November 23rd, 2007 | Uncategorized
By Madison Greene
Whether you are a wine connoisseur or just a casual wine drinker, wine refrigerators come in incredibly handy. They are available in various sizes, shapes and models, so you can find one that is perfectly suited to you and your particular needs. Your wine refreigerator will work wonderfully by keeping your wine chilled until you are ready to serve it.
Most people keep their wine refrigerators in the kitchen, and then take a few bottles from their wine cellar a couple hours before they plan to serve it. This way, they can store the bottles in the wine refrigerators until serving time. This not only helps the wine to cool but also gives you a spot to put them where they are out of the way until you need them.
Before You Buy A Wine Refrigerator
Before you rush out and buy one of the many wine refrigerators available, there are a few factors that you are going to want to consider. The first involves humidity.
You want to find a refrigerator that will have the ability to maintain the proper humidity level inside the unit. At the same time, you want to make sure that your wine refrigerator is able to circulate the air enough that mold and mildew will be discouraged from developing.
You should also consider the overall decor of the wine refrigerator before buying, especially if you are going to have it in an area in your home where it will be visible to guests. There are a wide variety of woods and other decorative features available on these wine refrigerators that you can choose from, which will help make sure the refrigerator will add to your existing design and coordinate with the rest of your home decor.
You also have to consider the size of the unit, and this is actually one of the most important aspects of all when it comes to choosing wine refrigerators. If you like to have a lot of wine available at all times then you will have to choose a larger fridge, whereas if you tend to only chill a bottle or two at a time, then you will generally be okay with a smaller, tabletop model.
Last but not least, there is the consideration of your budget. Take a bit of time before heading out to determine how much money you have available to spend on a wine refrigerator.
This not only will this help narrow down the selection, but will also give you an approximate figure that you can stick to. This means that you will be less likely to go overboard and splurge on an expensive model that you don”t need.
Take your time with a decision like this, to ensure that you get the best possible value for your money and that you are satisfied with your purchase. The reward will be in a wine refrigerator that will store your wine appropriately so that you can enjoy your bottles to the fullest.
About The Author
Madison Greene is a fine wine connoisseur who has made it easy for people to add a personal touch to any occasion by offering top notch wines with customized personal and professional labels. You”ll be amazed at what you can do with a easy-to-use online custom label tool. To view her entire wine list visit: www.SignatureWineAndBeverage.com
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November 21st, 2007 | Uncategorized
By Abhishek Agarwal
Gourmet cooking schools are the high class educational centers focusing on imparting in-depth knowledge of not just history of the cooking techniques, but gives cultural and regional preferences and specialty learning info to all students besides ensuring that there is adequate personal interaction between teachers and taught. The highly qualified chefs and master-chefs, with a dedication to creating fine dining experiences the basis of all knowledge imparted to students enrolled herein, besides focusing on teaching in a customized format not available.
Most of these gourmet cooking schools are located in the metro cities in a nation and the top chefs, everyone knows, come from France! Earlier, cookery students keen to avail this highly specialized knowledge and base for continental cuisine styles and forms had to enroll in top cooking schools in France in order to understand and imbibe the finer nuances of French gourmand cooking; however, with technology and developments such as the internet and cooking shows on Television, this gap has bridged. Besides, many of the French chefs have opened training institutes in the heart of the United States along with setting up schools in other parts of the western world for those who love this artful cuisine.
Of course, the course fees don”t come cheap, but the top gourmet cooking schools do ensure quality training and comprehensive knowledge about all aspects about buying food, preparing and presenting it for varied occasions and people.
Knowledge you will gain at best gourmet cooking schools:
Some gourmet cooking schools focus on teaching regional cuisine, others on country cooking and still others on confectionery items; you need to decide your interest and aims before enrolling for a training here.
1. Among the 3 important things taught at gourmet cooking schools are in-depth knowledge of various kinds of foodstuff, the chemical composition of foods and their break-down in the cooking process besides choosing and planning healthy, balanced meals. Various techniques of chopping, dicing and cutting food are also taught here besides related methods of preparing food.
2. Different ways of preparing meats, veggies, seasonal fruits and fresh dairy produce besides methods of sauce and dessert making are taught too as are the uses of different types of cookware and cuisine techniques from provincial France, including the traditional methods.
3. Those signing up for the top gourmet cooking schools with the aim of becoming a professional cook need to also understand beyond the fundamentals of great cooking style, the need for kitchen safety and the skills for business development, management and customer service, useful for those planning to start their own restaurant.
In order to have a bright future as a professional chef or even a continental cuisine expert, this is the place to be!
About The Author
Abhishek is a cooking enthusiast! Visit his website http://www.Cooking-Guru.com and download his FREE Cooking Report “Master Chef Secrets” and learn some amazing Cooking tips and tricks for FREE! Learn how to create the perfect meal on a shoe-string budget. And yes, you get to keep all the accolades! But hurry, only limited Free copies available!
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By Andy West
Pastry chef schools cater to a particular segment of the cooking sector. Pastry chefs are unique when it comes to cooking professionals. You may love baking everything from basic oatmeal cookies to decadent cheesecakes. Or, you”ve always been happy focusing more on dessert than the main course. Maybe, in your eyes, part of the joy of a sweet treat is the way it is decorated and served. If you feel this way, you should consider attending one of the increasingly popular pastry chef schools across the United States to start a career that combines pleasure with practicality.
Pastry chef schools offer a variety of programs. To choose the right pastry chef program for you, think about what you”re really looking for in a baking and pastry education. There are many culinary arts schools that include pastry and baking instruction in a complete culinary program for chefs. These programs will teach you quite a bit, but only as a sub-unit of a larger, more comprehensive curriculum that prepares you to be a chef in any capacity from salad preparation to intricate main courses. You”ll get an excellent education, but pastries and baking will be only a part of it. If you like cooking as much as baking, a degree in the Culinary Arts can give you the best of both worlds.
If your heart is set strictly on being a pastry chef, however, look for a culinary school that can offer a baking and pastry chef certification or associate”s degree. These certifications or degrees indicate to potential employers that you not only know all of the expected baking skills, but that you”ve mastered an additional level of expertise by specializing in the pastry arts. These programs will take less time to complete than a broader based culinary program, but in that time you”ll learn more advanced pastry baking, decorating and plating techniques.
If you are currently a chef and want to deepen your knowledge of pastry preparation and baking, contact some of the pastry chef schools in your area and ask about continuing education opportunities. The pastry industry is always evolving and a refresher course can introduce you to new techniques, improved ingredients and great trends that you can then introduce to your clientele.
There are many career options for pastry chefs. High-end restaurants usually hire pastry chefs who are responsible solely for desserts and baked goods and function independently within the kitchen staff. Cafes and boutique restaurants also used pastry chefs, as do bakeries. Many bakeries and cafes specialize in a particular style of food, such as primarily specialty breads, wedding cakes or desserts. Specialization can be rewarding and enjoyable in the world of baking. If you have a special talent, be sure to take advantage of it.
And of course, if you have a degree from a pastry chef school, you can turn your talent into your own successful business. Specialty bakeries and catering services can be very successful for the individual who loves baking with a passion and has the drive to turn it into their business.
About The Author
Andy West is a freelance writer for The Culinary Institute of Virginia College. Culinard is an outstanding Pastry Chef School. To learn more, please visit http://www.culinard.com.
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By Shaun Parker
On the rare occasion that I”m down the pub with my mates and the conversation runs dry we have a stock conversation topic that never fails to deliver animated controversy. How would we design our perfect pub? Carlsberg have touched upon the basics in their TV advert; beautiful barmaids, comfortable chairs and cold beer are a must. They are the core staples to make a pub great but we are striving for perfection and perfection is achieved in the details.
Bar Staff
A mixture of hot young Swedish girls that talk with a slight accent and friendly Eastern Europeans will be recruited to collect glasses. Martin Clunes and Ricky Gervais will be recruited to pull the pints and will be helped on a part time basis by TVs Bill Bailey. Shaun Slater from Eastenders, Tony Soprano and Evander “the real deal” Holyfield will work the door. The special one Jose Morinho will manage the bar on the owner Peggy Mitchell”s behalf and Stephen Fry will host the weekly pub quiz. In the event of the pub needing some nasty underhand work done Steve Buscemi will be employed.
Building
The building will be a traditional Ye Olde English chocolate box style building. It will preferably be thatched with a log fire for the winter. The beer garden will have a patio heater for every table in the winter and these will be replaced with patio umbrellas in the summer.
The BBQ section of the pub garden will feature a permanent pork spit roast that will serve up crackling and apple sauce as an optional side order to the traditional pork roll with stuffing. The tables in the beer garden will have a slight wobble for that truly authentic touch.
Location
Choosing the right location for the pub was a tricky decision. Early suggestions recommended Melbourne, Australia (on the off chance that the cast of neighbours would become regulars). Suggestions were also made that suggested that it be placed in Thailand, Cape Town, Tokyo, LA, or New York. General consensus swung to Hawaii (on a glorious white sandy beach within sight of, but safe distance from, a volcano that would erupt once every week). Eventually however we opted for placing it 7 minutes” walk from my house. This was regardless of where ”my house” was and would necessitate the use of teleportation technology for the building.
Services
One of the most contentious issues is whether or not to have big screen TVs plastering the walls. Final deliberation settled for a screen free bar except for mini screens in the toilets above the urinals. Wall sized super screens would be pulled down from the ceilings for big sporting events.
The biggest debate was whether or not to include a high end cocktail bar. After much consternation and the sampling of a few tequila daiquiris and a round of long island Ice teas it was eventually decided that it would be a good idea after all this is the modern world and we are modern men. Cocktails must include a cocktail umbrella.
Equipment
Each table will have its own fully stocked mini bar and swivel optic machine. The pub will also have a revolutionary donation payment system that will require the pub goer to make a reasonable donation into a bucket as they leave thus reducing the necessity of carrying pocketfuls of change this will also reduce expenditure on staff that will mean drinks will be cheaper.
The pub will also feature an amusement style grabber machine in the corner. Our version will not drop the prize you have skilfully selected for no reason whatsoever. 90% of the questions the pub quiz machine will ask will be answerable with only 10% requiring an ”educated guess”.
The pub will of course have the conventional weekly quiz. This quiz will however not feature girly celebrities, like that one from desperate Housewives, in the picture round. The bar will also feature a monster ice machine that will provide unlimited ice to the patrons.
About The Author
Shaun Parker has been a pub landlord for many years. He is a member of the campaign for real ale and offers advice on bar equipment to aspiring publicans.
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By Stephanie Foster
I”m a recent fan of cooking with cast iron cookware. My interest started with my frustration with Teflon coated pans and their tendency to lose their nonstick coating over time. I really dislike replacing my pans. And of course some people express concerns about the safety of ingesting tiny particles of Teflon, although there”s so far no definite evidence of health hazards.
While talking with my mother I learned that she was looking at cast iron cookware as an alternative. When properly seasoned it is fairly nonstick, and it can last for generations.
I guess my husband paid attention to my complaints about my nonstick pans. He got me a cast iron pan the following Christmas. I was and still am delighted. I now also have my grandmother”s old cast iron pan. It”s a true delight.
Cast iron cookware can actually make your cooking a bit healthier. It adds a bit of iron to your food. How much depends on the age of the pan and what you”re cooking, but the tests have been done, and they are quite clear. It”s really nice knowing that something good for you is being added just through your choice of pan.
Cast iron heats very evenly. It may take a touch longer, but it”s really not that much of a wait for it to heat up. You can even use it in the oven, which most other pans are not supposed to do.
It”s very affordable. When I price cast iron in comparison to stainless steel pans, the iron ones often come out cheaper.
It”s more nonstick than stainless steel or aluminum pans. Food can still stick, but in my experience it really doesn”t do so all that badly. And if you want a quick way to remove it, I”ve read that filling the pan with water and then heating it to boiling makes it easier to get the food off.
One thing you will always have to do with cast iron is make sure that you dry it completely, or you do risk it rusting. The easiest way to do this is to place it on the stove and turn on the burner until the pan is completely dry. Give it a light coating of vegetable oil, and you”re in good shape.
This bit of extra care is very much so worth it to me. I have pans that I will probably never need to replace, and can be handed down after I am gone. No health worries due to what the pan is made of. All in all I find it to be a very good deal.
About The Author
Stephanie Foster is a big fan of cast iron cookware. She started http://www.buycastironcookware.com/ as a place where people can find cast iron cookware at good prices.
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November 19th, 2007 | Uncategorized
By Patrick Tang
Honey is made in one of the world”s most efficient factories – the beehive, by some of the most efficient workers – bees. The colour and flavour of honey differs depending on the bees” sources of nectar. There are 22 common floral varieties of honey. Typically, lighter honeys have milder flavours than the darker honeys. Fructose, glucose and water are the primary components of honey, although they also contain other sugars, trace enzymes, minerals, vitamins and amino acids. It is made up of 80% sugars and 20% water.
Did you know that:
1. European bees were successfully introduced into Tasmania in 1831 and Italian bees arrived in 1884.
2. Australia is a large producer of honey because of its climate and vegetation.
3. Australia”s eucalypts are an excellent source of honey. The honey produced has a unique flavour and density.
4. Most Australian honey comes from eucalypt box, gum, stringy bark and iron bark tree families.
5.Australia exports half of the honey that it produces, particularly to Germany and the UK.
6. Honey is the only food that contains all the essential substances needed to sustain life.
7. A beehive typically makes more than 180kg of honey per year.
8. Each hive has guards to guard the entrance. Bees have a unique smell that identifies them.
9. A colony of bees can contain 40,000-60,000 bees during the summer months.
10. A single honeybee will only produce 1/12 teaspoons of honey in her entire lifetime.
11. A honey bee travels over 88,000km and visits approximately 2 million flowers to make half a kilogram of honey.
12. A honeybee can fly at approximately 24km/hr.
Honeybees are herbivorous, but will cannibalise their brood if they are stressed.
13. Honeybees only live for approximately 4 weeks in the summer and 6 weeks in the winter.
14. The queen bee mates for 1-2 days with up to 17 drones. She stores the sperm from these matings so that she has a lifetime supply and never has to mate again.
15.The queen bee can lay between 600-1500 eggs per day during her 3-4 year life. This daily egg quota may equal her bodyweight.
16. The queen bee is constantly fed and groomed by the attendant worker bees in her brood.
17. Honey was used to embalm the body of Alexander the Great.
18. Honey never spoils.
Honey has many medicinal properties. Honey speeds up the healing process. It has been used as a topical dressing on wounds for millennia, as microbes cannot live in it. Honey contains nutrients that promote tissue regeneration and stimulate the growth of new capillaries. Honey combats infection by drawing lymph out to the cells and absorbing moisture. Band-aids impregnated with honey can be bought in pharmacies in Australia and New Zealand. It has also been used to treat diseases such as typhoid and pneumonia. However, honey can be dangerous, or even fatal, to a baby below the age of a year as it contains spores that their immune system is not equipped to handle.
Recipe of the Day – Honey Chicken with Cashew
Serving
2 People
Ingredients
1. A piece of Chicken breast
2. 100g of unsalted roasted Cashew Nuts
3. 1 small shallot/onion thinly sliced
4. 2 Tspn of Honey
5. 1 Red Capsicum
6. Some fresh Coriander for garnish
7. Salt & Pepper to taste
8 2 Tspn of Olive oil
Method
1. Wash and dry the chicken breast and cut into small bite size pieces. Marinate this with the honey and pepper, leave to marinate for at least 30 minutes.
2. Deseed the red capsicum and cut into bite size square pieces.
3. Heat up your favourite cooking pan for stir-fried. When it is hot enough, add the olive oil. When this is hot enough add the sliced shallots/onions. Make sure you stir through to make sure they are not burnt.
4. When the shallots/onions are softened to a slight brown colour add the marinated chicken. Continue to stir through to ensure the chicken pieces do not get burnt at any sides. Add salt and further pepper to taste if necessary.
5. Add 1/2 a cup of water or chicken stock and let it simmers to cook through the chicken, add slightly more water if it is needed to cook through your chicken pieces.
6. Once the liquid is almost dried up, add the capsicum and cashew nuts and stir through thoroughly. Continue stirring this for another 5 minutes and dish it up onto a serving plate. Finally garnish this with chopped coriander. Serve it with rice or roti.
About The Author
Patrick Tang is the author of this article. His passion for good quality gourmet food and gifts has driven him to setup Fabulously Gourmet for the Australian Community.
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By Mika Hamilton
Do you like get-togethers with all your closest friends? It is a wonderful time to just relax and enjoy the best parts of life. It also gives you a chance to really show your friends some of the things you like to do with your time. It gives them a clearer insight into who you are. And your closest friends will love to know more about their wonderful friend!
Parties are often accompanied by snacks and other food dishes. People need sustenance while they wile away their evenings! So why not find a way to let your friends know a bit more about you and also provide a tasty dish for them to enjoy? Why not make cupcakes?! This will for sure be a great impression on your friends. They will not only feel special that you took the time to cook something for them, but they will marvel at the wonderful taste and outcome of your treats!
Many people will quickly rush to the market before a party pick up the quickest snack tray, whether it is a veggie platter, cold cut assortment, or cookie bin. These will be laid out quite easily on the coffee table and other serving platforms and hardly be remembered once the evening has drawn to a close. But, with homemade cupcakes hot out of the oven or carefully laid next to the other food items, you are sure to create a lasting experience for your friends.
But, to really impress them you can take this treat to the next level!
Why not find out what your friends favorite colors are? Start with white frosting and then buy food coloring to change the color of each frosting mix to accommodate their favorite color. This for sure will show your friends that not only do you care about what is important to each of them, that you remembered, but that you are willing to go the extra mile to make them feel special for their unique interests! This is what best friendships are made from!
Next, think about what they like to eat the most. Do they love vanilla, chocolate, and we all have them, that one friend who is completely devoted to Starbucks so why not go with this and find a coffee mocha blend? Though this is quite a project, remember if your goal is to impress your friends, why not go ALL the way! Why not do something that will be near to impossible for your friends to top or to ever forget!
This attentive specialization of each cake can even be carried on to the wrapper. Do you have friend who is a celebrity? Why not put her cupcake in a star decorated wrapper? Or do you have friend who loves music? Find a wrapper that has music notes on it. This is YOUR project, your design to shine for your friends, your most beloved treasures!
And finally, you can even add some last minute unique touches. Write their names on each one. Or maybe a friend is a bartender? Drop a cherry on top of his mocha latte cupcake!
About The Author
Mika Hamilton runs a website about cupcake recipes, visit: http://www.cupcake-reciepes.com
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By Mika Hamilton
Cupcakes are the perfect dessert for any occasion. They can make an event feel extra special, they can provide for a wonderful baking experience if one takes some additional time to really find some unique refined ingredients, and they can even be something one adds to the list of hobbies he or she enjoys doing alone or with others. These cakes can be made anytime of the day for any event. They are always welcome additions.
In addition they are also great desserts because they can be made in such a great variety of ways. One batch of eight to twelve little cakes baked in one fell swoop can be decorated in such an individualistic manner that one might think they were made in completely separate batches. Because so many can be made in one batch, one person can decorate all of them or several people can work away at putting the final touches on these wonderful treats! Furthermore, because of the vast array of recipe options, one can essentially never make the same one twice if one so desired too!
And, across the board, from children to the elderly, these treats are loved. Children rush to gobble them down and the older folks eyes tend to light up when a freshly made tray is brought home or completed in their kitchens. They can be a fun, easy dessert to make, travel with, and clean-up after. Or for the more seasoned cook, they can be an extravagant project that one takes special time and care with to create a masterpiece he or she can be proud of; one that will continue to impress others for years to come!
Cupcakes awaken one”s cooking and creative senses and skills and make for fun projects that one will never tire of. Essentially, one can keep creating more and more recipes and still never come up with all the possible combinations! So have fun and enjoy!
To make 12 normal size, cream 200 grams of softened butter with 200 grams of fine sugar and 1 teaspoon of vanilla. Gradually beat in 4 eggs, and then fold in 200 grams of self raising flour, along with a dash of milk if needed.
Spoon the mixture into paper cases in a muffin pan, and bake for 15 to 25 minutes at approx 350 degrees, or until they are risen and firm to touch.
Leave to cool on a wire rack and then ice with your favorite frosting, or drizzle with jam.
About The Author
Mika Hamilton runs a website about cupcakes, and cupcake recipes, visit: http://www.cupcake-reciepes.com
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By Abhishek Agarwal
Ever wondered how you can simplify the whole process of preparing and cooking meals in your home to make time for other thing? Well, the answer lies in applying easy to use chef cooking tips that are globally in use by professional cooks, which can be incorporated by home-makers to make reduce effort and time spent in the kitchen.
1. Beginning with minimizing trips to the grocery store, kitchen queens (or kings) can keep a small memo pad in the kitchen storage units to keep a note of rations getting over as soon as they do.
2. Cutting, measuring and preparing in advance to cooking is a smart and effective time-saving way to whip up meals minus the stress and mistakes and any good chef will recommend washing and dicing ingredients common to various dishes (if cooking many dishes) together to save on cleaning-up afterwards too. E.g. for a recipe needing a quarter cup chopped onions and another dish calling for 3 quarters, chopping a whole cup will ensure you can distribute the consequently.
3. You can minimize the energy spent into preparing multiple dishes by chalking out time limits and using handy kitchen helpers, including appliances to cut the job short for you. The dish with the longest cooking time can be placed on heat first to ensure you have enough time to organize other foodstuff on the menu. Setting a kitchen timer for each dish will work in your favor so as to alert you when you are supposed to attend to the dish and ensure it cooks for the allotted time, saving you having to check in frequently!
4. The secrets of chef cooking tips revolve around simplifying basic steps: placing a pre-moistened kitchen cloth under a mixing bowl helps it stand its ground when you are mixing ingredients and single-use vinyl gloves help food-stains from coming onto your hands, hot food effects from peppers and onions away from irritating the skin.
5. Smart chef cooking tips would be incomplete without cluing you in on the quick use of a nonstick cuisine spray that will prevent food items stored in plastic jars from discoloring them, as many chefs are prone to doing, storing as they do, the cuisine spray in small, clear bottles for this purpose alone.
6. Chef cooking tips include making sweet dishes less so by stirring in half tsp of vinegar, which balances the flavor to placing a toothpick between a cooking-pot and its lid to stop a boil-over happening (great for casserole-cooking) to simply coating the inside portion of the lid with veggie oil to prevent custard, milk and pasta dishes from escaping their cuisine confines!
7. Lastly, putting marbles or even the clean jar-top at the bottom of a pan gives a timely alert when the water level decreases to a minimum as these start rattling! In the above mentioned ways, you can increase the quality of your home life by directing all energies saved from using these secret chef cooking tips into pleasurable things in an easy manner.
About The Author
Abhishek is a cooking enthusiast! Visit his website http://www.Cooking-Guru.com and download his FREE Cooking Report “Master Chef Secrets” and learn some amazing Cooking tips and tricks for FREE! Learn how to create the perfect meal on a shoe-string budget. And yes, you get to keep all the accolades! But hurry, only limited Free copies available!
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November 16th, 2007 | Uncategorized
By Abhishek Agarwal
Light cooking is fast becoming a popular way to prepare tasty dishes as people get more concerned about health and fitness issues. We cover some easy and varied meal options here :
1. A Tasty Recipe for Shrimp and Squash Penne
Ingredients: 2 tbs olive oil, 4 cups of julienne yellow squash, 3 cups julienne zucchini, 1 pound of medium shrimp, peeled and de-veined, a quarter cup fresh lemon juice, 1 tsp each of dried basil and dried oregano, half tsp salt and a quarter tsp black pepper; also essential are 3 cloves of garlic, minced, 4 cups hot cooked penne, half finely sliced fresh chives/green onions and a quarter cup of fresh Parmesan cheese
Method: in a large-sized non-stick pan, heat oil on medium heat; put in the squash and zucchini and stir fry for ten minutes before adding the shrimp and sauteing for another 3. Next, pour in the juice and remaining ingredients, stirring continuously for two minutes before mixing the shrimp mixture, pasta, chives and cheese in a bowl, tossing slowly to mix well.
2. An Easy Risotto Dish With Arugula and Toasted Garlic
Ingredients: 3 and a half cups of low-salt chicken broth, 1 tbsp olive oil, 3 cloves of garlic-finely sliced, 1 and a half cups of raw Arborio rice, half cup chopped onion and dry white wine each, a quarter tsp each of salt and pepper and 4 cups of trimmed arugula
Method: simmer the broth in a small pan taking care not to bring it to a boil while on low heat. In another pan, warm oil over medium heat then add the garlic, stir-frying it for 3 minutes till lightly browned. Take out the garlic using a slotted spoon and keep it aside. Put in the rice and chopped onions, sauteing for 5 minutes before pouring in the wine then adding the salt and pepper and cooking till the wine is almost soaked up (approx. 1 minute). Stir gently, add warm broth a little at a time till absorbed; add last 1/2 cup (may take about 20 minutes). Take off the heat, adding in the garlic and arugula trimmings.
3. A Tangy Ginger Lime Sweet Potatoes Recipe
Ingredients: a third cup all-purpose flour, 10 cups sweet potato, finely peeled and sliced, a quarter cup of butter, one third cup of light brown sugar, 1 tbsp lime rind, 2 tbsp fresh lime juice, 1 tbsp each of shredded orange rind and ginger; also called for are 1 tsp each of low-salt soy sauce and salt, a quarter tsp of black pepper and cooking spray.
Method: heat the oven to 425 degrees F while you prepare the rest of the ingredients: with a light hand, spoon in the flour into a measuring cup, level off excess with knife; mix this and the potato into a large bowl and toss gently. After this, melt the butter into a saucepan over a slow fire, adding in the sugar and remaining ingredients, stirring gently to cook for a few minutes till the sugar melts. Pour this over the pre-prepared potato mixture and mixed well before spooning it in to a low 2-quart baking dish, pre-coated with cooking spray. Proceed to cover and oven-bake this dish at 425 degrees F for close to an hour (or till done) and let it stand for 10 minutes before serving!
About The Author
Abhishek is a cooking enthusiast! Visit his website http://www.Cooking-Guru.com and download his FREE Cooking Report “Master Chef Secrets” and learn some amazing Cooking tips and tricks for FREE! Learn how to create the perfect meal on a shoe-string budget. And yes, you get to keep all the accolades! But hurry, only limited Free copies available!
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