Cooking Verbs

Study the definitions of the verbs and then complete the recipes:

• roast: to cook food, e.g. meat or potatoes, in an oven using oil or added fat
• fry: to cook food in hot oil or butter over a heat source
• boil: to cook food in boiling water
• add: to put something with something else
• peel: to remove the skin from a fruit or vegetable
• chop: to cut food into small pieces
• preheat: to heat a cooker to a certain temperature before putting food inside
• serve: to provide food that is ready to eat
• stir: to mix a liquid or sauce with an object such as a wooden spoon
• squeeze: to press something, e.g., a lemon, with your hands to get the liquid from it
• heat up: to make something hot

Recipe 1: Duck with Orange and Honey Sauce

Ingredients:

• 1 duck
• 4 tablespoons of oil
• 1 carrot
• 2 onions
• 3 oranges
• 2 teaspoons of honey
• parsley, pepper, salt

Instructions:

1. ________ the oven to 190°C.
2. Firstly, ________ the carrot into small pieces and ________ the onion.
3. ________ the oil in a pan and ________ the vegetables for about 10 minutes.
4. When they are ready, place them with the duck in a roasting tin and put it in the oven.
5. ________ the duck for about 1 hour 15 minutes.
6. Next, ________ the juice from the oranges and mix it with the honey. When the duck is ready, place it on a serving plate and decorate it with parsley.

Complete the Sentences

Use the following words:
burn, delicious, diet, fresh, medium, raw, set, tender, vegetarian, well-done

1. I cooked the carrots for 20 minutes, but they are still ________.
2. These apples are very ________. I picked them this morning.
3. Carol never orders meat at restaurants. She is a ________.
4. This meat is really ________. It’s very easy to cut.
5. This soup is ________! You must give me the recipe.
6. No more cake for me. I’m on a ________.
7. We are expecting a lot of guests tonight, so you must ________ the table for ten people.
8. If you cook the chicken for too long, you will ________ it.
9. I like my steak ________ rare. It should be slightly pink in the middle.
10. John likes his steak completely cooked in the middle. It should be ________.