A guide to: Conversions

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NOTES FOR COOKS
To ensure successful results in cooking, we recommend you invest in accurate measuring tools – measuring cups and spoons and a measuring jug are essential and electronic scales are particularly useful as they weigh accurately in both imperial and metric.

Always follow one set of measures in a recipe. Do not mix them up.

dish uses:
Large eggs (No.7)

Level spoons and cup measurements

Liquids are always measured in a jug and dry ingredients in
measuring cups.

NB: One tablespoon is 15ml (the Australian tablespoon is 20ml)

USEFUL INGREDIENT EQUIVALENTS

Breadcrumbs

1 cup fresh = 50 grams

1 cup dried = 115 grams

Butter

1 (American) stick = 115 grams 

1 cup = 225 grams

2 tablespoons = 30 grams

Cheese

1 cup grated tasty = 115 grams

1 cup Parmesan = 150 grams

Egg Whites

Large (No. 7) egg white = 30 grams

Flour

1 level measuring cup = 150 grams

Gelatine

3 teaspoons granulated/3 leaves (gold grade) will set 500 mls/2cups liquid to a light jelly

1 rounded tablespoon granulated/4-5 leaves (gold grade) will set 500 mls/2 cups liquid to a firm jelly

Leaf gelatine comes in varying grades. It is wise to check the setting properties of the leaf gelatine you buy before use.

Honey, Golden Syrup

1 cup = 350 grams

Onions

1 x 115 gram onion = 1 cup chopped

Rice

1 cup uncooked rice = 200 grams

1 cup cooked = 165 grams

Sugar

1 cup caster and granulated = 225 grams

1 cup brown sugar = 200 grams

1 cup icing sugar = 125 grams

Spinach

650 grams spinach leaves = ¾ cup puree

Yeast

2 tablespoons fresh (compressed) = 1 tablespoon dried (granulated)

OVEN TEMPERATURES

225ºFahrenheit = 110ºCelsius = cool oven

300ºFahrenheit = 150ºCelsius = very low oven

350ºFahrenheit = 180ºCelsius = moderate oven

400ºFahrenheit = 200ºCelsius = hot oven

450ºFahrenheit = 230ºCelsius = very hot oven

VOLUME

1 level teaspoon = 5mls

1 level tablespoon = 15mls

1 oz/fl oz = 28.35 grams/mls

1 pound = 450 grams

1 cup liquid = 250 mls

1 pint = 600 mls

1 litre = 1000 mls

1 quart = 4 cups

WEIGHT

10 grams = 1/4 oz

15 grams = 1/2 oz

25 grams = 1 oz (actual 28.35grams)

450 grams = 1 pound

1 kilogram = 2 1/4 pounds

LENGTH

1cm = 1/2 inch

2.5cm = 1 inch

12cm = 4 1/2 inches

20cm = 8 inches

24cm = 9 1/2 inches

30cm = 12 inches

FOOD NAME EQUIVALENTS

We all use cookbooks and magazines from around the world. These are some of the more common ingredients which have differing names:

baking paper – parchment paper/silicone paper

beetroot – beets

cannellini beans – white kidney bean

capsicum – bell pepper/sweet pepper

celeriac – celery root

coriander – cilantro

cream – heavy cream 

eggplant – aubergine

fillet (as in meat) – tenderloin

golden syrup – dark corn syrup

hapuka – groper

icing sugar – confectioners sugar

plain flour – standard/ pure flour

prawn – jumbo shrimp

rocket – rocquette / arugula

scallopini  – pattypan squash 

spring onions – green onions

zucchini – courgettes