2.04 D ADJUSTING RECIPES PPT NOTES

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2.04 D ADJUSTING RECIPES PPT NOTES

• Increasing or Decreasing
• a Recipe Yield
• Changing Ingredients

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Increasing or Decreasing a Recipe Yield

• The ____________ of a recipe tells how many
  people you can serve and how much each person
  will get.
• It may be necessary to __________ or __________ a
  recipes yield in order to prepare the number of
  servings needed or to adjust the serving size.

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Increasing or Decreasing a Recipe Yield

• If more, __________________, servings are needed
  than the recipe will yield, it is necessary to
  increase the amounts of ingredients used.
• If less, _________________, servings are needed,
  one can either decrease the amounts of
  ingredients used OR prepare the recipe as
  indicated and have ______________.

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Increasing or Decreasing a Recipe Yield, contd.

• When increasing or decreasing the yield and
  ingredients in recipes, it is usually necessary
  to make additional changes in
• Equipment size
• Cooking temperature

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Increasing or Decreasing a Recipe Yield, contd.

• The steps for changing a yield are
• Divide the __________ yield by the recipes
  _____________ yield. The result is called the
  _________________________.
• Multiply all recipe ingredients by the conversion
  factor.
• Convert the measurements into logical, manageable
  amounts.

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Lets Practice Increasing

• Brownie Recipe
• 1 pkg. brownie mix
• 2 eggs
• ½ c. oil
• ¼ c. water
• Yield 9

• Needing a yield of 20
• ___ pkgs. brownie mix
• ___ eggs
• ___ c. oil
• ___ c. water

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Lets Practice Decreasing

• Brownie Recipe
• 1 pkg. brownie mix
• 2 eggs
• ½ c. oil
• ¼ c. water
• Yield 10

• Needing a yield of 5
• ___ pkg. brownie mix
• ___ egg
• ___ c. oil
• ___ water

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Changing Ingredients

• Recipe ingredients are often changed for reasons
  other than increasing or decreasing the yield.
  Reasons for changing ingredients are to
• Adjust for high-altitude cooking
• Substitute ingredients

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Changing Ingredients, contd.

• Adjusting for ______________ cooking
• As altitude increases, _______________ decreases
  and liquids will boil at a temperature _________
  212 F.
• When liquid boils below 212 F., foods simmering
  in the liquid take __________ to cook. They
  require more liquid (to replace that which
  evaporates) and longer cooking times.

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Adjusting for high-altitude cooking

• In _________________, gas bubbles formed by the
  boiling liquid rise more quickly and cause the
  batter to rise before it ________. Without
  making adjustments to ingredients, the centers
  would ____________.
• To prevent the centers of baked goods from
  collapsing, use ______ baking powder and sugar,
  and ___________ the oven temperature.

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Changing Ingredients, contd.

• Adjusting for microwave cooking
• Decrease the liquid by ______the total amount
• Eliminate fats (both solid and liquid) unless
  they are used for flavoring
• Use HIGH power level unless food is
  ___________, then use MEDIUM-HIGH power level
• Decrease cooking time look for a similar recipe
  in a cookbook designed for the microwave
• Allow for ________________________.

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Changing Ingredients, contd.

• Adjusting for substitute ingredients
• Ingredients in recipes are often substituted.
  Some reasons for changing recipe ingredients
  include
• Cost of ingredients
• Decreasing/increasing nutritional value

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Changing Ingredients, contd.

• Some recipes are easier to adjust than others.
  Those with NON-ESSENTIAL ingredients are easily
  adjusted. Recipes with ESSENTIAL ingredients are
  really difficult to change
• ___________________________- ingredients are
  those that act independently of each other.
• ESSENTIAL ingredients are those that have
  ________________________ in a recipe and are so
  sensitive to changes that the appearance, taste,
  or texture of the product are affected

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Changing Ingredients, contd.

• Well-written cookbooks and the Internet are good
  sources for common ingredient substitutions.
  These ingredient substitutions can usually be
  made _____________any significant difference in
  the final product.

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Changing Ingredients, contd.
List common ingredient substitutions
below