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Starch Cookery

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1. Rice categorized by processing
1 gallon rapidly boiling water to 1 # pasta - make sure there's enought water so that there's the least recovery times
Shoe paste
Brown rice (bran intact) - white rice (bran polished) - converted rice (grains are fluffy - seperated - not sticky - most popular)
2 parts liquid to 1 part rice by volume - heat fat - sweat aromats - add rice and coat grains with fat - add hot stock - simmer - cover and place in oven at 375 for 20-30 minutes or until all the liquid is absorbed and tender - fluff with fork

2. Pate au choux
Brown rice (bran intact) - white rice (bran polished) - converted rice (grains are fluffy - seperated - not sticky - most popular)
Shoe paste
1 gallon rapidly boiling water to 1 # pasta - make sure there's enought water so that there's the least recovery times
Boiling - pureed - duchess - deep fried - raw - pan-fried

3. Examples for mealy and Waxy
Mealy (Starchy) high starch content - low sugar - bakers - good for deep frying - fluffy - thick skin - Waxy low starch content - best for boiling - roasted - thin skin
From a pureed appariel (mixture) - Croquette - Dauphine: appariel with pate au choux (shoe paste) - From raw: pommes frits - Pont Neuf - Pomme paille (shoe string) - Cottage fries (rondelle cut)
Shoe paste
Mealy: french fries - russet - Waxy: Fingerlings

4. Boiling Potatoes
In the skin - jacket potatoes - in stock - pommes fondant - duchess (add yolk and pipe)
Categorized by seed size: long (rice pilaf) - medium (risotto) - short grain
1 gallon rapidly boiling water to 1 # pasta - make sure there's enought water so that there's the least recovery times
Mealy: french fries - russet - Waxy: Fingerlings

5. Rice Categories
In the skin - jacket potatoes - in stock - pommes fondant - duchess (add yolk and pipe)
Categorized by seed size: long (rice pilaf) - medium (risotto) - short grain
Shoe paste
Brown rice (bran intact) - white rice (bran polished) - converted rice (grains are fluffy - seperated - not sticky - most popular)

6. Deep Fried
In the skin - jacket potatoes - in stock - pommes fondant - duchess (add yolk and pipe)
Mealy: french fries - russet - Waxy: Fingerlings
Use volume measurement
From a pureed appariel (mixture) - Croquette - Dauphine: appariel with pate au choux (shoe paste) - From raw: pommes frits - Pont Neuf - Pomme paille (shoe string) - Cottage fries (rondelle cut)

7. Pan-Fried
Categorized by seed size: long (rice pilaf) - medium (risotto) - short grain
Brown rice (bran intact) - white rice (bran polished) - converted rice (grains are fluffy - seperated - not sticky - most popular)
Rissole:tourneed - lightly golden brown in clarified butter
Use volume measurement

8. Cooking Methods for Potatoes
Boiling - pureed - duchess - deep fried - raw - pan-fried
Mealy (Starchy) high starch content - low sugar - bakers - good for deep frying - fluffy - thick skin - Waxy low starch content - best for boiling - roasted - thin skin
From a pureed appariel (mixture) - Croquette - Dauphine: appariel with pate au choux (shoe paste) - From raw: pommes frits - Pont Neuf - Pomme paille (shoe string) - Cottage fries (rondelle cut)
Shoe paste

9. Cooking pasta

10. pommes fondant
Brown rice (bran intact) - white rice (bran polished) - converted rice (grains are fluffy - seperated - not sticky - most popular)
Use volume measurement
Large tournee
Lightly golden brown in clarified butter

11. Rissole
Lightly golden brown in clarified butter
Shoe paste
From a pureed appariel (mixture) - Croquette - Dauphine: appariel with pate au choux (shoe paste) - From raw: pommes frits - Pont Neuf - Pomme paille (shoe string) - Cottage fries (rondelle cut)
1 gallon rapidly boiling water to 1 # pasta - make sure there's enought water so that there's the least recovery times

12. Measuring for ratio
Use volume measurement
1 gallon rapidly boiling water to 1 # pasta - make sure there's enought water so that there's the least recovery times
From a pureed appariel (mixture) - Croquette - Dauphine: appariel with pate au choux (shoe paste) - From raw: pommes frits - Pont Neuf - Pomme paille (shoe string) - Cottage fries (rondelle cut)
Categorized by seed size: long (rice pilaf) - medium (risotto) - short grain

13. Rice Pilaf
Shoe paste
2 parts liquid to 1 part rice by volume - heat fat - sweat aromats - add rice and coat grains with fat - add hot stock - simmer - cover and place in oven at 375 for 20-30 minutes or until all the liquid is absorbed and tender - fluff with fork
Mealy: french fries - russet - Waxy: Fingerlings
1 gallon rapidly boiling water to 1 # pasta - make sure there's enought water so that there's the least recovery times

14. 2 Categories of Potatoes
Use volume measurement
Mealy (Starchy) high starch content - low sugar - bakers - good for deep frying - fluffy - thick skin - Waxy low starch content - best for boiling - roasted - thin skin
3 parts liquid to 1 part rice
Large tournee

15. Cooking Rice
2 parts liquid to 1 part rice by volume - heat fat - sweat aromats - add rice and coat grains with fat - add hot stock - simmer - cover and place in oven at 375 for 20-30 minutes or until all the liquid is absorbed and tender - fluff with fork
From a pureed appariel (mixture) - Croquette - Dauphine: appariel with pate au choux (shoe paste) - From raw: pommes frits - Pont Neuf - Pomme paille (shoe string) - Cottage fries (rondelle cut)
3 parts liquid to 1 part rice
Lightly golden brown in clarified butter