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This document discusses tools and equipment used for preparing desserts as well as the importance of dessert. It lists common kitchen tools such as measuring cups and spoons, mixing bowls, can openers, cutting boards, knives, spatulas, and various baking pans. It also mentions large appliances used for cooking and food storage like ranges, refrigerators, freezers, and mixers. The document notes that dessert balances out meals, allows for creative expression, and provides a sense of closure and enjoyment at the end of a meal through different flavors.

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Tools and Equipment in Preparing Dessert and Importance21

This document discusses tools and equipment used for preparing desserts as well as the importance of dessert. It lists common kitchen tools such as measuring cups and spoons, mixing bowls, can openers, cutting boards, knives, spatulas, and various baking pans. It also mentions large appliances used for cooking and food storage like ranges, refrigerators, freezers, and mixers. The document notes that dessert balances out meals, allows for creative expression, and provides a sense of closure and enjoyment at the end of a meal through different flavors.

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TOOLS AND EQUIPMENT IN

PREPARING DESSERT AND


IMPORTANCE OF DESSERT
DESSERT
DESSERT

• Dessert a usually sweet course or dish (as of pastry


or ice cream) usually served at the end of a meal.
• Middle French, from desservir to clear the table,
from des- de- + servir to serve, from Latin servire.
TOOLS AND EQUIPMENT IN
PREPARING DESSERT
1. Measuring cup and spoon-
individual measuring cup for dry
ingredients, glass measuring cup
for liquid and measuring spoon
for ingredients used in small
quantity
• Mixing bowl- used in
mixing ingredients. It
comes in different sizes:
small, medium, and large.
Whether it is glass or
stainless steel.
• Can opener- used to
open food containers
• Cutting board- used to cut
fruits and vegetables. Whether
wooden or plastic
• Double boiler- used when
temperatures must be kept
below boiling, such as for
egg sauces, puddings, and to
keep foods warm without
overcooking
• Graters- are used to
grate, shred, slice and
separate foods such as
carrots, cabbage and
cheese
• Kitchen knives- often referred
to as the cook’s or chef’s knife.
They are used for peeling and
slicing fruits and vegetables.
• Fruit and salad knife
• Spatula
• Citrus knife
• Paring knife
• Kitchen shears- are
practical for opening food
packages, cutting tape or
string to package foods or
simply to remove labels or
tags from items.
• Scraper- is a rubber or
silicone tools to blend or
scrape the food from the
bowl; metal, silicone or plastic
egg turners or flippers
• Spoons- solid, or perforated.
They are made of stainless steel
or plastic. The solid ones are
used to spoon liquids over foods
and to lift foods, including the
liquid of the pot
• Temperature scales- used to
measure heat intensity.
(different thermometers are
used for different purposes in
food preparation- for meat,
candy or deep-fat frying
• Peeler- used to scrape
vegetables, such as
carrots and potatoes and
to peel fruits.
• Wire whisks- used for
whipping eggs or batter, and for
blending gravies, sauces, and
soups.
• Wooden spoons- used in good
preparation to measure, mix, stir
and toss ingredients.
• Baking pan- has
varieties like loaf,
cake, pie plates, and
baking sheets.
• Refrigerators/Freezers
- necessary in preventing
bacterial infections from
foods. Used to store
foods
• Range- is a
kitchen appliance
used for cooking
food
• Mixers- used for
mixing, creaming,
beating and whipping
ingredients
• Blender- used to chop,
blend, mix, whip, puree,
grate, and liquefy all kinds
of food. This is considered
to be useful
IMPORTANCE/REASONS OF
DESSERTS AND SWEETS
• Dessert balances out a meal and gives ‘closure’ to the meal.
• Eating is an opportunity to experience different flavors
• Dessert can be an opportunity to be creative
• Dessert isn’t ‘fattening’
• It will make you feel like a kid again
• It is romantic

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