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
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