Confused about a culinary term?
Whether you want clarity on a cooking technique, recipe term or specific ingredient,
you'll find it here in our A to Z guide to epicurean wisdom. Use the keyword search
or the alphabetical index above to get to grips with culinary lingo.
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Glossary
PavéThe term "pavé", from French, actually means cobblestone. In cooking it is most often used to refer to a square or rectangular-shaped serving of food. In desserts it refers to a rectangular-shaped, frosted and layered sponge cake dessert filled with sweet ingredients such as buttercream and coated with a frosting. It's also used to describe a sweet or bland cold mousse, topped with aspic, with meat, poultry or fish cut into a square or rectangular shape.
conversion table
½ t = 2 ml
1 t = 5 ml
1 T = 15 ml
½ cup = 125 ml
1 cup = 250 ml
Fahrenheit - Celsius
Subtract 32, then multiply by 0.56
Celsius - Fahrenheit
Multiply by 1.8, then add 32
