Learn to cook - tips, recipes and inspiration

Starting to bake and cook is not difficult - it's just daring to try! In this article we offer basic kitchen knowledge, a lot of tips and lots of recipes, movies and inspiration. Everything to make you curious, have fun and succeed in the kitchen. Have fun all future master chefs!

Get started

So what do you start with? Well, look for a recipe that you are craving to cook. Maybe it's a delicious breakfast smoothie, good tea cakes or a taco dinner you want to make? If you do not feel ready to use the oven or stove, you can choose a recipe that does not require it. Read through the recipe and see if it feels fun and just difficult. A recipe should feel exciting and challenging, but not impossible to manage. Think about how much to bake or cook. it is clear on the recipes how many servings it will suffice. Look for ingredients available at home and buy the rest needed. Now it's time to get started!

When to baking or cooking

• Read through the recipe and get the ingredients you need.
• Get the kitchen utensils you need; pans, cutting boards, dimensions and ladles for example. It is important that the saucepan or frying pan you use fits the size of the hob. If the plate is too large you waste energy and if it is too small, the heat is not evenly distributed on the food you cook.
• Put up your hair and wash your hands. Possibly put on an apron as well. Now you're ready to start baking or cooking!
• Be careful of hot plates, plates and pots so you do not burn. If you should burn yourself, rinse immediately with cold water. Use pots or pans when removing something from the oven.
• When cooking, you may need a timer. It is used to take the time when, for example, you cook or cook something in the oven to know when it is ready. In the recipes it says what to set the timer for on time.
• The best way to know that for example a piece of meat or when the chicken is cooked is by using a thermometer. Chicken should always have an inside temperature of at least 70 ° C on the thickest part to ensure it is safe to eat. More inside temperatures can be found in the guides fish, meat, chicken.
• Stretch down just a lot - what you pull out you also have to clean away.
• Taste! It is better to be careful at first with the spice so that the food does not become too salty. Season a bit and taste because until it tastes good.
• We also eat with our eyes, so please prepare the food beautifully!

Hygiene in the kitchen

It is very important to maintain good hygiene in the kitchen when cooking, otherwise those who eat the food may become ill.

Here's what to keep in mind:

• Wash your hands before cooking and between you deal with different foods.
• If you have long hair, put it up.
• Work on clean bench surfaces.
• Use clean tools, such as knives and cutting boards.
• It is important that different cutting boards are used for different foods such as meat, fish, chicken and vegetables.
• Always take a clean measure when you plan to dip it into the flour bag, for example.
• Do not dip your finger into what you want to taste, use a spoon.

Glossary for baking and cooking

Al dente - Is an Italian expression that you usually say when talking about pasta. This means that the paste is soft on the outside and with a harder core that gives a little chew resistance.

Consider - When cleaning ugly and not useful parts of a food.

Brown - Means that you cook quickly at high temperature to give a roasting surface and then cook clearly by boiling or putting in the oven.

Chop - To chop something with a knife into small pieces.

Lukewarm - neither feels hot or cold when you put a finger into the liquid. The temperature of the liquid is then about 37 degrees.

Fry - When boiling something in very hot oil.

Milling - In recipes it is often said that you should cut the onion. You do this by frying one on low heat without giving it color.

Garnish - When decorating the food.

Gratin - Is a French word and means that a dish gets a beautiful color in the oven by quickly inserting it into a hot oven.

Rough chopping - Chopping something with a knife into large pieces.

Marinated - Is a mixture of spices and liquid. The liquid is often oil or soy.

Marinate - When you put a food in a marinade to flavor it.

Chop - make holes in the dough with for example a fork.

Bread - When turning a slice of meat or fish into eggs and bread / flour before roasting. Then the meat or fish get a crisp and good surface.

Puree - Is a thinner mash.

Puttra - When something small bubbles on weak heat.

Ready - Making a liquid thicker (for example, a sauce) with starch such as corn starch

Tear - When tearing the food against a grater.

Sjuda - Is to cook something on low heat. The liquid should bubble a little.

Sky - It is the meat juice that is formed when you fry a food.

Taste off - Taste what you have cooked and see if it needs to change in any way.

Lubricate - When rubbing the surface of a mold with grease so that the food does not stick.

Frying - When a food is heated on a hot surface, such as frying pan.

Shred - When cutting long oblong pieces with a knife, for example, a vegetable.

Sprinkle - When pouring something over the food.

Top - When you put something on top of the dish.

Tern - When cutting a food into small cubes.