Tribhuwan University

BHM 1st semester
Food Production and Patisserie Study Notes

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Kitchen & its Types, Layout and Brigade

Food Hygiene & Sanitation

Principles of Cooking

Foundations of Continental Cookery

Food Commodities

Bread Fabrication

Course Details

Unit 1: Kitchen & its Types, Layout and Brigade​

Introduction of kitchen & its types, layout and brigade, Kitchen organization charts classical & modern, duties & responsibilities. 

Unit 2: Food Hygiene & Sanitation​

Basics of Kitchen hygiene, Food hygiene & it rules, Food poisoning causes (Biological, Chemical, Physical) and its preventive measures. 

Unit 3: Principles of Cooking

Introduction of cooking, Ai-, and objectives of cooking, Transfer of heat, Methods of cooking including moist heat and dry heat and the basic rules of cooking in different methods, Heat effects on foods.

Unit 4: Foundations of Continental Cookery

Foundation of continental cookery (Stocks definition, types, preparation guidelines, recipes, qualities) Sauces; reduction and glazes (definition, types of six mother sauces and its recipe, derivatives, preparations and qualities, Thickening Agents) Soups (definition, types, recipes, preparation, and making a good soup) Accompaniments (definition and some examples), Garnishes (definition and some examples)

Unit 5: Food Commodities

Introduction of food commodities,
Fruits & Vegetables, its types;
Controlling the changes in texture, flavor and nutrient loss,
Milk, Milk treatment and Milk by product (Cream and its types, Curd, Butter, Cheese and its types),
Herbs and Spices

Unit 6: Bread Fabrication​

Understanding Baking, Ingredients used in Bread making, Principles in bread making, Faults in bread making, Equipment used in bread making, Breads of world (Brioche, baguette, Ciabatta, Focaccia, lavash, Pita)