Recipes: Beef Stew (vocabulary)

batch - várka

noun - an amount or number of something produced at the same time

bouquet garni - směs bylinek, svazek bylinek

noun - a wrapped mixture of herbs that you use as seasoning

bowl - mísa, miska, talíř (hluboký)

noun - a deep round container, usually used for holding food, liquids etc.

bring to boil - přivést k varu

verb - to heat something until it starts boiling

celery root - celer

noun - a root vegetable used as food, usually in vegetable soups etc., it has a very strong flavor and can be eaten raw or cooked

coat - obalit, potáhnout, pokrýt

verb - to cover the surface with something

chunk - kus (velký), pořádný kus, velký kus

noun - a large piece of something

lid - víko, dekl, poklop

noun - the top of a container that you can take off

mince - mlít, pomlít, nasekat nadrobno (hlavně maso)

verb - to cut something, usually meat, into very small pieces, especially using a special machine

mixture - směs

noun - a combination of a number of different things, a substance made by mixing different ingredients together

peel - oloupat, oškrabat (brambory apod.)

verb - to take away the covering (of a fruit or vegetable)

pour - lít, vylít, nalít

verb - to make a liquid flow somewhere

sauté - restovat, orestovat

verb - to fry small pieces of food quickly in a small amount of oil

shallot - šalotka, cibule šalotka

noun - a kind of onion with very small bulbs

simmer - zvolna vařit

verb - to cook slowly in water that is almost boiling

slice - plátek, krajíc

noun - a very thin piece of bread, ham, cheese etc.

sour - kyselý

adjective - tasting like a lemon etc., not sweet

stew - dušené maso se zeleninou

noun - a dish consisting of meat, vegetables, or other ingredients cooked slowly in liquid, often in a covered pot.

stock - vývar, bujón

noun - the liquid in which you have boiled meat, you use it to make different soups and sauces

tender - jemný, křehký (o masu)

adjective - (of meat etc.) soft and easy to cut, opposite of 'tough'

turnip - tuřín

noun - a vegetable with a large round root which is eaten