Bake
To cook in the oven. Food is cooked slowly with gentle heat, causing the natural moisture to evaporate slowly, concentrating the flavor.
To brush or spoon liquid fat or juices over meat during roasting to add flavor and to prevent it from drying out.
A mixture of flour, fat, and liquid that is thin enough in consistency to require a pan to encase it. Used in such preparations as cakes and some cookies. A batter is different from dough, which maintains its shape.
Beat
To smoothen a mixture by briskly whipping or stirring it with a spoon, fork, wire whisk, rotary beater, or electric mixer.
Bind
To thicken a sauce or hot liquid by stirring in ingredients such as eggs, flour, butter, or cream.
To boil briefly to loosen the skin of a fruit or a vegetable. After 30 seconds in boiling water, the fruit or vegetable should be plunged into ice water to stop the cooking action, and then the skin easily slices off.
Blend
To mix or fold two or more ingredients together to obtain equal distribution throughout the mixture.
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