Category: cooking
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Pickled Gherkin Powder
Gherkin powder is great for giving a tangy, vinegar flavour to meat, vegetables, drinks and sauces. You can use it to transform egg mayonnaise into the perfect tartare sauce for example. Simply Drain a jar of sliced pickles and then dehydrate them until fully dry. Then you just need to give them a few pulses…
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Spice Blend Shakers
If you make your own spice blends and dry rubs, you are going to need a spice shaker. Many of them allow you to adjust the holes being used to get that even application. Look for shakers that allow you to label the contents and/or have a viewing window. Spice shakers are perfect for spicing…
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Kitchen Equipment And Gadgets
There are essential bits of kit that every kitchen should have. Then there are tons of gadgets that make cooking easier. 🙂 If like me you love getting a new bit of kitchen kit, try a randomized selection of our posts for inspiration (or browse them all here) :
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Preserving Food
The best way to use our seasonal bounties is fresh but we are left with two challenges. If we are lucky we have more fresh food than we can use. We also want perishable seasonal food to be accessible year round. The solution is food preservation. Try a randomized selection of our posts for inspiration…
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Roasting
The cuts of meat that do more work and are hence “tougher” benefit from this cooking technique. The intended result being evenly cooked with the surface being seared. Vegetables are also roasted for the same reason and both meat and vegetables are usually marinated in wet or dry herb and spice mixes first to enhance…
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Easy Lime And Potato Roast Chicken Thighs
You won’t believe how simple this tangy roast chicken dish is to make. All you need is lime juice, potatoes, chicken thighs and as much garlic as you can handle. Oh and a few readily available herbs and spices. 🙂 Simply Put following ingredients into an oven dish: ~4 large chicken thighs, skinless (works…
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Slow Cooker Coca Cola Chicken
I am happy to say that this dish lives up to the hype. The soft drink’s caramel and sugar provide a depth of flavour and also gives that sought after stickiness. Note: I use bone in chicken legs as they don’t dry out and the bones give a density to the sauce Prep is easy…
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Air Fryer Recipes
An air fryer is great bit of kitchen kit. You will find them very versatile and the clean up is much easier than a deep fryer. I have found you can do almost anything in them that you would normally shallow or deep fry. Even when using a wet batter! Try a randomized selection of…
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Slow Cooker Recipes
Your slow cooker is an essential piece of you kitchen kit. It allows you to very slowly cook the tougher cuts of meat, turning the meat tender and breaking down the connective tissue. It is also a time saver, put it on in the morning, walk away and on return you’ll have dinner ready! Try…
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Garlic And Rosemary Confit
Making garlic confit is delightfully simple. It is garlic cloves slowly cooked in olive oil until they are soft and spreadable. Over the course of 2 hours on a low heat, the garlic looses its bight and takes on a mellow, nutty flavour. You can use it many novel ways, anything from spreads to garnishes…
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