ADJUSTING RECIPES NOTES Increasing or Decreasing a Recipe

ADJUSTING RECIPES NOTES Increasing or Decreasing a Recipe Yield Changing Ingredients 1

Increasing or Decreasing a Recipe Yield n n The ______ of a recipe tells how many people you can serve and how much each person will get. It may be necessary to _____ or _____ a recipe’s yield in order to prepare the number of servings needed or to adjust the serving size. 2

Increasing or Decreasing a Recipe Yield n n If more, _________, servings are needed than the recipe will yield, it is necessary to increase the amounts of ingredients used. If less, _________, servings are needed, one can either decrease the amounts of ingredients used OR prepare the recipe as indicated and have _______. 3

Increasing or Decreasing a Recipe Yield, contd. n When increasing or decreasing the yield and ingredients in recipes, it is usually necessary to make additional changes in: n Equipment size n n Cooking temperature n 4

Increasing or Decreasing a Recipe Yield, contd. The steps for changing a yield are: 1. Divide the _____ yield by the recipe’s _______ yield. The result is called the _____________. 2. Multiply all recipe ingredients by the conversion factor. 3. Convert the measurements into logical, manageable amounts. n 5

Changing Ingredients Recipe ingredients are often changed for reasons other than increasing or decreasing the yield. Adjusting for substitute ingredients: n Ingredients in recipes are often substituted. Some reasons for changing recipe ingredients include: n n n Cost of ingredients Decreasing/increasing nutritional value n 6

Changing Ingredients, contd. n Some recipes are easier to adjust than others. Those with NON-ESSENTIAL ingredients are easily adjusted. Recipes with ESSENTIAL ingredients are really difficult to change n n ______________- ingredients are those that act independently of each other. ESSENTIAL ingredients are those that have ____________ in a recipe and are so sensitive to changes that the appearance, taste, or texture of the product are affected 7

Changing Ingredients, contd. n Well-written cookbooks and the Internet are good sources for common ingredient substitutions. These ingredient substitutions can usually be made _______any significant difference in the final product. 8

Changing Ingredients, contd. List common ingredient substitutions below: 9