Free kitchen recipe samples

WORKHORSES.
NOT SHOW-PONIES.

Practical starting points with yield and control notes. Adapt them to your food-safety system, ingredients, equipment and service.

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01 · Approx. 1.1 litres

Quick pickle liquor

  • 500 ml cider vinegar
  • 500 ml water
  • 100 g sugar
  • 20 g fine salt

Method

Warm only until the sugar and salt dissolve. Pour over suitable prepared vegetables in a clean food-safe container, cool promptly, cover, label and refrigerate.

CONTROL: Set and verify the use-by period in your own food-safety system. Check the vinegar ingredients and allergens.
02 · Approx. 30 sauce portions

Batch tomato base

  • 250 ml olive or rapeseed oil
  • 1 kg diced onions
  • 60 g crushed garlic
  • 250 g tomato purée
  • 5 kg chopped tomatoes

Method

Soften onions, add garlic and purée, then add tomatoes and simmer until the raw acidity has mellowed. Season for the final dish, not the base.

CONTROL: Record the batch, cooling, storage and reheating controls required by your food-safety system.
03 · One chilled team jug

Two-litre shift water

  • 2 litres potable water
  • ½ washed cucumber, sliced
  • 1 washed lemon, sliced
  • Small handful washed mint
  • Plenty of safely produced ice

Method

Prepare in a clean food-safe jug, keep chilled and position where the team can access it without contaminating food-preparation areas.

CONTROL: Make fresh for the shift and discard remaining fruit and herbs at close. Plain drinking water should always remain available.