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French Culinary Secrets
One of the most popular arts in the field of cuisine is French culinary art. French culinary art has deep roots in the European culture. In fact, many of the French culinary terms where influenced by royalty and other prominent figures in the French society.
While cooking, French culinary terms seem to pop up quite often. It is often said that French culinary techniques set the standard for which culinary arts is based around today.
When preparing dessert items, a French culinary term that comes up a lot is A la mode. This simply means that a scoop of ice cream is served on top of a piece of pie.
When preparing French culinary dishes, the term Ail is often in the recipe. In French culinary terms, Ail refers to garlic. It can mean cloves, whole or even garlic powder. Another French culinary term that refers to garlic is Aioli-or Beurre De Provence). This refers to a garlic sauce that is similar to mayonnaise.
French culinary dishes often call for Anchoix. In fact in America, this is a common ingredient used on pizzas. Anchoix refers to anchovy.
Often times, Roast beef is served with Au Jus. Au Jus, in French culinary terms means “in juice”. It is typically a beef broth that is served with roast beef.
A popular French culinary term is Bisque. This is often used to refer to a thick and rich cream soup, usually made with crab or other fish. It can also refer to a frozen dessert that usually contains powdered nuts and macaroons.
Another common French culinary term is Bitok. It refers to either beef steak or hamburger. In America, we often just refer to it as ground beef.
Many recipes will call for the preparer to blanch something. In French culinary terms this means to pour boiling water over food to loosen the skins. This is commonly done with tomatoes. This can also mean to boil the food for a specific time then plunge that food into cold water. This method sets the color and stops any further cooking.
The fact remains, that French culinary terms, methods and foods, have a strong hold in nearly all cooking. Over the years many other forms of culinary arts have modeled certain methods after the French culinary style. Learning to cook with the French culinary methods is fairly easy and can be done either at home, or in a cooking class
