Letter M
- Macedoine
- Mixed vegetables or fruits generally cut into small pieces.
- Macerate
- To steep fruits in alcohol so they take on the taste.
- Madeira: Madeira wine or malmsey wine
- Celebrated Greek wine, sweet and syrupy.
- Marinate
- To soak a food in a marinade (a mixture of oil, wine, lemon juice or vinegar, and herbs) to tenderize and flavour.
- Mark
- To prepare meat before cooking. Also, to begin the cooking process.
- Marmalade
- A sweet preserve with a high concentration of fruits, which are never separated from their liquid sugar during cooking.
- Mask
- To cover an entremets or a cooked dish with a light layer of cream or sauce.
- Meaux mustard
- Mustard made in the French region of Meaux.
- Milanese-style breading
- Like egg breading breadcrumbs combined with one-third the amount of grated parmesan.
- Mince
- To finely cut herbs or garlic. Do not confuse with "chop."
- Mirepoix
- Sautéed diced carrots and onions, and sometimes bacon or ham, used in sauces.
- Mix to consistency
- To combine a floury substance with a liquid.
- Mixture
- A combination of several ingredients: butter, flour, eggs, etc.
- Moisten
- To add water, bouillon or consommé to different ingredients.
- Mould
- To give shape.
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