French cooking vocab

Question

I enjoyed the accompanying fill-in-the-blanks quiz, but wondered why there’s a COD in "l’assaisonner avec du sel" but none in the next phrase "faire rissoler dans une poêle" although both have "it" in the English sentences? The Kwiz doesn’t accept "faire dorer/revenir" but I guess that’s because they aren’t options given in the vocabulary list.

Is it commoner to issue a set of instructions using only infinitives? The French-style lemon tart writing exercise used the imperative throughout.

https://progress.lawlessfrench.com/my-languages/french/exercises/overview/1598?isRetake=1

Cécile Janty-Davies · Accepted Answer

Re-bonjour Anne,
I see what you mean; we could add a 'le' as it is in English, but it is implied in French, as we are still talking about the gigot.
Some recipes will only use the imperative, but not always, as in  English, it depends on what we are trying to practice, I suspect.

Cécile Janty-Davies · Answer

Bonjour Anne,
Could you specify which recipe you were querying, using a  COD or not, as it is always about context, as you know.

Anne Davies · Answer

The next step is to tie up the meat and to season it with salt and pepper. Then, brown it in a frying pan on all sides.

L'étape suivante est de ficeler la viande et de l'assaisonner avec du sel et du poivre. Ensuite, faire rissoler dans une poêle sur tous les côtés.

Apologies. Very minor point, the English has an "it" in the second sentence but the French doesn’t. Now I look again, the infinitive instructions sometimes have an object and sometimes don’t, as in English.

https://progress.lawlessfrench.com/my-languages/french/tests/take/9157936?isRetake=1