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1. Discover How you can Cook Excellent Food With These
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Learning to cook can be difficult if you don't have the right knowledge at hand. The tips in this
article will help you to cook great tasting dishes.
Change from ordinary table salt when cooking, to sea salt or kosher salt. The latter will add a much
better flavor to the recipe. While it is important not to over-salt food for health reasons, leaving salt
out of a recipe altogether can result in a meal that tastes bland. So seek a middle ground when using
this seasoning.
Take care when storing chocolate for use in cooking. As a rule, only buy as much chocolate as you
can use within a few months. Chocolate contains fat, and under the wrong conditions it can turn
rancid. Store in a cool, dry place away from sunlight. A kitchen cupboard away from any heat
sources is ideal. Keep the chocolate wrapped in foil or plastic and store it away from anything with a
strong smell, as it absorbs odors easily.
Ice water can save the color of your vegetables. Dull washed out vegetables do not look as appealing
to eat. If you want bright and vibrant vegetables, then you should plunge them into ice water after
blanching them. Vibrantly colored vegetables look much more appetizing in salads and pasta dishes.
Ensure that your baked fish is moist and tender by cooking "en papillote". This is a French technique
that refers to fish baked in a http://pastrysthonore.com.my/school/ parchment-paper packet. Place
the fish and vegetables of your choice in the center of a large piece of parchment-paper. Bring the
edges of the paper together, crease them tightly to form a seal, and bake for 10 to 15 minutes at 450
degrees. The fish and vegetables steam in the packet, keeping them moist and tender, and creating a
tasty, healthy dish. (Clean-up is just as easy - simply throw away the paper after eating!)
Keep a potato masher in your kitchen at all times. This useful device can be used to mash more than
just your typical potatoes. Try mashing carrots, cauliflower, and other root vegetables. You can mix
any of these in to your usual mashed potatoes to make them more vibrant, nutritious, and
interesting.
When you broil a steak, heat your broiler to the
appropriate temperature before putting the steak in. The
result will be a seared steak on the outside, with a very
juicy inside. The broiling process should also be quick, but
will vary depending on how well done you want your steak
to be. Over cooking can lead to a dried out end result.
When cooking a meal for vegetarians and non-vegetarians, make separate sauces
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enough to eat and knows what they can eat. Make rice or pasta, then let guests choose from a

2. meatless sauce and one with meat. A dish with multiple components saves you from having to make
two separate meals, and it makes both meat-eaters and vegetarians happy.
If you are making meatloaf or meatballs it is a
good idea to test a small piece before you make
the rest of it. Make a little piece and fry it in a
frying pan. Then you can taste it, see if it needs
any more seasoning. It is a small thing to do that
will go a long way to making a better tasting
meal.
When you are cooking pumpkin seeds, first,
cover the raw seeds in melted butter, olive or
vegetable oil. Then spread them out evenly
across a cookie sheet and sprinkle them with your favorite seasonings. Bake the seeds at 300
degrees Fahrenheit for about forty-five minutes or until golden brown.
It is possible to cut back on the amount of calories that are in your favorite dessert by simply using
applesauce in the recipe. Many recipes call for unhealthy ingredients that add tons of calories to a
desert that really are not needed. Applesauce will add sweetness to the dessert with adding tons of
calories.
To preserve more of the nutritional value of your vegetables don't cook them for too long. As you
cook a vegetable, its nutrient content diminishes. Good techniques for quickly cooking vegetables
are steaming and stir-frying. Slow cooking has its place, but don't neglect the quicker techniques
with their greater nutrition.
Let your meal sit for a while. Few people understand how important it is to allow the meal itself to
rest before serving it. It can be quite tempting to serve meat as soon as you pull it off the grill.
However, you will miss out on great food if you do. Let your food rest for a while, and you will enjoy
tastier meals.
If you are making meatloaf or meatballs it is a good idea to test a small piece before you make the
rest of it. Make a little piece and fry it in a frying pan. Then you can taste it, see if it needs any more
seasoning. It is a small thing to do that will go a long way to making a better tasting meal.
When you are going to make vegetable soup, add your onions, tomatoes, carrots, peppers and other
vegetables to oil or butter before you add them to water. By doing this, you will find that the soup
has a richer taste to it and the sugars are more normalized this way.
Prepare everything you need to cook your food in advance. This keeps you safe, and saves you
money. Working with hot pans and stoves while you are distracted with prep tasks is a recipe for
injury, and you tend to leave burners and ovens on longer if you are still preparing ingredients.
When food is being sauteed, make the pan is not overloaded. The extra moisture creates steaming
which will prevent the food from attaining the crispy texture that sauteing is known for. This should
be done at a lower temperature, too.
Olive oil is any cook's best friend. It is a very versatile ingredient and is, opposed to what many

3. people think, not limited to just Italian cuisine. Stir fried dishes and any dish in which you would
ordinarily use butter can be made better tasting and healthier when olive oil is used.
Now that you've reached the end of this article, you should find yourself a little bit wiser about what
it takes to create extraordinary food at home. Start experimenting with recipes and implement the
tips that you have learned here and enjoy. You never know - you just may have found a new vocation.