According to the online encyclopedia Wikipedia:
A recipe is a set of instructions that show how to prepare or make something, especially a culinary dish.
Modern culinary recipes normally consist of several components:
The name (and often the locale or provenance) of the dish,
How much time it will take to prepare the dish
The required ingredients along with their quantity
Equipment and environment needed to prepare the dish
An ordered list of detailed preparation procedures (called Method).
The number of servings that the dish will give.
A rough estimate of the number of calories or joules contained per serving.
A note on how long the dish will keep and its suitability for freezing.
In the early history of recipes, many of these components were omitted or reduced to a note that required oral instruction, some of which may only have the name and the ingredients of a dish. |