How To Clean Snail Shells Master Kitchen Basics & Explore New Cuisines & Ingredients with My Online Cooking Classes In the French dish of snails in garlic butter (escargots à la Bourguignonne) the snails are traditionally served in the shell. Snail shells can be purchased from specialty stores and online ready to be used. They […]
How To Make A Bain Marie Master Kitchen Basics & Explore New Cuisines & Ingredients with My Online Cooking Classes Bain marie (literally ‘Marie’s bath’) is named for an Ancient Greek alchemist, Mary the Jewess, who allegedly used such a device in her preparations. Its other name, hot water bath, is more descriptive. A bain […]
How To Toast Nuts Master Kitchen Basics & Explore New Cuisines & Ingredients with My Online Cooking Classes Recipes often call for nuts to be toasted (or roasted), which adds a lovely aroma and toasty flavour by cooking some of the oil in the nuts. As nuts are high in oil they can burn quickly, […]
How To Blind Bake A Pie Crust Master Kitchen Basics & Explore New Cuisines & Ingredients with My Online Cooking Classes I always have a couple of packs of Carême ready-rolled pastry in my freezer for quick pies and tarts. A pot pie is the quickest and easiest pie to make as the ingredients go […]
How To Make A Cartouche Master Kitchen Basics & Explore New Cuisines & Ingredients with My Online Cooking Classes A cartouche is a piece of baking paper cut into a circle to act as a lid; it’s sometimes called a ‘false lid’. Covering the surface of a sauce, soup or other liquid with a cartouche […]
How To Segment Citrus Master Kitchen Basics & Explore New Cuisines & Ingredients with My Online Cooking Classes Neat pieces of citrus fruit give dishes a professional finish. And they’re easy to create once you know how to segment citrus fruit. The same method is used for oranges, lemons, limes, grapefruit and almost any other […]
How To Truss A Chicken Master Kitchen Basics & Explore New Cuisines & Ingredients with My Online Cooking Classes Trussing a chicken, or any poultry, means tying it securely with twine so the wings and legs stay close to the body. This makes the bird more compact so it cooks evenly and the wings and […]
How to Fix Broken Mayonnaise or Aïoli Master Kitchen Basics & Explore New Cuisines & Ingredients with My Online Cooking Classes If you’re making mayonnaise or aïoli and it breaks or splits it will look curdled with the oil separating from the mixture. This is more likely to happen if the eggs are too cold […]
How To Use A Lattice Roller Cutter Order a Lattice Roller Cutter Now To Add A Professional Finish to Pies & Tarts A lattice roller cutter cuts pastry to give a professional finish to pies, tarts and other pastries, including beef or salmon wellington. They’re available from kitchenware stores and easy to use, as chef […]
