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Recipe Ratio And Formula Guide

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1. What is the Basic Vegetable Stock Formula
1 # russet potato - 2 oz milk - 1 oz heavy cream - 2 oz butter
50/50 and 60/40
1/2 # onions - 1/4 # carrots - 1/4 # celery
5 # non-starchy vegetables - 5 qt water - 1 sachet or bouquet garni

2. Recipe for Espagnole Sauce
5 qt brown veal stock - 2 # veal trimmings - 1 # mirepoix - 2 oz tomato paste - 3-4 oz cornstarch
1 # russet potato - 2 oz milk - 1 oz heavy cream - 2 oz butter
1 # mirepoix - 6 oz tomato paste - 5 qt veal stock - 1 sachet - 5 qt brown veal stock - 18-20 oz brown roux
11 # bones - 1 # white mirepoix - 4 1/2 or 4.5 qt water - 1 sachet - 1 qt white wine - 10 oz mushroom trimmings

3. What is the cook time for white beef stock
8 to 10 hours
11 # bones - 1 # white mirepoix - 4 1/2 or 4.5 qt water - 1 sachet - 1 qt white wine - 10 oz mushroom trimmings
3 # ground beef - 6 qt white beef stock -12 egg whites - 1 # mirepoix - 10 oz tomato product - 2 T salt - onion brule
3# meat - 5 qt water - 1 # mirepoix - 1 sachet

4. What is the ratio for White Mirepoix (1#)
1/2 # onions - 1/4 # carrots - 1/4 # celery
Veloute - bechamel - espagnole - tomato - hollandaise
1/4 # onions - 1/4 # celery - 1/4 # parsnips - 1/4 # leeks
1 # russet potato - 2 oz milk - 1 oz heavy cream - 2 oz butter

5. What is the standard recipe for cream soup?
8 # bones - 5-6 qt water - 1 # mirepoix - 1 sachet
4 # vegetables - 1 # white mirepoix - 1 gallon veloute - 1 pt cream
Veloute - bechamel - espagnole - tomato - hollandaise
3 # ground beef - 6 qt white beef stock -12 egg whites - 1 # mirepoix - 10 oz tomato product - 2 T salt - onion brule

6. What is the standard recipe for French onion soup
1 T shallot - 2 oz white wine vinegar - 2 oz water - 4 egg yolks - 12 fl oz butter (3 oz/egg yolk) - salt - cayenne or Tabasco - lemon juice
8 # bones - 5-6 qt water - 1 # mirepoix - 1 sachet
5 # onion - 1 gallon stock
11 # bones - 1 # white mirepoix - 4 1/2 or 4.5 qt water - 1 sachet

7. What is the standard recipe for French onion soup
2 oz oil - 12 oz onions - 2 T or 4 cloves garlic - 5 qt tomato - 3 oz basil
5 # onion - 1 gallon stock
4 # vegetables - 1 # white mirepoix - 1 gallon veloute - 1 pt cream
1 T shallot - 2 oz white wine vinegar - 2 oz water - 4 egg yolks - 12 fl oz butter (3 oz/egg yolk) - salt - cayenne or Tabasco - lemon juice

8. What is the cook time for brown veal stock
5 # onion - 1 gallon stock
Heavy cream
6 to 8 hours
50/50 and 60/40

9. What is the basic recipe for fish fumet
11 # bones - 1 # white mirepoix - 4 1/2 or 4.5 qt water - 1 sachet - 1 qt white wine - 10 oz mushroom trimmings
3 # ground chicken - 6 qt stock - 12 egg whites - 1 # white mirepoix - 5 oz tomato product - 2 T salt
35 to 45 minutes
1 gallon espagnole sauce - 1 gallon brown veal stock

10. What is the basic recipe for fish stock
1/4 # onions - 1/4 # celery - 1/4 # parsnips - 1/4 # leeks
3# meat - 5 qt water - 1 # mirepoix - 1 sachet
11 # bones - 1 # white mirepoix - 4 1/2 or 4.5 qt water - 1 sachet
5-6 qt stock or broth - 1 # mirepoix - 2 # legumes or 4 # non-starchy vegetables

11. What is the standard recipe for basic chicken consomme?
11 # bones - 1 # white mirepoix - 4 1/2 or 4.5 qt water - 1 sachet - 1 qt white wine - 10 oz mushroom trimmings
5 qt water - 2 # onion - 1 # celery - 1 # carrot or 4# mirepoix - 8 fl oz white wine vinegar - 2 T salt - 1 sachet
3 # ground chicken - 6 qt stock - 12 egg whites - 1 # white mirepoix - 5 oz tomato product - 2 T salt
Veloute - bechamel - espagnole - tomato - hollandaise

12. What is the cook time for vegetable stock
8 # bones - 5-6 qt water - 1 # mirepoix - 1 sachet
5 qt white chicken - veal - or fish stock - 8 oz white mirepoix - 1 # blonde roux - 1 sachet
45 minutes to 1 hour
5 qt milk - 2 oz onion - 1 # white roux - 1 sachet - 1 pinch nutmeg

13. What consistency do you want to achieve when using cornstarch or arrow root when using it to make a slurry? Is it the consistency of _______?
5 # onion - 1 gallon stock
Heavy cream
5 qt brown veal stock - 2 # veal trimmings - 1 # mirepoix - 2 oz tomato paste - 3-4 oz cornstarch
3 part oil - 1 part vinegar

14. What is the recipe for boiullon
4 # vegetables - 1 # white mirepoix - 1 gallon veloute - 1 pt cream
5 qt water - 2 # onion - 1 # celery - 1 # carrot or 4# mirepoix - 8 fl oz white wine vinegar - 2 T salt - 1 sachet
5-6 qt stock or broth - 1 # mirepoix - 2 # legumes or 4 # non-starchy vegetables
10 # meat - 5 qt water - 1 # mirepoix -1 sachet

15. Recipe for demi-glace
3 # ground beef - 6 qt white beef stock -12 egg whites - 1 # mirepoix - 10 oz tomato product - 2 T salt - onion brule
Heavy cream
1 gallon espagnole sauce - 1 gallon brown veal stock
3# meat - 5 qt water - 1 # mirepoix - 1 sachet

16. What is the cook time for chicken stock
3# meat - 5 qt water - 1 # mirepoix - 1 sachet
5 qt brown veal stock - 2 # veal trimmings - 1 # mirepoix - 2 oz tomato paste - 3-4 oz cornstarch
3 to 4 hours
4 # vegetables - 1 gallon vegetable broth

17. Recipe for Tomato Sauce
3 to 4 hours
11 # bones - 1 # white mirepoix - 4 1/2 or 4.5 qt water - 1 sachet - 1 qt white wine - 10 oz mushroom trimmings
10 # meat - 5 qt water - 1 # mirepoix -1 sachet
2 oz oil - 12 oz onions - 2 T or 4 cloves garlic - 5 qt tomato - 3 oz basil

18. Recipe for Juse de Veau Lie
Veloute - bechamel - espagnole - tomato - hollandaise
1/4 # onions - 1/4 # celery - 1/4 # parsnips - 1/4 # leeks
5 qt brown veal stock - 2 # veal trimmings - 1 # mirepoix - 2 oz tomato paste - 3-4 oz cornstarch
2 oz oil - 12 oz onions - 2 T or 4 cloves garlic - 5 qt tomato - 3 oz basil

19. How much water and salt do you need for 1 # pasta?
1 T shallot - 2 oz white wine vinegar - 2 oz water - 4 egg yolks - 12 fl oz butter (3 oz/egg yolk) - salt - cayenne or Tabasco - lemon juice
1 gallon water - 1 oz salt
3 # ground beef - 6 qt white beef stock -12 egg whites - 1 # mirepoix - 10 oz tomato product - 2 T salt - onion brule
11 # bones - 1 # white mirepoix - 4 1/2 or 4.5 qt water - 1 sachet

20. What is the ratio for roux (by weight and by volume)
1 # mirepoix - 6 oz tomato paste - 5 qt veal stock - 1 sachet - 5 qt brown veal stock - 18-20 oz brown roux
1/2 # onions - 1/4 # carrots - 1/4 # celery
50/50 and 60/40
3# meat - 5 qt water - 1 # mirepoix - 1 sachet

21. Recipe for Bechamel Sauce
5 qt milk - 2 oz onion - 1 # white roux - 1 sachet - 1 pinch nutmeg
4 # vegetables - 1 # white mirepoix - 1 gallon veloute - 1 pt cream
1 T shallot - 2 oz white wine vinegar - 2 oz water - 4 egg yolks - 12 fl oz butter (3 oz/egg yolk) - salt - cayenne or Tabasco - lemon juice
5 qt brown veal stock - 2 # veal trimmings - 1 # mirepoix - 2 oz tomato paste - 3-4 oz cornstarch

22. What is the ratio for Standard Mirepoix (1#)
1 gallon water - 1 oz salt
5 qt milk - 2 oz onion - 1 # white roux - 1 sachet - 1 pinch nutmeg
1/2 # onions - 1/4 # carrots - 1/4 # celery
5 qt white chicken - veal - or fish stock - 8 oz white mirepoix - 1 # blonde roux - 1 sachet

23. What is the ratio for a standard vinaigrette?
5 # non-starchy vegetables - 5 qt water - 1 sachet or bouquet garni
Veloute - bechamel - espagnole - tomato - hollandaise
Veloute - bechamel - espagnole - tomato - hollandaise
3 part oil - 1 part vinegar

24. Recipe for Juse de Veau Lie
5 qt white chicken - veal - or fish stock - 8 oz white mirepoix - 1 # blonde roux - 1 sachet
5 qt brown veal stock - 2 # veal trimmings - 1 # mirepoix - 2 oz tomato paste - 3-4 oz cornstarch
5 # non-starchy vegetables - 5 qt water - 1 sachet or bouquet garni
11 # bones - 1 # white mirepoix - 4 1/2 or 4.5 qt water - 1 sachet

25. What is the formula for white beef - veal - pork stock
1/4 # onions - 1/4 # celery - 1/4 # parsnips - 1/4 # leeks
1 # russet potato - 2 oz milk - 1 oz heavy cream - 2 oz butter
8 # bones - 5-6 qt water - 1 # mirepoix - 1 sachet
1 T shallot - 2 oz white wine vinegar - 2 oz water - 4 egg yolks - 12 fl oz butter (3 oz/egg yolk) - salt - cayenne or Tabasco - lemon juice

26. What are the 5 grand/mother sauces?
Veloute - bechamel - espagnole - tomato - hollandaise
3 # ground chicken - 6 qt stock - 12 egg whites - 1 # white mirepoix - 5 oz tomato product - 2 T salt
4 # vegetables - 1 # white mirepoix - 1 gallon veloute - 1 pt cream
1 # russet potato - 2 oz milk - 1 oz heavy cream - 2 oz butter

27. What is the basic recipe for fish fumet
5 # onion - 1 gallon stock
4 # vegetables - 1 gallon vegetable broth
1/4 # onions - 1/4 # celery - 1/4 # parsnips - 1/4 # leeks
11 # bones - 1 # white mirepoix - 4 1/2 or 4.5 qt water - 1 sachet - 1 qt white wine - 10 oz mushroom trimmings

28. Recipe for Tomato Sauce
11 # bones - 1 # white mirepoix - 4 1/2 or 4.5 qt water - 1 sachet - 1 qt white wine - 10 oz mushroom trimmings
5 # onion - 1 gallon stock
1 # mirepoix - 6 oz tomato paste - 5 qt veal stock - 1 sachet - 5 qt brown veal stock - 18-20 oz brown roux
2 oz oil - 12 oz onions - 2 T or 4 cloves garlic - 5 qt tomato - 3 oz basil

29. What is the standard recipe for clear vegetable soup?
3# meat - 5 qt water - 1 # mirepoix - 1 sachet
8 # bones - 5-6 qt water - 1 # mirepoix - 1 sachet
10 # meat - 5 qt water - 1 # mirepoix -1 sachet
4 # vegetables - 1 gallon vegetable broth

30. What is the ratio for a standard vinaigrette?
4 # vegetables - 1 gallon vegetable broth
11 # bones - 1 # white mirepoix - 4 1/2 or 4.5 qt water - 1 sachet
3 part oil - 1 part vinegar
45 minutes to 1 hour

31. What is the basic recipe for fish stock
1 gallon water - 1 oz salt
11 # bones - 1 # white mirepoix - 4 1/2 or 4.5 qt water - 1 sachet
Veloute - bechamel - espagnole - tomato - hollandaise
5 # non-starchy vegetables - 5 qt water - 1 sachet or bouquet garni

32. What is the cook time for fish stock or fumet
4 # vegetables - 1 gallon vegetable broth
35 to 45 minutes
Heavy cream
10 # meat - 5 qt water - 1 # mirepoix -1 sachet

33. What is the cook time for fish stock or fumet
5 qt water - 2 # onion - 1 # celery - 1 # carrot or 4# mirepoix - 8 fl oz white wine vinegar - 2 T salt - 1 sachet
6 to 8 hours
35 to 45 minutes
8 to 10 hours

34. What is the cook time for brown veal stock
10 # meat - 5 qt water - 1 # mirepoix -1 sachet
1 gallon espagnole sauce - 1 gallon brown veal stock
6 to 8 hours
5 # onion - 1 gallon stock

35. What is the formula for white beef - veal - pork stock
5 qt white chicken - veal - or fish stock - 8 oz white mirepoix - 1 # blonde roux - 1 sachet
8 # bones - 5-6 qt water - 1 # mirepoix - 1 sachet
45 minutes to 1 hour
4 # vegetables - 1 gallon vegetable broth

36. What is the Basic Broth Formula (with water)
1 # mirepoix - 6 oz tomato paste - 5 qt veal stock - 1 sachet - 5 qt brown veal stock - 18-20 oz brown roux
6 to 8 hours
10 # meat - 5 qt water - 1 # mirepoix -1 sachet
50/50 and 60/40

37. Recipe for Whipped Potatoes/Pommes Puree
1 # russet potato - 2 oz milk - 1 oz heavy cream - 2 oz butter
1 gallon espagnole sauce - 1 gallon brown veal stock
1 # mirepoix - 6 oz tomato paste - 5 qt veal stock - 1 sachet - 5 qt brown veal stock - 18-20 oz brown roux
5 qt white chicken - veal - or fish stock - 8 oz white mirepoix - 1 # blonde roux - 1 sachet

38. How much water and salt do you need for 1 # pasta?
5 qt milk - 2 oz onion - 1 # white roux - 1 sachet - 1 pinch nutmeg
11 # bones - 1 # white mirepoix - 4 1/2 or 4.5 qt water - 1 sachet - 1 qt white wine - 10 oz mushroom trimmings
1 gallon water - 1 oz salt
1/2 # onions - 1/4 # carrots - 1/4 # celery

39. What is the ratio for roux (by weight and by volume)
1/2 # onions - 1/4 # carrots - 1/4 # celery
50/50 and 60/40
5 qt water - 2 # onion - 1 # celery - 1 # carrot or 4# mirepoix - 8 fl oz white wine vinegar - 2 T salt - 1 sachet
1 # mirepoix - 6 oz tomato paste - 5 qt veal stock - 1 sachet - 5 qt brown veal stock - 18-20 oz brown roux

40. What is the ratio for Standard Mirepoix (1#)
5 qt white chicken - veal - or fish stock - 8 oz white mirepoix - 1 # blonde roux - 1 sachet
1/2 # onions - 1/4 # carrots - 1/4 # celery
2 oz oil - 12 oz onions - 2 T or 4 cloves garlic - 5 qt tomato - 3 oz basil
1 gallon water - 1 oz salt

41. What is the standard recipe for basic beef consomme?
50/50 and 60/40
8 # bones - 5-6 qt water - 1 # mirepoix - 1 sachet
8 to 10 hours
3 # ground beef - 6 qt white beef stock -12 egg whites - 1 # mirepoix - 10 oz tomato product - 2 T salt - onion brule

42. What is the ratio for White Mirepoix (1#)
45 minutes to 1 hour
3 part oil - 1 part vinegar
5 qt milk - 2 oz onion - 1 # white roux - 1 sachet - 1 pinch nutmeg
1/4 # onions - 1/4 # celery - 1/4 # parsnips - 1/4 # leeks

43. What is the Basic Broth Formula (with water)
3 # ground chicken - 6 qt stock - 12 egg whites - 1 # white mirepoix - 5 oz tomato product - 2 T salt
1 T shallot - 2 oz white wine vinegar - 2 oz water - 4 egg yolks - 12 fl oz butter (3 oz/egg yolk) - salt - cayenne or Tabasco - lemon juice
10 # meat - 5 qt water - 1 # mirepoix -1 sachet
1 # russet potato - 2 oz milk - 1 oz heavy cream - 2 oz butter

44. What is the cook time for white beef stock
5-6 qt stock or broth - 1 # mirepoix - 2 # legumes or 4 # non-starchy vegetables
5 qt milk - 2 oz onion - 1 # white roux - 1 sachet - 1 pinch nutmeg
1 # mirepoix - 6 oz tomato paste - 5 qt veal stock - 1 sachet - 5 qt brown veal stock - 18-20 oz brown roux
8 to 10 hours

45. Recipe for Hollandaise Sauce
5 # onion - 1 gallon stock
3 to 4 hours
1 T shallot - 2 oz white wine vinegar - 2 oz water - 4 egg yolks - 12 fl oz butter (3 oz/egg yolk) - salt - cayenne or Tabasco - lemon juice
2 oz oil - 12 oz onions - 2 T or 4 cloves garlic - 5 qt tomato - 3 oz basil

46. What are the 5 grand/mother sauces?
Veloute - bechamel - espagnole - tomato - hollandaise
3 # ground beef - 6 qt white beef stock -12 egg whites - 1 # mirepoix - 10 oz tomato product - 2 T salt - onion brule
1/2 # onions - 1/4 # carrots - 1/4 # celery
4 # vegetables - 1 gallon vegetable broth

47. What is the cook time for vegetable stock
50/50 and 60/40
45 minutes to 1 hour
5 qt white chicken - veal - or fish stock - 8 oz white mirepoix - 1 # blonde roux - 1 sachet
5 # non-starchy vegetables - 5 qt water - 1 sachet or bouquet garni

48. What is the Basic Broth Formula (with stock)
3# meat - 5 qt water - 1 # mirepoix - 1 sachet
1/4 # onions - 1/4 # celery - 1/4 # parsnips - 1/4 # leeks
1 T shallot - 2 oz white wine vinegar - 2 oz water - 4 egg yolks - 12 fl oz butter (3 oz/egg yolk) - salt - cayenne or Tabasco - lemon juice
10 # meat - 5 qt water - 1 # mirepoix -1 sachet

49. Recipe for Veloute Sauce
5 qt white chicken - veal - or fish stock - 8 oz white mirepoix - 1 # blonde roux - 1 sachet
1 T shallot - 2 oz white wine vinegar - 2 oz water - 4 egg yolks - 12 fl oz butter (3 oz/egg yolk) - salt - cayenne or Tabasco - lemon juice
5-6 qt stock or broth - 1 # mirepoix - 2 # legumes or 4 # non-starchy vegetables
5 # non-starchy vegetables - 5 qt water - 1 sachet or bouquet garni

50. What is the standard recipe for a puree soup?
5-6 qt stock or broth - 1 # mirepoix - 2 # legumes or 4 # non-starchy vegetables
8 # bones - 5-6 qt water - 1 # mirepoix - 1 sachet
50/50 and 60/40
45 minutes to 1 hour