Learn how to register recipes and products in PocketChef
In Recipes and Products you register what you sell and what you prepare: cakes, savory items, sweets, meal boxes — and also intermediate preparations (base recipes) that go inside other products.
Without well-built recipes, pricing, the Shopping list, and orders have no reliable foundation.
What it is for
- Register each product with yield, working time, gas, and preparation steps.
- Organize ingredients, appliances, and base recipes by step.
- Separate what is a Products item (to sell) from a Base recipes item (to reuse).
- Open pricing, standardized recipe, proportions, and nutritional info from the list.
Before you register
- Set up costs in the profile (gas, electricity, labor).
- Register supplies with correct prices and units.
- Register the appliances you use in production (mixer, electric oven, etc.).
A recipe only calculates cost correctly if supplies and appliances already exist in the app.
How to open it
- Open the side menu (three-line icon).
- Under Kitchen, tap Recipes and Products.
- The list has two tabs: Products and Base recipes. At the bottom, New Recipe/Product opens the form.
What is a base recipe?
A Base recipe is a preparation you usually do not sell on its own, but use inside other products. Examples:
- Cake batter used for several flavors
- Pastry cream used in pies and sweets
- Syrup, frosting, sauce, or a standard filling
In the form, check Base recipe (help text: A base recipe can be incorporated within another recipe). After that, it appears under the Base recipes tab and can be added to a product’s steps with Add base recipe.
Why it matters:
- You avoid entering the same ingredients over and over on different products.
- When sugar goes up in price, you update the supply (or the base) and the cost propagates.
- In pricing, the base cost is included in the final product cost.
- In the Shopping list, the base’s supplies are included automatically when you plan production of the product.
Tip: register bases first (batters, creams, syrups), then the products that use them.
1. Create a recipe or product
- Tap New Recipe/Product.
- (Optional) Take or choose a photo — useful if the item goes on the Digital Menu.
- Fill in the Title.
- Enter Working time (in minutes) — it feeds labor cost.
- If you use gas, fill in Gas usage time and Type of burner or oven.
- Set Yield and Measurement (portions, units, etc.) — how much one full batch produces.
- (Optional) Write the Product description in the Digital Menu.
- If it is an intermediate preparation, check Base recipe. If it is what you sell, leave it unchecked (it stays under Products).
2. Build the steps
Each recipe starts with Step 1. Use steps to organize preparation (for example: batter, filling, assembly).
- Enter a Step name.
- Tap Add ingredient and choose the Ingredient/supply with its Quantity.
- Tap Add appliance to include equipment and Time of use — that feeds electricity cost.
- If the step uses a preparation already marked as a base, tap Add base recipe, choose the Base recipe and the Quantity.
- Describe the Way of doing for the step.
- Use Add step for more steps, or Delete step to remove one.
When finished, save with the check icon at the top or the save bar. The message Recipe saved confirms the registration.
3. Use the list and options menu
On the list, each item shows price, yield, and status icons (COGS, outdated price, Digital Menu presence). Tap the item to edit. In the menu (⋮) you will find:
- Copy — duplicates the recipe to adapt another flavor or size
- Proportions — recalculates ingredients for another yield (without saving into the original recipe)
- Pricing — sets the selling price (see the pricing tutorial)
- Standardized recipe — generates the PDF sheet
- Nutritional Info — nutrition panel (depending on your plan)
- Delete
Summary
- Register supplies and appliances first.
- Open Recipes and Products and tap New Recipe/Product.
- Fill in the basics and check Base recipe only for reusable preparations.
- Build steps with ingredients, appliances, and base recipes when needed.
- Save, then price the product from the list.
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