Exam Focus
- Explain common uses for beer in cooking as a pairing reasoning topic within Cooking with beer.
- Compare beer in batter, bread, braise, marinade, sauce, soup, glaze, dessert, and deglazing by the function it performs.
- Choose a beer whose bitterness, sweetness, roast, acidity, carbonation, alcohol, and aroma suit the cooking method and final concentration.
Core knowledge
- Beer can be used in marinades, batters, braises, stews, sauces, breads, desserts, deglazing, poaching, and steaming.
- Choose beer by what it contributes as liquid, acidity, carbonation, malt sweetness, roast, bitterness, alcohol, or aroma.
- Substitution for water, stock, or wine should consider bitterness, sweetness, color, carbonation, and reduction effect.
Study application
Pick a cooking use by predicting what the beer adds before and after heat.
Key Terms
- Beer
- Beer can be used in marinades, batters, braises, stews, sauces, breads, desserts, deglazing, poaching, and steaming.
- Choose beer by what it
- Choose beer by what it contributes as liquid, acidity, carbonation, malt sweetness, roast, bitterness, alcohol, or aroma.
- Substitution for water, stock, or wine
- Substitution for water, stock, or wine should consider bitterness, sweetness, color, carbonation, and reduction effect.