Cooking w Cousins: page 2 Practical Applications of Thickening and Binding Agents

The question is what do you do with the stock from Cooking with . We explore 2 answers. First – The application of thickening and binding agents. The second that we shall explore is soup. Specifically ‘ CPs Soup of the day on Tuesdays’ Canadian yellow split pea soup aka ‘love potion #9’.

Safety

Safety Concern: Hot items.

Safety – Use dry cotton kitchen towel to hold onto pot handles

Practical Applications of Thickening and Binding Agents

Starch is used as a thickening and binding agent in a number of culinary products. Many items are thickened to various consistencies. Specific items that we shall look at are soups and sauces. When using fat as the medium to disperse starch for the thickeners – they are as follows:

Roux

mixture of melted fat and flour cooked to a varying degree.

What to watch? Chef with Jon Favreau. (if you have not already – make sure you look for an association to comic books. association == Kevin Bacon 7 degrees of separation)

What to read? Saucier’s Apprentice by Raymond Sokolv