Cooking techniques
We’ve reviewed several cooking types and techniques and compare them here on this page. You will learn about pan-frying versus sauteing and searing, about deep-frying, dry-frying, steaming, boiling, poaching, simmering, cooking in a food approved acid and lots more
Au bain marie cooking
When you prepare delicate food: use au bain marie cooking. Also for food that can easily overcook or disintegrate, we [...]
Cold (and warm) smoking
Smoking of oily foods over a wood fire or smoking wood slivers has a preserving effect. The smoke impairs a [...]
Cooking without heat treatment – raw
Cooking without heat treatment - Raw Quite a few foods we appreciate eating by cooking without heat treatment - raw: [...]
Deep-frying
Deep-frying Deep-frying is cooking in hot oil at temperatures beyond 100 C, the boiling temperature of water. Oil itself is [...]
Dry-frying
Dry-frying Dry-frying uses infrared radiation and hot air. It comprises the use of an oven, grill or an air fryer. [...]
Fermentation
Fermentation is the benevolent conversion of food by enzymes or friendly bacteria. Fermentation in global foods have many examples. Milk [...]
Microwaving
Microwaving as technique Microwaving is an effective way to defrost and to re-heat food. Microwave ovens apply a long wavelength [...]
Ovenbaking
Oven-baking Ovens are used to dry fry or grill, especially very effectively at higher temperatures. Ovens also can apply conditions [...]
Pan-frying versus sauteing and searing,
Pan-frying versus Sauteing and Searing Pan-frying, sauteing and searing all happen in a pan or skillet, usually 3-6 times as [...]
Poaching and sous-vide cooking
Poaching Poaching is the technique of cooking in a liquid, below the boiling point of the liquid. This technique ensures [...]
Pressure cooking
Pressure cooking is a special case of cooking in boiling water or in oil. In water The boiling point increases [...]
Steaming versus boiling
Steam is water vapor of around 100 C at atmospheric pressure at sea level. Steam can cook products that are [...]
Stir-frying
Stir-frying People in China and South East Asia are stir-frying a lot and use for this a bowl-shaped thin steel [...]
Treatment by a food approved acid
Fish Treatment by a food approved acid of fish makes the flesh more firm. Examples of these acids are: acetic [...]
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