How to create Sub Recipes

This is a guide to get started creating sub-recipes.

Applies to:
This guide is for users wanting to create Subrecipes on their Kitchen Cut account.

Overview:
Sub-recipes are batch recipes - these are component elements of final dishes. 
To get started navigate to Menu Costing > Sub Recipes > Add New.This will take you to the 'Create New Sub Recipe' form. Work your way down the form through the following sections to create your recipe.

In the Sub-recipe details section give your sub recipe a name, category, outlet/location, a volume, a unit and a classification. 

In the Financial Settings, you can set a tax value, your target cost of sale, and wastage percentage. For many sub-recipes the VAT and CoS settings may not be relevant because the recipe is unlikely to be sold as is - the settings relate to the costing outputs further down the form.
Now in the main body of the form you can add your component ingredients as Products, Sub recipes, or Extras - search for ingredients by typing in the fields, specify a unit and a quantity - the cost of the item will auto calculate. Add in other sub recipes if required. Now you can see the financials outputs:

-Cost price including wastage > this adds your wastage allowance to your base cost price
-Suggested selling price (SSP) > based on your financial settings this is the recommended GROSS selling price
-Actual selling price (ASP) - here you can specify your preferred GROSS selling price - Profit and CoS indicators adjust accordingly to the ‘ASP’.


The rest of the form is all about added value and knowledge sharing:
Method is important for consistency and training - detail the recipe preparation instructions here.
Critical Control is your CCP - this will contain a default text set in your Settings > Business > Preferences. You can amend with recipe-specific measures or go to Settings to change the default. 
Service notes is for front of house staff so you can specify any pairings up-sells or cross sells - in many cases not relevant for sub-recipes. 

Allergens: if any products contain allergens they will automatically list accordingly.Add multiple photos of your dishes and annotate then, add video even! Stream from Vimeo or YouTube . . .
Now ‘Create’ your sub recipe or ‘Save + Create a Menu Item'.

Still Need Help? 

If you still have questions please don't hesitate to contact us by raising a support ticket here https://support.kitchencut.com/kb-tickets/new or by emailing us at support@kitchencut.com. We'll be happy to help!