ProStart Level 2 Chapter 4: Breakfast Cookery – Eggs, Grains & Breakfast
Preparation Techniques
American Service - ✔✔The most common type of service used in hotels and restaurants
English service - ✔✔the kitchen staff is responsible for the elaborate plating of many different
breakfast items
continental service - ✔✔self-service breakfast
Pancakes - ✔✔- Made w/ a medium-weight pour batter and cooked on an open, lightly oiled
griddle
- Cooked in round cakes and served in stacks
crepes - ✔✔- Very thin pancake-type item with a high egg content.
- Crepes are traditionally cooked in a lightly oiled, very hot saute pan.
- Crepes has the lightest batter of the breakfast batter group.
Swedish pancake - ✔✔Pancake made with a slightly sweetened batter that is a bit heavier than
a crêpe batter. Cook these pancakes on a flat griddle or in a special fluted pan.
waffles - ✔✔- Are usually of medium thickness and are crispy on the outside and soft on the
inside
- Use a medium-weight pour batter similar to a pancake batter, but w/ more egg and oil
French toast - ✔✔-Sliced bread (preferably day old) dipped in an egg-and-milk mixture
-Often seasoned w/ cinnamon and nutmeg
Preparation Techniques
American Service - ✔✔The most common type of service used in hotels and restaurants
English service - ✔✔the kitchen staff is responsible for the elaborate plating of many different
breakfast items
continental service - ✔✔self-service breakfast
Pancakes - ✔✔- Made w/ a medium-weight pour batter and cooked on an open, lightly oiled
griddle
- Cooked in round cakes and served in stacks
crepes - ✔✔- Very thin pancake-type item with a high egg content.
- Crepes are traditionally cooked in a lightly oiled, very hot saute pan.
- Crepes has the lightest batter of the breakfast batter group.
Swedish pancake - ✔✔Pancake made with a slightly sweetened batter that is a bit heavier than
a crêpe batter. Cook these pancakes on a flat griddle or in a special fluted pan.
waffles - ✔✔- Are usually of medium thickness and are crispy on the outside and soft on the
inside
- Use a medium-weight pour batter similar to a pancake batter, but w/ more egg and oil
French toast - ✔✔-Sliced bread (preferably day old) dipped in an egg-and-milk mixture
-Often seasoned w/ cinnamon and nutmeg
