12/27/2024 7:11:47 AM	CUL 253.7 Course Outline as of Fall 2021	Inactive Course
CATALOG INFORMATION
Discipline and Nbr:  CUL 253.7	Title:  PROF MEAT & SAUCE PREP
Full Title:  Professional Meat and Sauce Preparation
Last Reviewed:4/27/2015

Units		Course Hours per Week			Nbr of Weeks	Course Hours Total
Maximum	1.50	Lecture Scheduled	.75		17.5 max.	Lecture Scheduled	13.13
Minimum	1.50	Lab Scheduled	2.25		8 min.	Lab Scheduled	39.38
		Contact DHR	0			Contact DHR	0
		Contact Total	3.00			Contact Total	52.50
		Non-contact DHR	0			Non-contact DHR Total	0

Total Out of Class Hours:  26.25

Total Student Learning Hours: 78.75

Title 5 Category:  AA Degree Applicable
Grading:  Grade Only
Repeatability:  00 - Two Repeats if Grade was D, F, NC, or NP
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Formerly: 

Catalog Description:

A practical course focusing on stocks, soups, and sauces and the identification and fabrication of meats, poultry, fish, and shellfish. Includes further development of the student's knife skills. Industry standards of sanitation and safety are implemented.

Prerequisites/Corequisites:
Course Completion or Concurrent Enrollment in CUL 250, CUL 250.1, CUL 252.3 and CUL 253.6 (or formerly CUL 253.1); OR Course Completion or Concurrent Enrollment in DIET 50, CUL 250.1, CUL 252.3 and CUL 253.6 (or formerly CUL 253.1)

Recommended Preparation:

Limits on Enrollment:

Schedule of Classes Information
Description:

A practical course focusing on stocks, soups, and sauces and the identification and fabrication of meats, poultry, fish, and shellfish. Includes further development of the student's knife skills. Industry standards of sanitation and safety are implemented.

(Grade Only)
Prerequisites:Course Completion or Concurrent Enrollment in CUL 250, CUL 250.1, CUL 252.3 and CUL 253.6 (or formerly CUL 253.1); OR Course Completion or Concurrent Enrollment in DIET 50, CUL 250.1, CUL 252.3 and CUL 253.6 (or formerly CUL 253.1)
Recommended:
Limits on Enrollment:
Transfer Credit:
Repeatability:00 - Two Repeats if Grade was D, F, NC, or NP

ARTICULATION, MAJOR, and CERTIFICATION INFORMATION

Associate Degree:		Effective:		Inactive:
Area:
CSU GE:	Transfer Area			Effective:	Inactive:
IGETC:	Transfer Area			Effective:	Inactive:
CSU Transfer:		Effective:		Inactive:
UC Transfer:		Effective:		Inactive:
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Certificate/Major Applicable: Both Certificate and Major Applicable

COURSE CONTENT

Student Learning Outcomes:
At the conclusion of this course, the student should be able to:

1.  Apply a working knowledge of sanitation and safety in a professional kitchen.

2.  Demonstrate professional knowledge of basic skills, techniques, and guidelines used in meat and fish fabrication and soup, stock, and sauce preparation.

3.  Explain the importance of local and seasonal products in menu design and planning.

4.  Define and use the basic terminology of the professional culinary arts.

 

Objectives:

Upon completion of this course, the student will be able to:

1. Accomplish knife cuts appropriate to preparing ingredients for stocks, soups, and sauces with speed and precision.

2. Prepare a variety of stocks, soups, and sauces.

3. Describe the attributes used to assess a soup's overall quality and assess soups according to professional food service industry standards.

4. Apply proper cooling, storing, and reheating procedures for all types of soups, stocks, and sauces.

5. Recognize and classify sauces.

6. Identify and describe various kinds, classes, and grades of meat, poultry, fish, and shellfish.

7. Describe the structure and composition of meats, poultry, fish, and shellfish.

8. Identify the primal, subprimal, and fabricated cuts of beef, veal, pork, and lamb.

9. Calculate butcher's yield test.

10. Utilize portion weight specifications to control food costs.

11. Fabricate cuts of meat, poultry, fish, and shellfish and perform basic butchering tasks.

12. List the most frequently used food service cuts of beef, veal, pork, and poultry.

13. Describe the basic cooking methods best suited for various cuts of meat and for poultry, fish, and shellfish.

14. Utilize safe receiving and storage procedures to ensure sanitation and food safety.

Topics and Scope

I.     Knife Cuts

II.    Stocks

            A. Basic ingredients

                1. bones

               2. liquid

               3. aromatics

               4. vegetables

            B. Basic techniques

            C. Proper procedures for cooling, storing, and reheating

III.   Soups

            A. Basic ingredients

               1. vegetables

               2. grains and legumes

               3. meat, fish, poultry

            B. Basic techniques for preparing

               1. clear soups

               2. thick soups

            C. Industry standards for assessing quality

            D. Proper heating, cooling, and storage procedures

IV.    Sauces

            A. Classifying

               1. modern

                  a. jus lie

                  b. coulis

                  c. salsas

                  d. puree

               2. classic

                  a. mother sauces

                  b. egg and butter sauces

            B. Function in relationship to components in a dish

            C. Selecting a suitable sauce

               1. style of service

               2. cooking technique applied to main ingredients

            D. Proper preparation techniques

               1. using thickening agents properly

               2. seasoning to taste

V.     Evaluating Quality

VI.    Meat and Poultry Identification

            A. Kinds

            B. Classes

            C. Grades

            D. Inspection and grading practices

               1. grades

               2. stamps

                  a. inspection

                  b. grading

            E. Structure and composition

            F. Cuts

               1. beef

                  a. primal

                  b. subprimal

                  c. fabricated

               2. veal

                  a. primal

                  b. subprimal

                  c. fabricated

               3. pork

                  a. primal

                  b. subprimal

                  c. fabricated

               4. lamb

                  a. primal

                  b. subprimal

                  c. fabricated

            G. Butcher's yield test

            H. Portion weight specification

VII.     Basic Butchery and Fabrication Techniques

            A. Meat

            B. Poultry

VIII.    Fish and Shellfish Identification

            A. Fish

               1. round

               2. flat

               3. freshwater

            B. Shellfish

               1. mollusks

               2. crustaceans

               3. cephalopods

            C. Structure and composition

               1. fish

               2. shellfish

IX.    Fish and Shellfish Fabrication Techniques

X.     Meat, Poultry, Fish, and Shellfish Preparation and Cooking Methods

XI.    Sanitation and Safety

            A. Proper receiving and storage procedures

            B. Proper procedures for sanitation and safe, hygienic food handling

Assignments:

1. Practical laboratory work on knife skills and proper cutting techniques for a variety of items.

2. Practical laboratory work and skills demonstrations of various stock, soup, and sauce preparation techniques.

3. Evaluation and critique of stocks, soups, and sauces.

4. Meat, poultry, fish, and shellfish identification worksheets.

5. Inspection, grading, and cuts worksheets.

6. Daily practice and performance demonstrations of basic butchering tasks.

7. Readings in assigned text, 10-20 pages per week.

8. Four to five quizzes, final objective, and final performance exam.

Methods of Evaluation/Basis of Grade.

Writing: Assessment tools that demonstrate writing skill and/or require students to select, organize and explain ideas in writing.		Writing 0 - 0%
None
This is a degree applicable course but assessment tools based on writing are not included because problem solving assessments and skill demonstrations are more appropriate for this course.
Problem solving: Assessment tools, other than exams, that demonstrate competence in computational or non-computational problem solving skills.		Problem Solving 5 - 10%
Worksheets.
Skill Demonstrations: All skill-based and physical demonstrations used for assessment purposes including skill performance exams.		Skill Demonstrations 40 - 70%
Performance assessments
Exams: All forms of formal testing, other than skill performance exams.		Exams 15 - 35%
Multiple choice, True/false, Matching items, Completion, Short answer.
Other: Includes any assessment tools that do not logically fit into the above categories.		Other Category 5 - 20%
Attendance, participation, appropriate conduct and attitude.

Representative Textbooks and Materials:

On Cooking: A Textbook of Culinary Fundamentals, 6th edition. Labensky, Sarah R. and Alan M. Hause. Prentice Hall, 2015.

Instructor prepared materials.

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