Tag: sauces marinades seasonings
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Jamie Oliver’s Egg Mayonnaise
Growing up, traditional egg mayonnaise took on an almost mythical status. No salad cream for us. We bought Heinz Whole Egg Mayonnaise exclusively. They stopped making it in Australia for a while so we would stock up when we travelled. We even requested care packages from people overseas. So you understand what it means to…
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PK’s Very Easy Apple Sauce
I love apple sauce and making it from scratch couldn’t be easier. The home-made version is tastier and has cut down on packaging, transport costs and preservatives to boot. This is a traditional stewed apple method, good for 4 people or so, but for a bit of wow please try PK’s NoRecipe Roasted Apples. Your guests…
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Pecorino Cheese And Mayonnaise Dip
I love this quick and easy cheese dip. It goes great on fresh crusty bread, the creaminess and peppery bite contrasting the bread’s crunch. Regular readers know I am on a bit of an Italian sheep’s milk aged cheese addiction at the moment. So I make no apologies when I recommend you try a Pecorino With…
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Balsamic Vinegar
Balsamic vinegar has the lovely sour and tangy taste you expect vinegar to have but with a sweetness. The sweetness is either produced naturally in traditional methods or from added sweeteners in the mass produced versions. I use this particular vinegar in salad dressings, on cheese and marinades. It is lovely when dripped into olive…
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How To Make Browned Butter Sauce
Browned butter sauce has a caramel/nutty flavour and I think the addition of sage works just as well for seafood, pasta, chicken and beef. The pleasure of watching and smelling this sauce cook is sublime. The stages are so clear that they belie the difficulty level. When you get it right for the first time…
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PK’s Vietnamese Beef Marinade #1
A simple Vietnamese style marinade to bring out the best in your beef. Mix it into beef strips and let everything sit in the fridge for at least two hours. Then you are ready to stirfry. 🙂 Mix together using a wet mixer: 2 lemon grass stalks (tender inner layers only) 2 Tbsp fish sauce…
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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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Hoisin Sauce
Hoisin sauce is used in Chinese and Vietnamese cuisine, either as an ingredient in the main dish or as a dipping sauce. It has a lovely bean taste that builds to a slightly spicy plummy after taste. I use it in a number of ways: in sauces for stir fries as a condiment alongside Pho…
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Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall’s Gremolata
If like me you love slow cooking cuts of meat like lamb shanks and osso bucco you will love the addition of this garnish. It brings tastes of the grassy parsley, cleansing citrus flavours and then the bite of the garlic. It counters the meatiness of the slow cooked meats’ sauce perfectly. I even love…
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Ketjap Manis (kecap manis)
This distinctly Indonesian take on soy sauce is not salty but is instead sweet, aromatic and full of umami goodness :). I think the taste is surprising the first time you try it but there is no denying what it brings to nasi goreng and Indonesian style satays. Related Links: see recipes using this sauce…
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