COOKING AND EATING
Cooking verbs
Study the de?nitions 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
- 1 duck
- 4 tablespoons of oil
- 1 carrot, 2 onions, 3 oranges
- 2 teaspoons of honey
- parsley, pepper, salt
____________ the oven to 190 ?C.
Firstly ___________ the carrot into small pieces and __________ the onion .
____________ the oil in a pan and __________ the vegetables for about 10 minutes .
When they are ready, place them with the duck in a roasting tin and put in the oven .
__________ the duck for about 1 hour 15 minutes .
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 with parsley.
Complete the sentences below with the following words:
burn |
delicious |
diet |
fresh |
medium |
raw |
set |
tender |
vegetarian |
well-done |
- I cooked the carrots for 20 minutes but they are still .
- These apples are very . I picked them this morning.
- Carol never orders meat at restaurants. She is a .
- This meat is really . It’s very easy to cut.
- This soup is ! You must give me the recipe.
- No more cake for me. I’m on a .
- We are expecting a lot of guests tonight, so you must the table for ten people.
- If you cook the chicken for too long, you will it.
- I like my steak rare. It should be slightly pink in the middle.
- John likes his steak completely cooked in the middle. It should be .
Look at the video and do the activity down bellow