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Culinary Terms

Tant pour tant :
Mixture of icing sugar and almond powder with a proportion of 50/50.
Tapas :
Assortment of hors-d'œuvres or snacks served for aperitif, mostly in the evening in popular bars. They are so consistant and abundant that they may replace dinner. These snacks are dressed on small clay dishes that we hand over the counter and in which we help ourselves with our fingers or using toothpicks.
To moderate :
To bring a hot or cold preparation back to room temperature.
Toast :
Slice of bread made brown and crisp or not.
To toast :
To toast bread (baguette, white bread) below the direct heat of a grill or a salamander.
Topping :
Fruit (apricot or currant) jelly. The topping is used to give a shiny finish to fruit tarts, babas or various desserts.
To put a satin finish on :
When making stretched sugar or crisp sugar. To stretch the sugar with your hands so as to put a glossy finish on it. It needs between 20 and 40 stretches to get a good glossy finish.
To put in an ice cream machine :
To freeze a preparation for ice cream in an ice cream freezer (see to seal).
To soak :
When pastry soaks up the humidity from the toppping (cream, fruits). The crust becomes fragile and loses its crunchyness.
To socket :
To free the flesh from the bones (chops, ribs, drumsticks, or wings) to improve the presentation and to realise a papillote.
To trim :
To remove the non-edible or the non-presentable parts of food.
To trim (meat, fish, vegetables) :
General term used to cut something.
To trim fish :
First stage of dressing fish : to cut out fins. Term also used when you scrub mussels.
Trimming :
To cut vegetables into the size wanted for a recipe.
Trimmings :
Waste or parts of food that prevent a suitable presentation.
To truss :
To hold the limbs of a poultry (as to truss) but without string nor needle.
To put in an ice cream machine :
To freeze a preparation for ice cream or sherbet in an ice machine or an ice cream freezer until it is solidified.
To turn :
To give certain vegetables a regular and round shape in order to improve their appearance.