Lessons > Combination Cooking Fundamentals
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Lesson Overview
Combination Cooking involves both dry- and moist-heat cooking. Braising, stewing and pot-roasting are all combination cooking methods which are excellent for cooking tougher (but often tastier) cuts of meats.
These types of cooking methods require long, gentle cooking to turn tougher cuts of …
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At the end of this lesson you'll be able to:
- define combination cooking
- choose the right cut of meat for combination cooking
- understand what connective tissue is and why it is important
- choose the right pot when combination cooking
- describe why browning is often important
- understand how the type and ratio of liquid used affects the final dish
- understand why slow cooking at low temperatures is best for combination cooking success
Course Syllabus
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1. | Introduction: Combination Cooking Fundamentals |
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2. | Complete Your Self Assessment |
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3. | Choosing Meat for Combination Cooking |
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4. | The Importance of Connective Tissue |
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5. | Choosing a Pot for Combination Cooking |
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6. | Browning Food for Combination Cooking |
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7. | Liquids & Ratios for Combination Cooking |
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8. | Combination Cooking | Slow and Low |
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9. | Practice Activities & Recipes |
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10. | Lesson Quiz |
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Prerequisites & Related Lessons
Please consider these additional lessons to support your learning and discovery. Some of these lessons are prerequisites that may help contextualize what you are learning and form a baseline of knowledge and skill. Other lessons are related and may help you explore next steps or dive deeper on a learning topic.
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10 Tasks
Task 1: Introduction: Combination Cooking Fundamentals
Task 2: Complete Your Self Assessment
Task 3: Choosing Meat for Combination Cooking
Task 4: The Importance of Connective Tissue
Task 5: Choosing a Pot for Combination Cooking
Task 6: Browning Food for Combination Cooking
Task 7: Liquids & Ratios for Combination Cooking
Task 8: Combination Cooking | Slow and Low
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