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This convenient product reduces the mess associated with greasing pans; it can also help cut down on fat in cooking. Use the spray only on unheated baking pans or skillets because it can burn or smoke if sprayed onto a hot surface. For safety, hold pans over a sink or garbage can when spraying to avoid making the floor or counter slippery.
Industry:Culinary arts
These round, flat, edible papers, made from the pith of a rice-paper plant, are used for wrapping spring rolls.
Industry:Culinary arts
A pungent seasoning made from dried, salted shrimp that's been pounded into a paste. Shrimp paste gives Southeast Asian dishes an authentic, rich flavor. The salty shrimp taste mellows during cooking. In a pinch, substitute anchovy paste, though it's not as boldly flavored.
Industry:Culinary arts
Syrupy and slightly sweet, this dark-brown vinegar is made from the juice of the white Trebbiano grape. It gets its body, color, and sweetness from being aged in wooden barrels.
Industry:Culinary arts
To force food that has been cooked through a perforated utensil known as a ricer, giving the food a somewhat ricelike shape.
Industry:Culinary arts
Thin, almost transparent noodles made from mung bean flour. They also are called bean noodles or cellophane noodles.
Industry:Culinary arts
White wine that has been fortified and flavored with herbs and spices. Dry vermouth is white and is used as a before-dinner drink or in nonsweet drinks, such as a martini. Sweet vermouth is reddish brown and can be drunk straight or used in sweet mixed drinks. Vermouth often is used as a cooking ingredient.
Industry:Culinary arts
Often used for decorating baked goods, coarse sugar (sometimes called pearl sugar) has much larger grains than regular granulated sugar; look for it where cake-decorating supplies are sold.
Industry:Culinary arts
To heat a liquid, often milk, to a temperature just below the boiling point, when tiny bubbles just begin to appear around the edge of the liquid.
Industry:Culinary arts
