A-Z of basic cooking skills
There are many basic cookery skills you can learn to apply in the kitchen and make a wide range of tasty meals and snacks. Below is information on a wide range of cookery skills, many of which include simple step-by-step videos to guide you through. Simply click on the letter that describes the cookery skill you are looking for (eg. click on D for ‘Dicing’).
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N
O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
A
Almonds
Apples
Apricots
Asparagus
Avocado
B
Bain marie
Beetroot
Beans
Blanching
Bouquet garni
Bread
Broccoli
Bun glaze
C
Cabbage
Carrots
Cauliflower
Celeriac
Celery
Chantilly cream
Cheese
Chocolate
Chicken
Chillis
Courgettes
Cous cous
Creme anglais
Croutons
Cucumber
D
Deglaze
Dicing
- How to dice an apple
- How to dice beetroot
- How to dice a carrot
- How to dice celeriac
- How to dice chillis
- How to dice courgettes
- How to dice a cucumber
- How to dice a leek
- How to dice a mushroom
- How to dice an onion
- How to dice a parsnip
- How to dice a pepper
- How to dice potatoes
- How to dice a swede
- How to dice tomatoes
Dumpling mix
E
Eggs
F
Fatless sponge mix
Flour
Frosting a glass
G
Garlic
Ginger
H
Herbs (chopping)
J
Julienne (creating)
K
Kitchen knives
L
Leeks
Lemons
M
Macedoine
Melon
Meringue mix
Mirepoix
Mushrooms
- Preparing baby mushrooms
- How to dice a mushroom
- How to prepare a mushroom duxelle
- How to slice mushrooms
O
Onions
- How to make an onion cloute
- How to dice an onion
- How to cut onion rings
- How to peel an onion
- How to slice an onion
P
Pane
Paper piping bags
Parmesan cheese
Parsnips
Pasta
Pears
Pepper
Peppers
- How to dice a pepper
- How to cut a julienne of pepper
- How to cut pepper rings
- How to prepare whole peppers
Pork medallions
Potatoes
R
Raspberry coulis
Roux
S
Slicing
- How to slice courgettes
- How to slice cucumbers
- How to slice mushrooms
- How to slice onions
- How to slice tomatoes
Swede
Sweet chilli mayonnaise
Sushi
T
Tomatoes
Tortilla crisps
Turkey
V
Vanilla sugar
Vegetables
W
Water chestnuts
Water icing
Y
Yorkshire Puddings