf Salad
Salad including apple, celery, walnuts, grapes, and mayonnaise.
Niçoise Salad
Salad including boiled potatoes, diced tomato, blanched green beans, boiled egg, black olives, pieces of poached tuna, and slithers of anchovies, dressed with olive oil and lemon juice.
Greek Salad
Salad including tomato, olives, red onion, cucumber, feta, with a vinaigrette dressing.
Cobb Salad
Salad including salad greens with cooked bacon, avocado, cooked chicken breast, tomato, hard-boiled eggs, onion, and blue cheese. It can be served with a Dijon mustard dressing/Ranch dressing/Blue cheese dressing.
Garden Salad
Salad including iceberg lettuce or mixed leaves, tomato, radish, and cucumber, with a vinaigrette dressing. It may also include finely sliced red onion.
Toss
Using a large mixing bowl and large serving bowl, lightly flip the ingredients around to combine.
Fold
Using a large spoon, lift the ingredients from the bottom of the bowl and fold over, gently repeating to distribute ingredients evenly.
Blend, combine, mix, or stir
Procedure, where an additional ingredient is added to another ingredient a little at a time. Do not beat; simply stir until all ingredients are well combined.
Steeping
Used for cooked vegetable salads when you want the flavour of a dressing to permeate through or seep into the ingredients.
Mise en place
Everything in its place; all of the menu items and equipment that need to be prepared and assembled prior to food service.
Standard recipe details
Name of dish
Number of portions
Exact quantity of each ingredient in sequential order
Method of preparation in sequential order
Equipment required
Cooking temperature and length of time
Correct storage details
Iceberg Lettuce
Has a firm, compact head with light green leaves. Used extensively as a base and as an ingredient in a large variety of mixed salads.
Curly Endive Lettuce
Lettuce that forms a spread-out bunch with thin, twisted leaves, curly on the outer edges. Colour shades from dark green outside to pale yellow or white in the centre. Has a slightly bitter taste.
Rocket
Versatile salad green, that has a a delicious spiciness, though the flavouring can become overpoweringly hot in nature plants.
Witlof
A tightly packed, narrow, pointed head with a spear-like shape. White with a pale green/yellow edge.
Cress
Has a pungent flavour and tightly curled leaves.
Watercress
More commonly used as a garnish for salads, fruits and main dishes. Has tiny green leaves and a peppery taste.
Mustard greens
Have a powerful, fiery taste.
Chinese cabbage
Has a long narrow head with green leaves shading to white in the centre. It resembles cabbage in taste but is somewhat milder. Excellent for mixed salads.
Is vinaigrette a permanent or temporary emulsion?
Temporary Emulsion
Is mayonnaise a permanent or temporary emulsion?
Permanent Emulsion
Purposes of salad dressing
Act as a binder and add moisture
Improve presentation by giving the salad a gloss, sheen, shine, and colour
Prevent oxidation of ingredients and leaves
Bring ingredients together
Add flavour and improve the taste
Emulsion
A mixture of two liquids that normally don’t combine.
Vinaigrette
Composed of 3-parts oil, 1-part vinegar, and seasoning.
How long can vinaigrettes be stored in the refrigerator?
4-6 weeks
Mayonnaise preparation
Prepared by mixing vinegar, egg yolks, mustard, and seasonings in a large bowl and slowly whisking in oil until all is incorporated.
How to restore mayonnaise if split or separates during preparation
Add a small amount of hot water at the side of the bowl and whisk until all the split sauce is incorporated, or
Whisk one egg yolk and slowly add the split dressing until all of the split sauce is incorporated.
Optimum temperature for mixing oil and egg yolks
20° Celsius
What temperature should mayonnaise be stored at?
In a refrigerator at 1-4° C
How long can mayonnaise be stored in the refrigerator?
Approximately 5 days.
Blue cheese dressing
Creamy dressing that contains blue cheese, garlic, olive oil, sour cream, lemon juice, salt, and pepper.
Why is blue cheese dressing not recommended to be stored or used again?
Because the lemon juice can change the texture of the dairy ingredients.
Caesar dressing
Contains anchovies, garlic, eggs, yolks, lemon juice, olive oil, salt, and pepper.
Where and how long can caesar dressing be stored for?
In the fridge and consumed within 2-3 days.
Balsamic dressing
Simple vinaigrette made using a 3:1 ratio of olive oil, balsamic vinegar, with a dash of salt and pepper.
Prior to serving Balsamic dressing
Needs to be shaken prior to serving to ensure that the oil and vinegar are properly combined. Must always be shaken before served.
How long can Balsmaic dressing be stored
Can be stored unrefrigerated, for at least a fortnight.
Honey Dijon
Vinaigrette-based, contains olive oil, honey, lemon juice, vinegar, Dijon mustard, and salt and pepper. Can be served warm or cold.
Béchamel
Classic white sauce made from first mixing a roux and then adding milk, and seasoning.
Quality
Whether the produce is safe to eat and free from bacteria and other contaminants.
Signs of poor quality when examining food for freshness
Any food with a strong rancid smell
Any food that is covered in mould
Meats and poultry that have a greenish off-colour, look slimy, or have a strong rancid odour
Fruits and vegetables that are heavily bruised, dull/off-colour, have wrinkled skin, are limp/soft or slimy, are covered in pests or mould, have an off-smell
Dairy products that are past their use-by dates and have a lumpy texture
frozen food that is not frozen solid or is leaking
How to use FIFO
Locate products with the soonest best before or use-by dates.
Remove items that are past these dates or damaged.
Place items with the soonest dates at the front.
Stock new stock behind older ones; put latest dates at the back.
Use/sell stock at the front first.
Food Standards Code (Standard 1.2.5)
All produce that has a shelf life of fewer than 48 months must have a use-by date on the primary packaging.
Use-by date
Identifies the date after which the purchased food is no longer considered edible due to health and safety constraints.
Use-by date is only accurate as long as…
the produce has not had its packaging compromised before that date
produce has been stored correctly
Best before date
The date which the produce remains perfectly saleable and will retain any qualities which it is marketed to possess. Beyond the best before date food may still be fine to eat, but will not necessarily be at its peak quality.
Exception of use-by date
If food has been frozen straight after purchase.
Dissolvable labels
Labels that dissolve in water. Easy to use and do not leave messy residue; however they are the most expensive type of label.
Information on labels
Name of the dish/prepared ingredient
Name of the person who prepared it
Prepared date and possibly prepared time
The date it should be used by
Perishable or high-risk foods (definition)
Foods that can easily spoil and become contaminated.
Temperature perishable foods must be kept at
In fridges between 1-4 °C OR freezers at a minimum temp of -18 °C.
What must you do when working with high-risk or perishable supplies and ingredients?
Check for spoilage or contamination prior to preparation.
Reasons perishable and high-risk foods can become contaminated
Cooked/ready-to-eat food comes into contact with raw food
Cross-contamination
Food comes into contact with chemicals or waste
Unsafe or unhygienic food handling practices
Unhygienic and unsafe storage
Incorrect temperatures during storage
Food comes into contact with pests
Food is prepared on contaminated services or with contaminated equipment
Blenders
Electronically powered appliances with blades for the mixing of ingredients in the preparation of purées, smoothies and sauces.