U.S.–U.K.

Cooking Vocabulary

A
Aging (meat)
Hanging.

All-Purpose Flour
Plain flour.

Arugula
Rocket.

Atholl Brose
Scottish combination of oatmeal, honey, and whisky. Eaten for breakfast or used as a
pastry filling.

B
Bake
Includes oven cooking with steam.

Beef Tenderloin
Fillet of beef.

Belgian Endive
Chicory.

Beurre Manié
Kneaded butter.

Boston Lettuce
Round or cabbage lettuce.

Braid
Plait.

Brassicas
Vegetables of the cabbage family (includes broccoli and cauliflower).

Brine
A preserving solution of water, salt, saltpeter, and aromatics, used for soaking meats such
as tongue and brisket.

Broil
Grill.
Brown Sugar (soft)
Muscovado sugar.

Brown Sugar (unrefined)

Demerara sugar.

C
Canning Jars
Kilner jars.

Casserole
Earthenware or cast-iron dish with one or two handles and a lid.

Celery Root
Celeriac.

Channel Knife
Canelle knife.

Cheesecloth
Muslin.

Chicken Breasts (boneless, skinless)

Suprêmes: boneless, skinless, chicken breasts.

Chickpea Flour
Gram flour.

Cilantro
Coriander.

Clarification
Refers to the process of clearing stocks or to the mixture (raft).

Clotted Cream The resulting thick layer formed by heating heavy cream and then leaving
it to cool.

Confectioners’ or Powdered Sugar

Icing sugar.

Cookies
Biscuits.

Cornstarch
Cornflour.
Croutes
Small slices of bread; may be toasted.

D
Daikon Radish
Mooli.

Dessert
Pudding.

Doneness
Degree of cooking.

E
Eggplant
Aubergine.

F
Filet Mignon Fillet steak.

Fish Poacher Fish kettle.

Food Mill Mouli.

H
Hard Flour (high gluten)
Strong flour.

Hard Fruits
Apples, pears.

Heavy Cream
Double cream.

Hotel Rack
Best end of neck of lamb.

I
Italian Parsley
Flat-leaf or continental parsley.
J
Jelly Roll Pan
Swiss roll tin.

Joint
(1) A piece of meat used for roasting, with or without the bone.
(2) To cut up (as in poultry or meat).

Jus, Simple Gravy Roast gravy.

L
Legumes (dried)
Pulses.

Liaison
Thickener; mixture to thicken sauces.

Light Cream
Single cream.

M
Malt Syrup
Maltose, malt.

Meat Grinder
Mincer.

Molasses
Black treacle.

O
Offset Spatula
Angled spatula; step palette knife.

P
Pastry Dough
Paste.

Peanut Oil
Groundnut Oil.

Pit
To stone.
Porcini
Ceps.

Prosciutto Ham
Parma ham.

Puff Pastry
Puff.

R
Romaine Lettuce
Cos lettuce.

Rutabaga
Swede.

S
Salmon Roe
Keta.

Sanding Sugar
Nibbed sugar.

Scallion
Green onion.

Season (condition a pan)

Prove.

Sheet Pan
Swiss roll tin.

Snow Peas
Mangetout.

Strainer
Sieve.

T
Tomato Paste
Tomato purée.
V
Van Dyking
English technique for serving fish whole, with the tail cut in the form of a V.

Very Fine Granulated Sugar

Castor sugar.

W
Weak Flour
Soft flour.

Whole Wheat Flour

Whole meal flour.

Z
Zucchini (large)
Marrow.

Zucchini
Courgette.