English Vocabulary: Learn 37 Powerful Phrases in Under 7 Minutes (Topic = Cooking)

- Hello, this is Jack from ToFluency.com,

and in today's lesson, you're going to learn

some very key English phrases

when it comes to recipes,

and more specifically making pizza.

So we're going to watch a chef made some pizza,

and I'm just going to narrate

and describe what is happening,

and be sure to turn on subtitles.

And I'm also going to add some things on your screen too.

Now in the description,

I've left some of the key phrases from this lesson

and also a link to my book,

"The 5-Step Plan for English Fluency."

Okay, are you ready?

Let's get started.

Okay, let's start with a little bit of vocabulary

before we start cooking.

So we can see that the woman is wearing an apron.

This is common when you are cooking

something that can get very messy,

although I don't think I've worn an apron

for 10 years or so.

Now we also have all the different ingredients out for her.

We have a bowl.

We have a rolling pin,

which we're going to use later.

A few jugs and some olive oil, too.

So yeah, let's get into this whole cooking process.

So the chef is taking some flour

and pouring this into a bowl.

We're going to use the word pour

and also add quite a lot in this lesson.

So she's adding flour to a bowl,

or pouring flour into a bowl.

Next she picks up the bowl of yeast

and adds that to the mix.

So yeast is very important when it comes to pizza bases.

Before adding anything else,

she mixes the flour and the yeast together

and then takes the little bowl,

I like those little bowls, of salt,

and then also some sugar,

which is a little bit strange to me,

but apparently sugar in pizza,

and adds those to the bowl as well.

Now she mixes all of that together

before adding something which I never knew you added.

So you can see here she is pouring milk to this flour base,

to the pizza base.

What'd you think about this?

She's adding milk and then also some water.

Now, when it comes to liquid, you can say add

or you can say pour.

So she's pouring the liquid into the bowl.

Now starts to fun part where she takes all those ingredients

and mixes them together using her hands.

This is when things can get a bit messy

and when you obviously want to wash your hands

before doing this.

So she's not kneading the flower yet,

although that's going to start in a second,

but she's just making sure

that everything is added together.

Once it is mixed like this,

you can see now that she's kneading it together,

which is going to help when it comes to

the pizza base rising properly.

And this is part of the process

when you make bread or pizza dough,

and you can see by her actions, this is called kneading,

kneading the dough.

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Now unless you want the dough to stick to the table,

it's a good idea to sprinkle some flour on the table.

And then she breaks off some of the dough

that she has kneaded, enough to make a pizza base.

She puts that dough on the table,

pushes it down a couple of times, flips it over,

and then she takes the rolling pin

to roll the dough into the shape of a pizza.

So you do this to make the crust a little bit thinner

and to get it into that pizza shape.

Before making the rest of the pizza,

she goes out to the garden,

or her yard in American English,

and cuts off some basil.

This is a type of herb or in American English,

a type of herb, and this is called Basil

in American English.

So she brings the basil inside and washes it under the tap,

and then places it on a towel to dry.

So she wants this to dry before she uses it on the pizza.

Let's get back to the pizza base.

So she puts the pizza base on a plate,

I guess so that she can make the perfect size pizza.

And then she puts some sauce on the base.

So this is the first step, to spread some tomato sauce,

or tomato sauce, on the pizza base.

And this is when I'm starting to feel

a little bit hungry watching this.

Every pizza needs some cheese.

So she takes the cheese and the grater

and grates cheese over the pizza.

So this is what most people do when they make a pizza,

they use grated cheese,

or sometimes you'll hear shredded cheese,

but this is a grater and she is grating cheese.

She then sprinkles some feta cheese, maybe, on the pizza.

I like a lot of cheese, so this is starting to look good.

And then she brings over some vegetables

that have already been sliced.

So some mushrooms, some slice tomatoes or tomatoes,

and also it looks like some spring onions, I'm guessing.

those look good as well,

just add a little bit of spice to the pizza.

The chef then takes the basil that she picked before,

breaks a little bit off, and adds it to the pizza

as a garnish.

The last thing it needs is a little bit of salt on top.

I personally would have added some meat,

but she then takes the pizza, takes it over to the oven,

which is preheated, and places it in the oven.

And I hope that she puts a timer on

because you never want to burn your pizza.

Now we can see the pizza cooking.

Some of the cheese is going to start bubbling in a second.

And it's starting to look really good.

She then opens the oven, takes the pizza out,

using some oven gloves so she doesn't burn her hands,

and I would have cooked that maybe for another

two to three minutes.

I like a little bit of a crispier crust.

And also when the cheese is a little bit more cooked

than it is, but I would still eat it

and I'm sure I would love it.

Now once a pizza has been made,

it's now time to cut it up into slices.

I normally burn my fingers doing this because I'm too eager.

And then everyone can just jump in and take a slice.

So you can see people taking a slice of pizza.

Hopefully they're going to wait until it cools down

so that they don't burn their mouth.

Now who's going to take that last slice of pizza?

There's one left. There he goes.

I hope you enjoyed this lesson.

It was a shorter lesson, but hopefully

you got lots of new vocabulary from it.

Now if you want to really learn

the phrases from this lesson,

what I recommend you do is

read them in the description,

and then also watch this lesson again.

That is going to allow you to get the repetition you need.

And then once you have done that,

watch another one of my videos.

I'll leave a link to those on your screen now.

Okay, thank you for being here and I'll speak to you soon.

Bye bye.

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