8 Simple Cooking Tips

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  1. Do you get lumps in your white sauce? (Easy fix)
    When making white sauce (béchamel) or any sauce that requires slow cooking to thicken, use an egg whisk and you can increase the temperature (not too much though) to speed up the process and you wont get any lumps in it.

  2. Turn your open barbeque into a gourmet oven.
    Want to try a new barbeque recipe that requires a hood on the barbeque which you may not have. Try using a wok lid or any domed lid. This works very well indeed. Great for roasted meats when camping out.

  3. Never buy frozen pastry again.
    Do you hate making short pastry. Use a kitchen whiz instead of the usual hand method. Use slightly less liquid than may be asked for in the recipe. Simply run the whiz until all the pastry forms into a ball. If it wont form into a ball, you may need just a touch more liquid. The liquid depends on what recipe you use your pastry for.

  4. Do your scones look more like rock cakes?
    Make your scones in a kitchen whiz. Many people just can’t make scones no matter what. Usually the problem is too much handling. Using the whiz eliminates this problem.
    Also try and make your scones as though people or the family are sitting at the table waiting. In other words the less time you take means less handling. The mixture should be quite moist not dry after you add the milk.
    Turn onto a well floured board and top a few times with the tips of your fingers to draw the extra four in. This should only take you about 5-8 seconds. Gently pat into shape and cut into whatever shaped scones you want - round or square -whatever.
    Scones (good morning tea items) seem to come out best when cooked in what is variously described as a rising oven. In other words turn your oven on not too long before you start to mix your scones and when they are put in the oven it still has not quite reached the required temperature.

  5. Are your curries chewy? Do you have trouble working out if a casserole or curry is cooked. When the oil (fat) rises the dish is cooked. All meat dish casseroles have some fat content and when this is released the meat is cooked.

  6. Are you missing the magic ingredient? Have you ever cooked a curry or casserole and the flavor just needs a little something and you cant quite work out exactly what is needed. Maybe it seems as though the flavors don’t quite go together. It is a small intangible ingredient that is lacking. Try a very small amount of sugar and you will be surprised how it seems to blend and mellow the flavors into a more harmonious combination. The flavors will cease to fight against each other.

  7. Whoops… Have you ever slipped with the salt pot when cooking? Have you ever added just a touch too much salt to a recipe. Never add sugar to correct this try a squeeze of lemon juice. :lemon:

  8. If you hate washing roasting pans. Do you like to have roasted potatoes occasionally but hate washing up the pan afterwards?
    Here is a simple easy method that uses less fat. Cut each potato with the skin on, in half so that you have the largest cut area. Add a little margarine and spread it on the cut side of the potato. Then sprinkle with salt and pepper if you want.
    Place the buttered potatoes buttered side down on a sheet of aluminum foil wrap. Fold the foil and seal. Add to a preheated hot oven 200 degrees centigrade and cook for approximately half an hour. When cooked unwrap and gently peel the foil off the potatoes and serve. Throw the foil in the garbage and voila - lovely crisp roasted potatoes and no mess.

If you have more cooking tips, feel free to reply or make a post.

Until Next Time… Be Well!

Kind Regards,

RSN

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