Any good stew or ragout tastes better when it is a day or two old .. so prepare a day or two in advance .
To stop potatoes from sprouting put them in a brown paper bag with an apple .
Never store onions with potatoes , each gives off a gas that will cause the other to decay.
Toasting hazelnuts requires laying the hazelnuts on a baking tray in an oven set on 180deg C and toasting them till they are golden brown ( about 8 mins ).
Wrap them in a clean tea towel and rub off their skins .
To prevent your pie crust from burning around the edges , loosely wrap a sheet of aluminium foil over the pastry for the first half of the bake , remove the aluminium sheet for the second half of cooking to allow the pastry to turn golden .
Tofu, beans , peas , yoghurts are all good substitutes for meat and cheese in dishes if you are a vegetarian .
For a hotter curry or more intense flavour to any meat dish where chillies are required ,leave the seeds in the chilli.
Use a dough ball , ( made with 2 tbs of melted butter mixed with 2 tbs of plain flour and formed into a small dough ball )
to add to pan juices to get a rich thickened sauce .
If you avoid using cloves as they prove painful to find when serving a seasoned dish , pierce an onion with a skewer and then insert the number of cloves required in your savoury dish and place the studded onion in your dish , cook away and remove before serving .
If you are using a marinade on meat reserve a little to mix in with the water you are using to cook your rice to serve with your meat dish .
QUOTE OF THE DAY
`If you eat garlic you have 10 mothers `
To stop potatoes from sprouting put them in a brown paper bag with an apple .
Never store onions with potatoes , each gives off a gas that will cause the other to decay.
Toasting hazelnuts requires laying the hazelnuts on a baking tray in an oven set on 180deg C and toasting them till they are golden brown ( about 8 mins ).
Wrap them in a clean tea towel and rub off their skins .
To prevent your pie crust from burning around the edges , loosely wrap a sheet of aluminium foil over the pastry for the first half of the bake , remove the aluminium sheet for the second half of cooking to allow the pastry to turn golden .
Tofu, beans , peas , yoghurts are all good substitutes for meat and cheese in dishes if you are a vegetarian .
For a hotter curry or more intense flavour to any meat dish where chillies are required ,leave the seeds in the chilli.
Use a dough ball , ( made with 2 tbs of melted butter mixed with 2 tbs of plain flour and formed into a small dough ball )
to add to pan juices to get a rich thickened sauce .
If you avoid using cloves as they prove painful to find when serving a seasoned dish , pierce an onion with a skewer and then insert the number of cloves required in your savoury dish and place the studded onion in your dish , cook away and remove before serving .
If you are using a marinade on meat reserve a little to mix in with the water you are using to cook your rice to serve with your meat dish .
QUOTE OF THE DAY
`If you eat garlic you have 10 mothers `
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