Sithccc008 Prepare Vegetable2
Sithccc008 Prepare Vegetable2
Question 1 - Answer
1. Access the market information in NSW and identify all fruit and vegetables currently in
season. Categorise these in the provided tables below:
Fruits in season:
Stone Fruit Hard Fruit Soft Fruit Citrus Fruit Tropical Fruit
2. The following table lists 7 methods of cookery. From the fruit and vegetable, you listed in
question 1, select 2 root vegetables, 2 green vegetables and 3 different fruit.
a) Allocate them so that each cookery method below has 1 vegetable or fruit suitable for
cooking with that method.
b) Describe how you would cook each vegetable or fruit using the cookery method you
chose.
c) Provide a suitable sauce or accompaniment and appropriate garnish for each dish and
brief details for presentation.
Microwave Brussel sprout Put sprout into a dishes, add water and garnish
season
3. Provide 2 menu examples for each of the following potato preparation methods:
Baked
Water finished
Water blanched and fat finished
Fat blanched and fat finished
Directly fat finished
1. Mashed potato Boil the potato, put through the ricer, add butter and
2. Creamy potato warm
milk.
Boil the potato, put through the ricer, add butter and
hot cream
2. Pan fried potatoes Cut pre-cook potato in julienne then add seasoning
Fat-Blanched and Fat-Finished Potato Dishes
Example Size and Preparation
50x20x20mm
2. Pylon Potat size
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4. List 10 culinary uses of eggs and provide an example for each use.
5. What are the essential hygiene requirements which must apply to eggs during storage, preparation
and service of egg products to ensure egg safety? Why is this of particular importance when dealing
with elderly, children, pregnant women, small children, babies and people with weak immune systems?
Implications for elderly, children, pregnant women, small children, babies and people with
weak immune systems
Consider alternative recipes which would usually contain raw eggs for uncooked
foods.
6. Provide an overview of the preparation techniques and a menu example including sauce and
accompaniment (where applicable) for each of the following egg dishes:
Eggs Benedict Fried
Eggs
Coddled Eggs Egg
Dip Scrambled
Eggs
Omelette with filling
7. Provide an overview of the nutritional values for eggs, fruit and vegetables including the essential
requirements to retain vitamins and minerals during storage, preparation and cooking:
8. List the equipment required to prepare each dish listed in Question 7. Explain the WHS points of
care, cleaning and sanitation requirements, and preparation for use:
Pot,
Egg Dip Chopping
board, chef knife
,
whisk,
bowl
Bowl, Pan
Scrambled Eggs and
spatula
Bowl,
Omelette with filling chopping
board, chef knife
,
pan, spatula.
Food safety
Vegetables Fruit Eggs Farinaceous
requirements
Collecting Don’t buy damage or Give a Select eggs Check
Ingredients light with for
spoil vegetables squeeze to uncracked infestation
make and such as
sure it is clean weevils and
not too shells. moths
soft and
smell the
fruit
s
Preparation Clean vegetables Wash or Select the Select
scrub cooking appropriate
before cooking with method. methods to
running Handle ensure
wat r carefully and optimum
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the egg
into a
bo
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using and and
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garnishes, ents ents
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egg farinaceous
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Storage Store vegetables in a Store fruit Store it in a Store it in dry
in a cool place
cool and dry place. cool and. and dry and in
dry place place airtight
contain.
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10. You are working in the entremetier section of a hotel. The section is responsible for the
preparation of vegetable, fruit, egg and farinaceous dishes.
a) What is required to ensure a food safe workspace and equipment during preparation and
service and at the end of the shift?
Throughout your shift you ought to do regular “tidy up” procedures as you progress between tasks.
Hygiene is crucial, so ensure you retain the work areas very clean and tidy. Keep utensils become
independent from one another and makes sure you are doing not cross-contaminate your items.
specifically, you would like to wash your work area when changing tasks. Cleaning is aided by the
appliance of a detergent, which helps to lift the dirt from the surface also as keep it from
reattaching. Surfaces that inherit contact with food products have to be sanitise regularly. These 2
processes should be allotted as separate procedures – first you clean so you sanitise. so as to be
effective, the sanitation process requires a clean and detergent-free.
b) What does this need to include to prevent wastage of leftovers or by-products from
preparation?
Plan the portion and quantity of the ingredient before you buy to prevent leftover from
a food preparation. Beside that, any leftover or by products from preparation can be
used to cook a meal for a hotel staff for example making a soup, broth or bread. This
method could prevent wastage in the industry for a better environment.
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