TM Prepare Appetisers & Salads Final

Prepare appetisers and salads
D1.HCC.CL2.12
Trainee Manual
Prepare appetisers
and salads
D1.HCC.CL2.12
Trainee Manual
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Table of Contents
Introduction to trainee manual............................................................................................ 1
Unit descriptor.................................................................................................................... 3
Assessment matrix............................................................................................................. 5
Glossary............................................................................................................................. 7
Introduction........................................................................................................................ 9
Element 1: Prepare and present a selection of hot and cold salads................................. 11
Element 2: Prepare and present a selection of hot and cold appetisers........................... 27
Element 3: Store appetisers and salads including garnishes and accompaniments........35
Appendix A: Salads.......................................................................................................... 43
Appendix B: Appetisers.................................................................................................... 47
Presentation of written work............................................................................................. 55
Recommended reading.................................................................................................... 57
Trainee evaluation sheet.................................................................................................. 59
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Introduction to trainee manual

To the Trainee
Congratulations on joining this course. This Trainee Manual is one part of a
„toolbox‟ which is a resource provided to trainees, trainers and assessors to help
you become competent in various areas of your work.
The „toolbox‟ consists of three elements:
A Trainee Manual for you to read and study at home or in class
A Trainer Guide with Power Point slides to help your Trainer explain the content of the
training material and provide class activities to help with practice
An Assessment Manual which provides your Assessor with oral and written questions
and other assessment tasks to establish whether or not you have achieved
competency.
The first thing you may notice is that this training program and the information you find in
the Trainee Manual seems different to the textbooks you have used previously. This is
because the method of instruction and examination is different. The method used is called
Competency based training (CBT) and Competency based assessment (CBA). CBT and
CBA is the training and assessment system chosen by ASEAN (Association of South-
East Asian Nations) to train people to work in the tourism and hospitality industry
throughout all the ASEAN member states.
What is the CBT and CBA system and why has it been adopted by ASEAN?
CBT is a way of training that concentrates on what a worker can do or is required to do at
work. The aim is of the training is to enable trainees to perform tasks and duties at a
standard expected by employers. CBT seeks to develop the skills, knowledge and
attitudes (or recognise the ones the trainee already possesses) to achieve the required
competency standard. ASEAN has adopted the CBT/CBA training system as it is able to
produce the type of worker that industry is looking for and this therefore increases
trainees‟ chances of obtaining employment.
CBA involves collecting evidence and making a judgement of the extent to which a worker
can perform his/her duties at the required competency standard. Where a trainee can
already demonstrate a degree of competency, either due to prior training or work
experience, a process of „Recognition of Prior Learning‟ (RPL) is available to trainees to
recognise this. Please speak to your trainer about RPL if you think this applies to you.
What is a competency standard?
Competency standards are descriptions of the skills and knowledge required to perform
a task or activity at the level of a required standard.
242 competency standards for the tourism and hospitality industries throughout the
ASEAN region have been developed to cover all the knowledge, skills and attitudes
required to work in the following occupational areas:
Housekeeping
Food Production
Food and Beverage Service
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Front Office
Travel Agencies
Tour Operations.
All of these competency standards are available for you to look at. In fact you will find a
summary of each one at the beginning of each Trainee Manual under the heading „Unit
Descriptor‟. The unit descriptor describes the content of the unit you will be studying in
the Trainee Manual and provides a table of contents which are divided up into „Elements‟
and „Performance Criteria”. An element is a description of one aspect of what has to be
achieved in the workplace. The „Performance Criteria‟ below each element details the
level of performance that needs to be demonstrated to be declared competent.
There are other components of the competency standard:
Unit Title: statement about what is to be done in the workplace
Unit Number: unique number identifying the particular competency
Nominal hours: number of classroom or practical hours usually needed to complete
the competency. We call them „nominal‟ hours because they can vary e.g. sometimes
it will take an individual less time to complete a unit of competency because he/she
has prior knowledge or work experience in that area.
The final heading you will see before you start reading the Trainee Manual is the
„Assessment Matrix‟. Competency based assessment requires trainees to be assessed
in at least 2 – 3 different ways, one of which must be practical. This section outlines three
ways assessment can be carried out and includes work projects, written questions and
oral questions. The matrix is designed to show you which performance criteria will be
assessed and how they will be assessed. Your trainer and/or assessor may also use
other assessment methods including „Observation Checklist‟ and „Third Party
Statement‟. An observation checklist is a way of recording how you perform at work and
a third party statement is a statement by a supervisor or employer about the degree of
competence they believe you have achieved. This can be based on observing your
workplace performance, inspecting your work or gaining feedback from fellow workers.
Your trainer and/or assessor may use other methods to assess you such as:
Journals
Oral presentations
Role plays
Log books
Group projects
Practical demonstrations.
Remember your trainer is there to help you succeed and become competent. Please feel
free to ask him or her for more explanation of what you have just read and of what is
expected from you and best wishes for your future studies and future career in tourism
and hospitality.
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Unit descriptor
Unit descriptor
This unit deals with the skills and knowledge required to Prepare appetisers and salads in
a range of settings within the hotel and travel industries workplace context.
Unit Code:
D1.HCC.CL2.12
Nominal Hours:
30 hours
Element 1: Prepare and present a selection of hot and cold salads

Performance Criteria
1.1 Select ingredients to meet requirements of hot and cold salad menu items
1.2 Prepare salads to enterprise standards including nutritional and eating qualities
1.3 Prepare garnishes and accompaniments
1.4 Present salads including garnishes and accompaniments according to enterprise
standards
Element 2: Prepare and present a selection of hot and cold

appetisers
2.1 Select ingredients to meet requirements of hot and cold appetisers menu items
2.2 Prepare appetisers to enterprise standards including nutritional and eating qualities
2.3 Prepare garnishes, and accompaniments
2.4 Present hot and cold appetisers including garnishes and accompaniments according
to enterprise standards
Element 3: Store appetisers and salads including garnishes and

accompaniments
3.1 Store under appropriate conditions and locations to ensure freshness and quality
3.2 Store in appropriate containers
3.3 Labelling, storage containers
3.4 Ensure economic viability of preparation and holding quantities
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Unit descriptor
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Assessment matrix
Assessment matrix
Showing mapping of Performance Criteria against Work Projects, Written
Questions and Oral Questions
Work Written Oral

Projects Questions Questions
1.1 Select ingredients to meet requirements of hot

1.1 1, 2, 3, 1
and cold salad menu items
1.2 Prepare salads to enterprise standards

1.2 4 2
including nutritional and eating qualities
1.3 Prepare garnishes and accompaniments 1.3 5, 6 3
1.4 Present salads including garnishes and

accompaniments according to enterprise 1.4 7 4
standards
Element 2: Prepare and present a selection of hot and cold appetisers

2.1 8, 9 5
and cold appetisers menu items
2.2 Prepare appetisers to enterprise standards

2.2 10, 11 6
2.3 Prepare garnishes, and accompaniments 2.3 12, 13 7
2.4 Present hot and cold appetisers including

garnishes and accompaniments according to 2.4 14 8
enterprise standards
Element 3: Store appetisers and salads including garnishes and accompaniments
3.1 Store under appropriate conditions and

3.1 15 9
locations to ensure freshness and quality
3.2 Store in appropriate containers 3.1 16 10
3.3 Labelling, storage containers 3.1 17 11
3.4 Ensure economic viability of preparation and

3.2 18 12
holding quantities
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Glossary
Glossary
Term Explanation
Acidulated Acidic in nature, Vinegar is acidic
Small snack served before the main meal, 'amuse gueule', finger food,
Appetisers
cocktail party food
Aramrath Mild tasting herb: Chinese Spinach
Barquette Small boat shaped pastry to hold soft filling and garnishes
Bouchee Small vol au vent pastry case, 4 cm, in diameter, savoury in taste
Small one or two bite snack, savoury in taste, firm base-topping-

Canapés
garnish
Complex Ingredients might need to be cooked before incorporating into salad
Cilantro or Chinese parsley, native of Central America, essential in

Coriander
Thai cuisine
Croutons Fried bread, adds textural diversity to dishes
Dim Sum Chinese snack food
Moisture added salads to lubricate the dish, will have seasoning, will
Dressing
be acidic in nature, vinegar based normally
Ingredient that will bind two otherwise non binding ingredients. In

Emulsifier making mayonnaise, the egg yolk contains LECTHIN. Lecithin is an
emulsifying agent. Lecithin is also found in soya beans
Emulsion Binding of two product that would not normally bind
technique to incorporate ingredients slowly and aimed at not causing

Fold
too much damage to ingredients
Fried batter, can be flavoured of can be something encased inside.

Fritter
Fried in deep fat or on grill plate
Small Asian style dumpling, will be steamed in small amount of liquid

Gyoza and as liquid evaporates the outside pastry will begin to fry, leaving a
crispy edge to dumpling
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Glossary
Term Explanation
Grass like herb, essential in South East Asian Cuisine; commonly in

Lemon Grass
Thai cuisine
Native to Mediterranean, known in Egypt for 2500 years, known in Asia

Lettuce
Minor (Persia), member of the sunflower or thistle family
Emulsion of egg yolk and oil with vinegar. Used as a salad dressing.
Mayonnaise
Many variations
Meze Greek snack food
Spear shaped leaf, versatile in cooking, nutty like flavour, savoury or

Pandanus
sweet dishes, Available fresh, frozen, canned or dried
A green herb related to carrots, parsnip and dill. Large flat leave,
Parsley
Continental parsley, stronger in flavour than English parsley
Mixture of leafy vegetables, normally served cold, can incorporate

Salad
meats and cooked root vegetables
Samosas Indian snack pastry, small version make excellent finger food
Savouries Small finger food that does not contain sugar, is savoury, not sweet
Simple Simple, one or two ingredients
Sushi Japanese snack food associated with vinegared rice
Spanish style snack, mainly served in bars, Tapas bars are very
Tapas
popular in Spain and Spanish influenced countries
Tapas Spanish snack food
Toss Technique to cover leaves with dressing so even coating is acquired
A member of the Ginger family. Used in many dishes for both its colour
Turmeric
and flavour.
Vinaigrette Mixture of oil and vinegars, used to add flavour to salads as dressing
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Introduction
Introduction
Salads
Definition
„Salad‟ is a broadly used term to describe a dish (or series of
dishes) which are prepared with one ingredient as the feature,
or a combination of ingredients and flavours.
What foods can be in a salad? Any foods can be in a salad.
In the warm climate countries like Australia, salads have played,
and will continue to play, an important role in culinary tastes.
„Salads‟ offer a refreshing cool and alternative method
of consuming food
It is also an area where a chef can create highly original work.
A salad can be served in the following ways:
Cold or warm
Raw, cooked, or a combination of raw and cooked
Fruit only, vegetables only, or a combination
As a starter, main course, meal accompaniment (in place of vegetables) or in its own
right on a buffet table.
Salads, as they are understood and perceived by western cultures, are usually
vegetable based, and feature leafy greens.
This definition, whilst clear to those who have established knowledge, does not, however,
provide a comprehensive classification of salads.
Classifying salads
The easiest way to establish where salads fit in the scheme of things is to classify them in
the following ways:
Simple
A salad where one ingredient is the main feature: it is usually a vegetable or leafy green
or tomato based and may have dressing added.
Examples include:
Tomato salad
Lettuce salad
Cucumber salad.
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Introduction
Mixed/Compound
A salad that has two or more main ingredients as well as dressing
Examples include:
Coleslaw (shredded cabbage, onion, carrot
and capsicum with mayonnaise or simple
vinaigrette dressing)
Tabouli salad (parsley, onion, tomato and
buckwheat)
Greek salad. (tomato, cucumber, onion, black
olive, fetta cheese, dressing, herbs)
Classical Salads
Based on French cuisine:
This term refers to all traditional salads which are based on French-influenced cuisine
and tradition
Examples include:
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Salade Nicoise (French beans, potatoes, tomatoes, anchovy, olives, capers and French
dressing)
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Salade Waldorf.(celery, apple, chopped walnuts, mayonnaise and cream)
Modern Salads
A term used to classify any contemporary developments in salads, which may use
previously unavailable ingredients or adopted international cuisines, particularly Asian and
Italian or Mediterranean.
Examples of „modern‟ styles of salads include:
Thai Beef Salad (thin sliced strips of cooked beef, crushed peanuts, mint, coriander,
bamboo shoots, vegetable strips such as , palm sugar, soy, ginger, garlic, chilli and
lemon juice)
Mesclun. (array of leafy greens, i.e. radicchio, rocket, mâche, mignonette, butter,
endive, cos and oak leaf)
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Element 1:
Prepare and present a selection of
hot and cold salads
and cold salad menu items
Salad greens
The expression „leafy green‟ is usually used to
describe leafy lettuce. The variety of lettuces in
Australia has increased quite markedly from the mid-
1980s onwards. Some of the more commonly available
„leafy greens‟ in Australia include:
Iceberg Cos Radicchio
Mignonette Butter Curly endive
Witlof (Belgian endive) Rocket Mâche (lambs lettuce)
Oak leaf Mustard cress Watercress
Warrugal spinach: English spinach Silverbeet

Australian Bush Food
Snow pea sprouts Alfalfa sprouts Bean shoots
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Asian salad greens
Amaranth Asian Basil Ceylon Spinach
English: Chinese Spinach English: Malabar Spinach English: Malabar Spinach

Chinese: Een Choi Chinese: Kai Lan Chinese: Saan Choi
Bahasa: Bayam Bahasa: Selaseh Bahasa: Remayong
Thai: Phak Khom Suan Thai: Horapa Thai: Phak Plang
Pennywort La pot
English: Indian Pennywort English: Wild Betel

Thai: Bua Bok Bahasa: Duan Kadok
Thai: Bai Chaplu
Coriander Pea shoots Perilla
English: Coriander, Cilantro English: Pea Shoots English: Beefsteak Plant

Chinese: Uen Sai Chinese: Dau Miu Chinese: Gee So, Jen
Thai: Pak Chee Thai: Pak Tua Lan Tao Japanese: Shiso
Source: marketfresh.com.au Asian vegetable and herb guide
To increase your own knowledge you must start to acquire a library of personal resource
list of ingredient names:
What is available at your local supplier?
Market fresh website

www.marketfresh.com.au
Find it; use it, valuable source of information.
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Salad Herbs
A „herb‟ is a flowering plant with a stem that does
not become wooden, but decays and regenerates
annually.
Herbs have a variety of uses, including medicinal, taste
and smell.
Food service professionals are more concerned with
taste and smell, and in this context, the herb must be
suitable for eating by humans without adverse side
effects.
Herbs are used in salads to provide flavour, aroma and texture, but care must be taken
(due to strength and overpowering flavour) not to add excessive amounts.
Some herbs that are popular in salads include the following:
Curly parsley Italian parsley Mint
Thyme Coriander Marjoram
Oregano Basil Purple basil
Ornamental basil Rosemary Dill
Fennel Spearmint Tarragon
Vietnamese mint (spicy)
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Salad Vegetables
Any vegetable can be used in salads. Some root vegetables will need to be
cooked before they are edible in a salad. Example: potato, pumpkin, sweet potato.
Swedes and turnips tend not to make good salad vegetables.
Vegetables are broken into 2 main categories.
Root Vegetables include vegetables derived from roots, bulbs and tubers of plants.
Green Vegetables Include vegetables derived from leaves, stems, flowers, fruits,
legumes and seeds of plants
Root vegetables suitable for salads
Can be raw, shredded, sliced or cut to size, roasted to add extra flavour then
Carrot
chilled for salad
Parsnip For salad is best roasted then chilled
Radish Served raw, sliced or quartered
Onion Can be used raw, thinly sliced or roasted. Many varieties
Potato Needs to be cooked boiled or oven roasted
Sweet Potato Needs to be cooked boiled or oven roasted
Can be shredded and eaten raw but is best served separate as it will stain
Beetroot
everything. Normally boiled allowed to cool
Leaf vegetables suitable for salads
Can be raw, shredded, sliced or cut to size, addition of vinegars break down leaf
Cabbage
structure
Always a base with other vegetables to add interest:

Lettuce
Refer salad greens previous pages
Spinach Served raw, baby spinach best for salads
Witlof Used raw, thinly sliced or roasted.
Stem Vegetables suitable for salads
Asparagus Can be blanched quickly then refreshed, grilled and then chilled
Celery Slice thinly
Fennel Shaved thinly
Bamboo
Canned, thinly sliced
shoots
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Flower Vegetables for salads
Broccoli Blanched then chilled
Cauliflower Blanched or roasted, then chilled
Fruit vegetables for salads
Avocado Many varieties, diced and tossed with dressing
Capsicum Many varieties, can be raw or roasted
Cucumber Raw, sliced thinly or cubed
Eggplant Thinly sliced then grilled, chilled
Tomato Many varieties, sliced and chopped
Zucchini Thinly sliced then grilled, chilled
Legumes for salads
Beans, Green Blanched then chilled
Chick peas Soaked then poach until tender, chilled
Sweet corn Boiled then chilled
Peas Blanched then chilled
Web reference
http://www.marketfresh.com.au/mf.asp
Click on the marketfresh dropdown at the top left corner:
Downloads
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Vegetables
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Fruits
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Tropical fruits
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Asian vegetable and herb Guide.
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Salad Fruits
Everything You Need To Know About Fruits
Fruits are classified into the following groups:
Strawberries, raspberries, blackberries, boysenberries, blueberries, gooseberries,

Soft fruits
grapes and currants (red, black & white).
Stone fruits Apricots, peaches, nectarines, plums, mangoes, cherries.
Hard fruits Apples, pears and quinces
Citrus Lemons, oranges, grapefruit, mandarins, cumquats, limes, pomelo, tangelo
Bananas, pineapple, lychee, rambutan, jackfruit, dragon fruit, guava, tamarillo,

Tropical
pawpaw, custard apple
Rhubarb, kiwifruit, persimmon, passionfruit, pomegranate, fig, watermelon,

Miscellaneous
cantaloupe, honeydew
The following fruit categories have other quality points such as:
Mould free
Soft fruits
Dirt free
Mould free
Stone fruits
Not bruised
Hard fruits No bruising
Mould free
Citrus
Skin to be firm, not soft
Tropical No bruising
Good colour
Miscellaneous Firm to touch
Melons should be heavier than they look
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Salad farinaceous ingredients

Pasta, lentils, beans, cous cous,
Salads have always been a good way of using left over pasta.
Pasta does not have a flavour of its own.
The texture of pasta or noodles is what is important. Give it a
well rounded sauce and it will bulk salad very well.
Pasta needs to be cooked al dente, but some people like
to cook it more when used in salad.
Cold pasta is nutritionally very good for the human gut.
Cooked lentils and beans are nutritious and are excellent additions to salads. They offer
textural diversity.
Meats for salads

Cooked, cold
Meats cured, cold or warm.
Salad meats
Bacon, crisped in fry pan then chilled
Chicken, poached, roasted
Beef
Lamb
Sausages.
These meats would be cooked then chilled.
Cured meats
Prosciutto
Bresaola
Salami
Ham.
Cured vegetables
Olives, black and green
Pickled cucumber, savoury and sweet
Onions
Cauliflower.
Many vegetables can be preserved in vinegar solution and then used in salad dishes.
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Oils
Definition
Edible oils group all fats which are liquid at room (or near room)
temperature. They are used in salads for flavour, overall texture
and balance.
Types
The number of oils that can be used to make salads is only
limited by imagination, practicality and availability. The following
list highlights some of the more commonly used oils:
Neutral flavour and aroma
Sunflower Safflower Grape seed Canola
Strong or noticeable flavour and aroma
Rose (strong and

Olive Walnut Chilli (very strong)
expensive)
Virgin olive Hazelnut Sesame
Truffle (expensive)
Vinegars
Definition
Vinegar is an acidic liquid made by fermenting wine, cider,
sherry, etc. Due to its acidity, it is used for preserving food, as
an accompaniment, or as part of a dressing in a salad. The
actual sourness of the vinegar accentuates the flavour of the
ingredients used in salads.
Types
Whilst there may be a wide range of flavoured vinegars available, i.e. herbed, and spiced,
etc., most vinegars have been made from a wine, sherry or cider base. Some of the more
common vinegars available for salad making include:
White wine
Red wine
Cider
Balsamic (unfermented white wine base)
Malt
White
Flavoured (e.g. Tarragon).
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Dressings/sauces
Definition
Dressings are prepared liquids (sometimes thickened) that make a salad more
appetising in appearance and flavour.
To establish the most appropriate dressing for a
particular salad, the following areas need to be
considered:
What type of salad is being prepared?
Is the purpose of the dressing to add flavour only
(vinaigrette) or to bind (mayonnaise)?
Will dressing be served in or next to the salad?
Is the dressing compatible with the flavour of the salad?
Types: Vinaigrette
Also known as French dressing, a traditional vinaigrette is a combination of vinegar, oil
and seasoning. These ingredients are mixed together vigorously just before use.
Vinaigrette also accentuates flavour and gives moisture to a salad. The recommended
proportions of a basic vinaigrette are three parts oil to one part vinegar.
Types: Mayonnaise
Mayonnaise is actually considered a cold sauce and its main ingredients include oil,
vinegar, mustard, egg yolks and seasoning.
It is also known as an emulsion sauce because two incompatible ingredients, oil and acid
(vinegar), are combined through an emulsifying agent (egg yolk).
Flavours, herbs and garnishes can be added to form the basis of a derivative sauce (a
sauce that has been made using the mayonnaise as the main part).
Some examples of derivative sauces using mayonnaise as a base include:
Tartare sauce: mayonnaise, capers, gherkins, dill, parsley and lemon juice
Cocktail sauce: mayonnaise flavoured with tomato sauce, Worcestershire sauce and
lemon.
Flavour variations: tips
Try different flavoured oils in a dressing and notice the difference
Lemon juice can be added in place of vinegar
Add finely chopped parsley or chives to dressing or mayonnaise for added colour
and flavour.
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Reasons for Dressings

Dressings are used to
Lubricate
Flavour
Add food value
To bind together
Adds shine and gives pleasing appearance.
Portion control and storage

Portion control
It is important to know how much dressings or cold sauces have to be made for a given
situation.
This can be maintained in two ways.
Manufacturing dressings and sauces on a litre basis „as required‟, daily or weekly
Making dressing/sauces on a per person basis.
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This is particularly useful when making unusual or uncommon sauces.
Approximately 30ml finished dressing/sauce per person should be allowed.
Storage
Dressings
Vinaigrette has no ingredients requiring refrigeration.
To ensure that there is absolutely no threat of food spoilage, however, it is advisable to
keep this dressing in a refrigerated area and covered in an airtight container (glass or
stainless steel).
Do not freeze. Shake vigorously before use.
Mayonnaise
Mayonnaise or its derivatives should be kept in a refrigerated area and covered in
an airtight container; preferably glass or stainless steel.
Do not freeze.
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1.2 Prepare salads to enterprise standards

Introduction
Salads should be made as close as possible to the required time of service. Some salads,
however, will require storage to allow flavour absorption, e.g. marinated red pepper salad.
These types of salads should be stored in an airtight container with lid in a refrigerated
area.
If salads do not require soaking or marinating, they should be stored in airtight containers
with lids in a refrigerated area.
Dressing or sauce should be kept separate.
Salads should not be frozen.
The majority of salads are served cold. Some ingredients
are served raw while others are cooked and then cooled
before using in the salads.
The variety of salad ingredients in unlimited
Traditionally a salad should be light and refreshing to
cleanse the palate. But as eating habits change so does
the role of the salad.
Today salad can be the meal, with or without meat.
Salads can also be warm.
Example: Hot chicken livers with hot sherry dressing tossed over cold salad leaves.
Modern salad dishes tend to have cultural influences as well as countries become
influenced by other cultures.
Preparing salads
Salad preparation is no different to any other dish
Mise en place. „Everything in place‟ before you start.
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1.3 Prepare garnishes and accompaniments

Introduction
Garnishes are prepared as part of your normal mise en place:
Herbs can be chopped to sprinkle over top of finished salad for flavour and eye appeal
Herb sprigs can be used to decorate top of salads
Thin slices of vegetables: julienne of carrot, slivers of spring onion
Nuts, roasted and chopped to add flavour
Fried bread pieces or Oven roasted
Deep fried shaving of vegetables.
Accompaniments
Sauces and/or dressings
Dressings can be classified into two types:
Vinegar based
Mayonnaise based.
Vinaigrette based sauces can be value added:
French
Roquefort, blue cheese added to vinaigrette Or
Other flavour added to base dressing.
Mayonnaise based dressing:
Caesar.
Holding and storage conditions
Salads with leaves and herbs will not hold well after the dressing has been applied.
Vinegar will cause the leaves to wilt. Do not dress the salads too soon.
Salads can be mixed then stored. Do not dress then store.
Salads leaves will have a comparatively short lifespan.
Cutting techniques, size and shape
As cultural diversity comes into the menu so will the expectation of preparation styles.
Many Asian styles will incorporate intricate styles of cutting.
Some special tools are available to replicate this in the modern world but when it
comes to pay higher wage costs outside of the Asian region it become unviable to do
this elaborate vegetable carving.
Modern machines will now to do the bulk of large scale dicing and slicing.
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1.4 Present salads including garnishes and

accompaniments according to enterprise
standards
Introduction
A well presented salad will have the following characteristics.
Leaf Salads
It will have a shine
Lots of colour
It will have height before width
It should be appealing to the eyes
Textural diversity adds to the eating experience.
All this before the customer has even tasted the salad.
When presenting the salad certain points need to be
considered.
Type of service
Formal
Served in restaurant as a side dish to the main meal.
Casual
Served as part of the buffet.
Modern
Served in café as a meal that will stand alone.
Stand up or sit down
Some salads are now being served in wraps, type of sandwich.
Salads traditionally have been served as a palate refresher.
Modern interpretations make it:
A meal on its own
An alternative to hot vegetables
A side dish.
It is good to have a refreshing salad after eating grilled steak to cleanse the palate.
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Work Projects
It is a requirement of this Unit you complete Work Projects as advised by your Trainer.
You must submit documentation, suitable evidence or other relevant proof of completion
of the project to your Trainer by the agreed date.
Gather the following information from your local supplier
1.1 What salad ingredients are available form you local supplier?
1.2. Select a recipe from the appendices in the back of this book
1.3. Prepare suitable garnish for this recipe
1.4. Present this salad to your instructor for evaluation
Websites for ideas:

Kraft foods -
http://www.kraft.com.au/recipecollections/international/asiansnacksandappetisers.aspx
Wheel and Barrow, Australia - http://www.wheelandbarrow.com.au/recipes/appetisers/
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Summary
Prepare and present a selection of hot and cold salads
Select ingredients to meet requirements of hot and cold salad menu items
It is important to be able to use the correct ingredients that the recipe says. In this modern age
of mass transportation people come from all over the world.
If you are going to make a salad that is from German cuisine then you need to make sure that you
are able to get ALL the ingredients in the recipe. Trying to serve something similar can be
disastrous.
Understand what you are going to make and select ingredients accordingly.
Buy ingredients fresh and of a quality expected by your clients.
Prepare salads to enterprise standards including nutritional and eating qualities
Prepare salads fresh
Apply dressing in a timely manner, not too soon on leafy ingredients.

Prepare garnishes and accompaniments
Garnishes should be prepared fresh
They should complement the main component of the dish
Accompaniments can offer textual diversity to the dish.

Accompaniments like pickled vegetables, sauces and chutneys can be prepared in advanced as
long as storage requirements are in place.
Present salads including garnishes and accompaniments according to enterprise

standards
Salad presentation should have look of freshness. The WOW factor. Salads should look inviting to
eat and be presented on good quality service ware.
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Element 2:
Prepare and present a selection of
hot and cold appetisers
and cold appetisers menu items
Introduction
Classic interpretation:
Classically Appetisers are known as hors d´oeuvres, which literally means „outside
the work‟.
They are small dishes comprising of one to three bites.
Originally Appetisers were the responsibility of the stills room, hence outside of the
kitchen.
Appetisers were both hot and cold and
served before a meal to give the guest an
idea of the standard of food to follow and to
also start the gastric juices flowing.
The main difference between a canapé and
an appetiser is an appetiser is eaten sitting
down at the table with a knife and fork.
Modern interpretation:
In Australia today Chefs view appetisers very differently.
Appetisers are strictly now prepared in the kitchen and range from basic to complex.
An appetiser (sometimes referred to as “amuse gueule” or “amuse bouché”) is still served
at the beginning of a meal before the entree but after the order for the meal is taken.
“Amuse gueule” are not ordered and are seen as a „gift‟ from the kitchen in the
same vein as petit fours.
They are a chance for the kitchen to be creative and experiment with flavour combinations
for future use on menus.
Sometimes they can be mini versions of a dish that a chef wish to test for a future
menu, or items that the chef needs to get rid of.
They can be served hot or cold and can be served using a variety of crockery, ranging
from side plates to small espresso cups.
Today‟s chef still factors in the idea of an appetiser whetting the appetite and starting the
gastric juices.
„Finger Food” is the name a lot of people use for stand up „cocktail party food‟.
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Savouries
Definition
Savouries are small portions of hot food served with pre-dinner drinks or stand
up function, served at the table as a hot appetiser.
They are served hot and are usually served with a dipping sauce.
The following are some examples of savouries:
Mini quiche Shot glasses filled with soups

Satay Mini dim sim
Wontons Mini spring rolls
Meatballs Goujons
Spinach and Fetta triangles Samosas
Canapés
Definition
Small, Savoury, Bite Sized Finger Food:
Are served with pre-dinner drinks or at cocktail functions
May be used to create a good first impression of food and should indicate
the standard of the meal to follow
Are meant to stimulate the appetite, not fill it up
Should be only one or two bites.
Canapés:
Are served cold
Should have a base, body and garnish
May be glazed with aspic to give gloss and to prevent the product from drying out
Glazes are best applied with a spray though a brush could be used.
This practice is not used much today.
The BASE must be sufficiently solid so as to support the toppings and allow the diner to
pick the canapé up without their fingers becoming messy.
The base may be covered with a spread (flavoured butter or cream cheese) so as to
prevent it from absorbing moisture from the topping or garnish and becoming soggy.
Suggested bases: savoury biscuits, croutons, short pastry cups or boats, puff pastry, rice
crackers, crispbread, slice of firm vegetables or fruit, pumpernickel bread etc.
The BODY is the topping or main ingredient. Its colour and flavour must compliment the
base and garnish.
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Expensive ingredients should be used in moderation, as the canapé should not cost the
establishment too much.
Ingredients such as:
Cheese
Hard-boiled eggs
Pate
Salami
Prosciutto
Ham
Smoked salmon
Smoked trout
Smoked oysters
Sardines
Fruits (melon, strawberry, kiwifruit, pineapple)
Vegetables (avocado, tomato, mushroom).
A spread of cream cheese flavoured with a fruit or vegetable, cheese or egg can also be
used. It is piped onto the base using a small star nozzle.
The garnish may be added for colour, e.g. herbs,
capers, gherkins, olives, fish roe, fruit, vegetables
cheese or toasted bread. E.g. Melba toast or croutons
Alternatively it may be added to moisten the body, e.g.
mayonnaise, sour cream.
The size or amount of garnish must be in keeping with
the size of the canapé, and not over dominate the
canapé.
No matter what the garnish looks like its flavour must
compliment the base and body of the canapé.
Spanish Tapas
Chinese Dim Sum
Greek Meze.
These can all be classified as appetisers, or small snacks, smaller than an entree.
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2.2 Prepare appetisers to enterprise standards

Introduction
Many appetisers can be pre made and
stored frozen for long periods of time.
Appetisers on wrapped in pastry will
freeze well. Appetisers that have salad
leaves in them will not freeze.
Appetisers can be cooked then frozen,
thawed and re-heated as needed or
they can be made then frozen, thawed
and then cooked before being served.
When producing meats that are to be used as appetisers such as a satay, it is best to
make them then freeze in thin layers that can easily be thawed and cooked to order.
When meats are cooked they tend to dry: so they are best cooked to order.
There can be confusion regarding exactly what is an appetiser.
An appetiser is something that is served before the meal starts. Spanish tapas are an
excellent example of this style of eating - one or two bites.
Meat or main component of dish
Salad, if desired
Sauce, acidic is normal.
Develop a logical sequence to the preparation
Do you have the storage capacity for required ingredients?
Collect all required ingredients
Prepare all ingredients as required
Cook what needs to be cooked.
Not all components will need to be cooked.
Prepare garnishes that are required.
Remember: When preparing for large number of customers, allow for:
Meat and non meat dishes
Ease of serving
Finger food is one or two bites
Toothpick and skewers need to be discard when the food is eaten
A balanced selection is required
What is your customer demographic?
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2.3 Prepare garnishes, and accompaniments

Introduction
Garnishes for appetisers tend to be kept to a minimum.
Garnishes should be prepared on a daily basis as they lose their crispness as they age.
Absorbing moisture from the air, even if you store them in a special container, they will
absorb moisture from the air every time you open the container.
The inside of the container also needs to be

washed regularly, after each batch, to keep
flavours fresh.
Hot meat or fish there will be a sauce:
A grilled sausage (chorizo). 3 slices,
served with warmed marinated black
olives (3), then maybe a small piece of
toasted or grilled sourdough.
Cold might have a salad and dressing or a cold sauce:
Classic cured oily fish, Salmon or Tuna; Ocean trout gravalax served with lightly
dressed salad with slivers of thinly sliced onion dusted with cracked black pepper
and pink salt.
Garnishes
Examples:
Croutons
Fresh or fried herb leaves
Roasted rice, ground to powder
Roasted nuts.
Accompaniments
Example:
Sauces
Chutneys
Toasted sourdough
Pickled vegetables
Marinated vegetables.
Do not spend too long preparing the garnish as most people will not eat the decoration.
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2.4 Present hot and cold appetisers including

garnishes and accompaniments according
Introduction
Presentation should be simple and uncomplicated or innovative and complex.
Modern interpretation means that some innovative ways can be very complex and
these are expensive to produce.
All this will depend on the enterprise and the point they situate themselves in the
marketplace.
No matter what your marketplace your product should look appetising or „pleasing to
the eye‟.
If it does not look appetising but it taste „out of this world‟, WOW, then the customer
will enjoy the experience.
BUT if it fails on both points:
Looks terrible
Tastes average.
Then you will lose the customers return business.
Things to consider when presenting food:
Cultural theme
Colour
Height
Neat and attractive
What is it served on:

Ceramics plates: easy to clean, easy to replace if broken

Pieces of wood: very trendy but hard to keep clean

Glass: looks good but can be fragile

Crystal: delicate and expensive to replace

Mirrors; look spectacular, but heavy and looks messy when half the food is gone

Trays: durable and forgiving if dropped

Tongs and lifters for ease of service
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Trolley to move large mirrors
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Where will all these extra things be stored?
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Work Projects
2.1 Write a menu for 6 hot appetisers and 6 cold appetisers.
You will need to present a list of all the ingredients required to be purchased to meet
his menu you have developed.
You may choose from the recipes in back of training manual if you wish or you may
choose to select your own
Be sure to make allowances for variety of tastes

Do not have all meat flavours
Do not have all vegetarian.
2.2. Prepare 3 from each section (hot and cold)
2.3. Prepare suitable garnishes and accompaniments to compliment what you have
produced.
2.4. Present you selection to your trainer for evaluation
Is the presentation in keeping with the expectation of your client base

Is the quality of presentation consistent across all dishes
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Summary
Prepare and present a selection of hot and cold appetisers
Select ingredients to meet requirements of hot and cold appetisers menu items
Select the quality of the ingredients you need to produce to meet the expectation of your
clients
Purchase only what you need to fulfil production requirements
Time purchases to meet production requirements and storage capacity.

Prepare appetisers to enterprise standards including nutritional and eating qualities
Prepare only what you need to meet customer expectations.
Variety of preparation techniques need to be undertaken to meet customer demands


Fried

Steamed

Grilled

Baked

Marinated and cured.
Prepare garnishes, and accompaniments
Garnishes need to be fresh. Garnishes need to compliment the food with what they are
being used
Accompaniments need to relate to the main element in the dish. They must not dominate but
must compliment.
Present hot and cold appetizers including garnishes and accompaniments according
Present in professional manner to meet customer expectations
Large platters need to be laid out in symmetrical patterns
Do not put all of one variety on one side

 Makes it hard for people to reach
across Start in centre and fan to outside.
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Element 3:
Store appetisers and salads including
garnishes and accompaniments
3.1 Store under appropriate conditions and
locations to ensure freshness and quality
Introduction
When the appetisers have been prepared then they need to be stored.
At what point the preparation is at is also very important.
It is still raw?
Is it cooked?
If it is raw then it needs to be kept separated from cooked. Never let the 2 of them mix.
All prepared foods must be kept chilled until you are ready to serve.
Cool room should be 4°C or less
Fresh foods should not be kept for longer than 3 - 5 days.
Some have a longer life than others. 3 days is preferable.
If prepared raw food is to be stored for longer than 3 days it is best to freeze the product
on day 1.
Freezing should be done when the product is wrapped in single layers and then frozen

This makes it easier to thaw when required
Always freeze in batches of 10

Easier to counts when doing stock take
Freezer should be operating at below -15°C or less (-18°C preferable)

Never freeze for more than 3 months.
Salads cannot be frozen

Freezing only apply to pastry based items and meats.
Appetisers are always best if made fresh but this is not always possible when doing large
numbers.
Small samosas and mini shashliks can be prepared and frozen, cooked on the day.
Easy to store flat and thin, easy to thaw and cook.
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Salad leaf should be washed and spun dry before being stored in plastic bag and held
firmly in clean plastic containers and kept chilled until needed.
4 days maximum to maintain optimum quality.
Cooked root vegetables should be prepared as close to the date of use as possible.
On the day or the day before best.

Short life span.
Storage of Garnishes and Accompaniments
Like any other foods their storage requirements need to be considered. High risk foods
need to be kept chilled below 4°C for no more than 3 days of frozen below -15°C (-18°C
better) for longer time.
Garnishes like „crisped breads‟ that do not require cold storage, can be stored in
sealed containers at room temperature.
Care needs to be taken with the time being stored as flavour and texture can be
altered due to absorption of moisture from the air.
Fruits that are being used for garnish need to be produce on the day.
Herbs picked are best used on the day or possibly the next. These need to be stored in
containers with absorbent paper to keep moist.
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3.2 Store in appropriate containers

Introduction
Keeping prepared products stored safely cannot be achieved if the containers in which
they are contained are not suitable for the job.
Storage containers must be clean and durable, impervious to liquids and must be in good
condition.
Storage container must be washable
You must be able to sanitise them for future use
They must be stackable for easier storage when not
in use.
Stainless steel is the BEST containers for fresh meat
storage
Cost is the biggest deterrent to using stainless steel.
Food grade plastic is second best storage containers, but
they get scratched and need to be changed when the
scratching is too bad as scratches can harbour bacteria.
Single plastic use items can be cost effective but must not
be washed and re-used.
All storage containers must be able to be covered, either
with a fitted lid or be small enough to be covered with plastic wrap to securely hold
in product:
Reduces spillage
Reduces cross contamination
Easier to affix labelling.
Best containers for storing large quantities of prepared product is large shallow containers
that will take 1 or 2 layers.
Too many layers will cause the uncooked product to squash when stacked. If they are
frozen before they are stacked then that will be acceptable.
Follow FIFO rule. Stock rotation.
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3.3 Labelling, storage containers

Introduction
When producing any product in a large establishment it is important to label correctly.
Labels should include the following.
Name of the product:
Many people can be working in larger establishments and the person takes the
product to the place of service may not be the person who prepared the product.
Date of Manufacture:
This helps with keeping the flow of produce in correct order. First In First Out,
Freshness.
Handler name
Name of the person who was responsible for making the product. If any issues
arise regarding quality then management knows whom to refer.
Time
What time the product was stored
Temperature
To maximise lifespan and quality it is important to
guide others in the requirements in keeping
optimum quality.
Storage
How long this product should be stored before quality falls below enterprise standards.
Labelling of Spreads and Fillings
When product comes into the premises from outside suppliers they may be in boxes that
have the name of the product on the box and not the package in which the food is
contained inside that box.
These boxes are referred to as 'outers' and the inside packaging is referred to as
'inners'.
When removing inners from the outers it is important that the information on the outers
is not lost so there may be a need to relabel the inner packaging.
Any „in house‟ produced sauces and fillings will need to be labelled names,
production dates and use by date.
Storage containers
Storage containers must be of a quality that can easily be washed, dried, stacked and
stored securely.
They must be impervious to liquids and odours so as to not contaminate other foods that
might be placed inside these containers.
Single use containers must not be re-used; example: Pizza boxes, drinking
bottles, seafood delivery containers.
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3.4 Ensure economic viability of preparation and

holding quantities
Introduction
Economic viability determines all that is produced in the kitchen.
Food and labour costs are the biggest issues in the kitchen.
Some dishes will have food cost that are 40% of total selling price, some will be 15%. The
accepted average in Australia is 28%-30% overall.
Some dishes sell well so they tend to have lower costs. Specials where the Chef is trying
new dishes can carry higher cost.
Several questions need to be answered before you start producing food.
If I am going to produce 500 portions:
Do I have the room to store them?
How long will it take the business to use this
many portions?
Is it better to produce in smaller quantities?
Is it cost effective to do this with the staff
employed?
Is it better than what I can purchase
from outside?
Many questions can be asked when looking at producing food. Is it economically viable
for the business to produce their own or is it cheaper to purchase from outside.
When the product is purchased from the outside, is there sufficient space to store
the product until it is needed.
Is it chilled?
Frozen?
Hot?
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Work Projects
You need to write a report
3.1 How are the appetisers that are produced going to be stored?
What type of containers will be required?

What information needs to go on the label?
3.2 What is your opinion on the economic viability of one of the appetisers you have
chosen?
Will this product sell in sufficient numbers to be worthwhile to be on menu?

Does it suit the needs of the majority of you clients?
Will it suit the image of your establishment?
Can you produce these in numbers required?
Do you have facilities to produce the numbers required?
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Summary
Store appetisers and salads including garnishes and accompaniments
Store under appropriate conditions and locations to ensure freshness and quality
All perishable food is to be stored at 4°c or below. Stored food is to be protected from
contamination, labelled and stored securely.
Frozen foods need to be kept frozen until required and then thawed in cool room. Some small
prepared foods can be cooked from frozen.
Dry goods need to be stored in a secure environment so as to eliminate possibility of
contamination until required.
Store in appropriate containers
Containers need to be clean and must be suitable to for the product that is being stored.
Containers should be impervious to liquids and easy to stack without compromising the integrity of
the food inside.
Labelling, storage containers
All stored food needs to be labelled with the following information.
Name of the product being stored
Date of manufacture
Use by or best before date
Name of person who made the product
Special requirements for the food being stored.

Ensure economic viability of preparation and holding quantities
Do not produce more than you can store securely
Do not produce what you cannot sell within a specified period
If you have no freezer space then only produce what you can sell within 2 days, then
produce more as required.
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Appendices: Salads
Appendix A: Salads
Tomato, Basil, and Bocconcini Salad
Caprese Salad
Ingredients
1 Roma tomato
6 basil leaves
2 Bocconcini balls
40 ml Extra virgin olive oil
20 ml Balsamic vinegar
Method
Slice the tomato into 5mm slices

Slice the Bocconcini into the same number of slices as the tomato
Chiffonade the basil leaves
Arrange the tomato slices and Bocconcini slices on a cold plate, so they
are alternating and slightly overlapping
Sprinkle the basil over the top of the tomato and Bocconcini
Drizzle the olive oil and vinegar over the salad and finish with cracked black pepper
and sea salt.
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Appendices: Salads
Salad Nicoise
Ingredients
1 Kipfler potato
50 g Blanched Green beans
4 Cherry Tomatoes
55 ml Olive oil
20 ml Lemon juice
1 Egg
50 g Pitted Black olives
80 g Tuna, grilled
Method
Cook Kipfler in boiling salted water until tender, but still holding its shape
Refresh Kipfler under cold water
Once cool enough to handle, peel skin & and slice into bite size pieces (refer to demo)
Blanched and refresh clean Green Beans
Halve Cherry tomatoes
Soft boil egg. (place in boiling water for 5 minutes, then refresh)
Place all ingredients in a bowl (Tuna, Egg, Kipfler, Olives, Tomato, and Beans)
Prepare vinaigrette (Olive Oil & Lemon Juice)
Pour dressing into bowl, season salad and lightly
toss Arrange neatly on a clean, cool plate.
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Appendices: Salads
Wombok Salad
Ingredients
Dressing
10 g Castor Sugar
20 ml Oil
10 ml Light Soy Sauce
10 ml White Vinegar
Few drops Sesame Oil
Salad
100 g Wombok Cabbage (shredded
20 g Red Onion
15 g Pumpkin Seeds
20 g Slivered Almonds (roasted)
20 g Fried Noodles
8 -10 Coriander leaves (picked & washed)
Method
Mix dressing ingredients together and leave for at least 15 minutes, ensuring sugar is
completely dissolved prior to use
Wash and drain Wombok cabbage well. Shred Wombok & finely slice red onion
Mix Wombok, onion, pumpkin seeds & almonds in a bowl
Just prior to serving add dressing and some of the fried noodle, combine well
Arrange neatly on a clean plate & garnish with coriander leaves and remaining
noodles.
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Appendices: Salads
Caesar Salad
Ingredients
75 ml Clarified butter
1 slice White bread, 1 cm thick
75 ml Olive oil
40 ml Lemon juice
1 Egg
trace Salt and pepper, mustard and sugar
4-6 Cos lettuce leaves
1 rasher Bacon
2 Anchovy fillets
25 g Parmesan cheese
Method
Heat garlic and butter very gently in a frying pan. Add the bread and cook, turning until
croutons are crisp and golden
Cut bacon into lardons. Add to a hot pan and fry until crisp, drain well
Boil egg for 2 minutes, break into a bowl add olive oil, lemon juice, mustard, sugar
and seasoning and mix well
Wash and dry the cos lettuce, tear into pieces
Cut anchovies into small pieces
Shave parmesan cheese
Place lettuce, anchovy and cheese in a bowl pour over the dressing and mix
well Serve in a bowl and scatter croutons, bacon and cheese on top.
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Appendices: Appetisers
Appendix B: Appetisers
Bruschetta with Tomato, Basil and Red Onion
Ingredients
1 slice Pasta Dura
2-3 Roma Tomato
15 g Red Onion (finely diced)
4 Kalamata Olives (Sliced into cheeks)
pinch Cracked Pepper
pinch Maldon Sea Salt
3 Medium Sized Basil Leaves
25 ml Olive Oil
5-10 ml Balsamic Vinegar
½ Clove of Garlic (crushed)
Method
Slice the bread, brush with olive oil & then grill both sides on a french grill
Finely dice tomatoes and red onion & mix in a bowl
Slice olives and add to tomato & onion
Add garlic, salt, pepper, oil and vinegar
Leave aside for at least 15 minutes
Deep fry one basil leaf for garnish
Just prior to serving, add torn basil
leaves and mix well, taste and
adjust seasoning
On a clean plate place the grilled bread
Top with the tomato mix and garnish.
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Vietnamese Rice Paper Rolls with BBQ Pork
2 portions
Ingredients
6 Rice Paper Wrappers
60 g Rice Vermicelli (soaked in boiling water)
60 g BBQ Pork
60 g Bean Shoots
6 Mint Leaves
6 Holy Basil Leaves
6 Garlic Chive Spears
30 g Cashews
Method
To soften rice paper wrappers, dunk into warm water briefly and drain well
Cover with a damp cloth or glad wrap
To assemble the rolls, place 1 piece of rice paper flat on the bench
Arrange some strands of vermicelli, bean shoots, a mint leaf, a basil leaf, cashews,
BBQ pork
Fold the rice paper over forming a semi circle & place a garlic chive on rice paper and
roll up firmly
Keep rolls covered to avoid drying out
Serve on a clean plate with Nam Prik and garnish.
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Pandan Chicken
Ingredients
3 Pandan leaves
1 tbsp Red curry paste
2 Coriander root chopped very fine
1 Chicken thigh fillet
Method
Cut Pandan leaves in half, reserve one leaf to make ties

Cut the chicken fillet into approximately four
portions
Mix curry paste and coriander root
Marinate chicken in spice mix
for approximately 30 minutes
Wrap as shown in the demonstration
Deep fry until cooked, drain well
Serve with sweet chilly lemon sauce.
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Wontons
Ingredients
70 g Pork mince
2 tsp Coriander, chopped
1 slice Ginger, grated
1 clove Garlic, crushed
2 Spring onion, finely sliced
Pinch Chinese 5 spice powder
5 ml Soy sauce
1 Water chestnut, chopped fine
6 Wonton wrappers
Method
Mix together the pork mince, coriander, ginger, garlic, spring onion, 5 spice, soy and
water chestnut
Place the wonton wrappers on the bench
Shape the pork mix approx 1 tbsp each to a round ball and place in the centre of
the wonton wrapper
Dampen edges with water
Fold the edges over the top and press together
firmly Steam for 10 – 15 minutes
Serve hot, with a soy sauce for dipping.
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Chicken Satay
Ingredients
60 g Chicken breast or thigh meat
Marinade
1 clove Garlic, chopped
1 tsp Coriander
1 tsp Brown sugar
¼ tsp Black pepper
½ tsp Salt
1 tsp Soya sauce
1 tbsp Ginger, chopped
2 tbsp Lime juice
½ tsp Oil
Fresh coriander, chopped (for garnish)
Method
Mix marinade ingredients. Cut chicken into 1-2 cm cubes.

Add to marinade mixture and marinate at least two hours
Chicken Satay
Thread chicken pieces onto one end of satay sticks

Grill or broil, baste with marinade
Serve with satay sauce for dipping in a side bowl.
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Spinach and Feta Cheese Triangles
Ingredients
30 g Spinach
20 g Feta cheese
15 g Bacon
15 g Onion
Pinch Nutmeg
1 sheet Filo pastry
20 ml Clarified butter
Method
Remove stalks, wash and roughly chop the spinach

Wilt the spinach in a hot sauté pan and cool
Squeeze out the excess moisture
Finely dice the onion and chop bacon finely
Sweat the onion and bacon, leave to cool
Mix spinach, feta, onion, and bacon together in a bowl, add seasoning and nutmeg
Brush the filo sheet with clarified butter
Cut the sheet across into 6 equal strips
Fold the triangle parcels as shown in the demo & brush with a little clarified butter
Place on a baking tray & bake in a hot oven until golden brown.
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Lime leaf chicken
Ingredients
100 g Minced chicken
20 ml Lime juice
20 ml Peanut oil
2 Kaffir lime leaf (1 left whole, 1 finely julienne)
½ Chilli birds eye (finely chopped)
½ Spring onion (finely sliced)
1 tbsp Mint (shredded)
10 ml Thai fish sauce
Method
Sauté chicken mince in half peanut oil with 1 whole lime leaf until the mince is cooked
through
Add half lime juice and cook for a further 5 minutes on a medium heat
Allow to cool & stir in the remainder of ingredients.
To serve:
Place into prepared pastry cup or into a spoon for individual serves.
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Presentation of written work

1. Introduction
It is important for students to present carefully prepared written work. Written presentation
in industry must be professional in appearance and accurate in content. If students
develop good writing skills whilst studying, they are able to easily transfer those skills to
the workplace.
2. Style
Students should write in a style that is simple and concise. Short
sentences and paragraphs are easier to read and understand. It helps to
write a plan and at least one draft of the written work so that the final
product will be well organised. The points presented will then follow a
logical sequence and be relevant. Students should frequently refer to the
question asked, to keep „on track‟. Teachers recognise and are critical of
work that does not answer the question, or is „padded‟ with irrelevant
material. In summary, remember to:
Plan ahead
Be clear and concise
Answer the question
Proofread the final draft.
3. Presenting Written Work

Types of written work
Students may be asked to write:
Short and long reports
Essays
Records of interviews
Questionnaires
Business letters
Resumes.
Format
All written work should be presented on A4 paper, single-sided with a left-hand margin. If
work is word-processed, one-and-a-half or double spacing should be used. Handwritten
work must be legible and should also be well spaced to allow for ease of reading. New
paragraphs should not be indented but should be separated by a space. Pages must be
numbered. If headings are also to be numbered, students should use a logical and
sequential system of numbering.
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Cover Sheet
All written work should be submitted with a cover sheet stapled to the front that contains:
The student‟s name and student number
The name of the class/unit
The due date of the work
The title of the work
The teacher‟s name
A signed declaration that the work does not involve plagiarism.
Keeping a Copy
Students must keep a copy of the written work in case it is lost. This rarely happens but
it can be disastrous if a copy has not been kept.
Inclusive language
This means language that includes every section of the population. For instance, if a
student were to write „A nurse is responsible for the patients in her care at all times‟
it would be implying that all nurses are female and would be excluding male nurses.
Examples of appropriate language are shown on the right:
Mankind Humankind
Barman/maid Bar attendant
Host/hostess Host
Waiter/waitress Waiter or waiting staff
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Recommended reading
Recommended reading
H.L. Cracknell & R.J. Kaufman, Revised Third Edition, 1999
Practical Professional Cookery
Published by The Macmillan Press Ltd, UK
Ceserani, Kinton and Foskett, 1995

Practical Cookery, 8th Edition,
Published by Hodder and Stoughton, London, United Kingdom
Philip Dowel, Anthony Bailey, Elizabeth Ortiz, Helena Radecka, 1980

The Book of Ingredients
Mermaid Books, Seventh Impression 1990.
Penguin Books, Australia
Loukie Werle, 1997

Australasian Ingredients
Published by Gore and Osment Pty Ltd, Australia
Harold Magee, 2004,

Magee on Food and Cooking
Published by Hodder and Stoughton
London, United Kingdom
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Recommended reading
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Trainee evaluation sheet

The following statements are about the competency you have just completed.
Don‟t Do Not Does Not

Please tick the appropriate box Agree Know Agree Apply
There was too much in this competency

to cover without rushing.
Most of the competency seemed relevant

to me.
The competency was at the right level for

me.
I got enough help from my trainer.
The amount of activities was sufficient.
The competency allowed me to use my

own initiative.
My training was well-organized.
My trainer had time to answer my

questions.
I understood how I was going to be

assessed.
I was given enough time to practice.
My trainer feedback was useful.
Enough equipment was available and it

worked well.
The activities were too hard for me.
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The best things about this unit were:
___________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________
The worst things about this unit were:
___________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________
The things you should change in this unit are:
___________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________
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Introduction to trainee manual............................................................................................ 1

Element 1: Prepare and present a selection of hot and cold salads................................. 11

Element 2: Prepare and present a selection of hot and cold appetisers........................... 27

Element 3: Store appetisers and salads including garnishes and accompaniments........35

Presentation of written work............................................................................................. 55

Trainee evaluation sheet.................................................................................................. 59

Introduction to trainee manual

Element 1: Prepare and present a selection of hot and cold salads

Element 2: Prepare and present a selection of hot and cold

Element 3: Store appetisers and salads including garnishes and

Work Written Oral

Element 1: Prepare and present a selection of hot and cold salads

1.1 Select ingredients to meet requirements of hot

1.2 Prepare salads to enterprise standards

1.3 Prepare garnishes and accompaniments 1.3 5, 6 3

1.4 Present salads including garnishes and

Element 2: Prepare and present a selection of hot and cold appetisers

2.1 Select ingredients to meet requirements of hot

2.2 Prepare appetisers to enterprise standards

2.3 Prepare garnishes, and accompaniments 2.3 12, 13 7

2.4 Present hot and cold appetisers including

Element 3: Store appetisers and salads including garnishes and accompaniments

3.1 Store under appropriate conditions and

3.2 Store in appropriate containers 3.1 16 10

3.3 Labelling, storage containers 3.1 17 11

3.4 Ensure economic viability of preparation and

Acidulated Acidic in nature, Vinegar is acidic

Aramrath Mild tasting herb: Chinese Spinach

Small one or two bite snack, savoury in taste, firm base-topping-

Complex Ingredients might need to be cooked before incorporating into salad

Cilantro or Chinese parsley, native of Central America, essential in

Croutons Fried bread, adds textural diversity to dishes

Dim Sum Chinese snack food

Ingredient that will bind two otherwise non binding ingredients. In

Emulsion Binding of two product that would not normally bind

technique to incorporate ingredients slowly and aimed at not causing

Fried batter, can be flavoured of can be something encased inside.

Small Asian style dumpling, will be steamed in small amount of liquid

Grass like herb, essential in South East Asian Cuisine; commonly in

Native to Mediterranean, known in Egypt for 2500 years, known in Asia

Meze Greek snack food

Spear shaped leaf, versatile in cooking, nutty like flavour, savoury or

Mixture of leafy vegetables, normally served cold, can incorporate

Simple Simple, one or two ingredients

Sushi Japanese snack food associated with vinegared rice

Tapas Spanish snack food

Toss Technique to cover leaves with dressing so even coating is acquired

Iceberg Cos Radicchio

Mignonette Butter Curly endive

Witlof (Belgian endive) Rocket Mâche (lambs lettuce)

Oak leaf Mustard cress Watercress

Warrugal spinach: English spinach Silverbeet

Snow pea sprouts Alfalfa sprouts Bean shoots

Asian salad greens

Amaranth Asian Basil Ceylon Spinach

English: Chinese Spinach English: Malabar Spinach English: Malabar Spinach

English: Indian Pennywort English: Wild Betel