Tag: raw sugar
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Rock Candy
Making rock candy at home is a lot of fun and even provides you with an opportunity to teach your little helpers a bit of science in the kitchen. Basically we are dissolving more sugar into boiling water than would dissolve at room temperature. When the sugar water cools the sugar slowly solidifies back out of…
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Sugar
So what is sugar? What we commonly call “sugar” is refined sucrose, a carbohydrate of two simple sugars (glucose and fructose) found naturally in plants. Glucose and fructose get a lot of attention in the media because of their central role (for good and bad) in food production and consumption. Today, refined sugar comes from…
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PK’s NoRecipe Southeast Asian Dipping Sauce
This is my go to sauce if I need to quickly whip up a Southeast Asian style dipping sauce or salad dressing. I use it for rice paper rolls, spring rolls, beef salads, chicken salads and so much more. Adjust the balance of fish sauce to sugar as you see fit or to suit how…
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PK’s Southeast Asian Dipping Sauce
This is my go to sauce if I need to quickly whip up a Southeast Asian style dipping sauce or salad dressing. I use it for rice paper rolls, spring rolls, beef salads, chicken salads and so much more. Adjust the balance of fish sauce to sugar as you see fit or to suit how…
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PK Cooks Taste.com.au’s Sticky Poached Asian Chicken Thighs
I saw this recipe online here http://www.taste.com.au/ and just had to try it. I also proved along the way that you don’t have to follow recipes exactly to get a great result. I did some steps out of order accidentally and had to rapidly reduce the sauce before everything went south. Everything worked out well…
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PK Cooks Sticky Poached Asian Chicken Thighs
I saw this recipe online here http://www.taste.com.au/ and just had to try it. I also proved along the way that you don’t have to follow recipes exactly to get a great result. I did some steps out of order accidentally and had to rapidly reduce the sauce before everything went south. Everything worked out well…
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Giuseppe’s Flourless Chocolate Cake
Gus isn’t claiming this is his own recipe but he baked this awesome flourless cake and I asked him if I could share the recipe with you. You should have seen my toddler’s eyes when he tasted it. Gus said it was really easy to make (I think he is too modest) but he has…
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PK’s Adults Only Hard Cider
There is a long tradition of making hard cider in European culture. Farms would have a few apple trees of varietals just right for making cider. Go back far enough and you hear stories of agricultural workers either being paid in cider or being allowed to take windfall apples for free to make their own.…
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