Cooking Tips

Jamaican Chicken

Submitted by heathermcleod2010 on October 23, 2010.

Make sure you remove the breasts from the marinade and grill for 6 minutes on each side or until fully cooked. While grilling, baste with the marinade. Bring the leftover marinade to a boil and serve on the side for dipping.

Note: Scotchi Bonnet peppers, also known as "Habaneros" are the hottest of the capsicum peppers, they're truly incendiary. Substitute Serranos of Thai Bird Chiles if you can't find them.

Hope that helps!

Thanks,

Heather

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Barevné cukroví

Submitted by hospodyne on October 29, 2008.

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Barevné cukroví

Asi 50 kousků – 300 g moučkového cukru., lžíce sekaného oranžátu., 180 g másla., 300 g hladké mouky., špetka soli., 2 lžičky nastrouhané pomerančové kůry., 2 cl pomerančové šťávy., 2 žlutky., bílek., 1 – 2 lžíce citronové šťávy., různé potravinářské barvivo., 50 g čokolády., cukrářské perličky na ozdobu.,

Moučkový cukr a oranžát dáme do mixéru a důkladně rozmixujeme. Poté vysypeme na vál, přidáme mouku, na vločky nakrájené máslo, sůl, pomerančovou kůru a šťávu, žloutky a všechny přísady zpracujeme do hladkého těsta. Z těsta vytvarujeme bochánek, zabalíme jej do fólie a asi na 60 minut uložíme do chladničky. Troubu předehřejeme na 180°C. Na pomoučeném vále vyválíme z těsta zhruba 4 mm silnou placku, ze které potom vypichujeme různě veliké půlměsíčky, hvězdičky a kolečka. Plech vyložíme papírem na pečení. Cukroví na něj narovnáme a kolečka, ze kterých chceme udělat sněhuláky klademe kouskem do obloučku na sebe a přimáčkneme. Pečeme na střední příčce asi 10 minut. Po vyjmutí z trouby necháme vychladnout. Z bílku za postupného přidávaní 200 g moučkového cukru ušleháme tuhý sníh. Nakonec vmícháme citronovou šťávu . Část sněhu obarvíme potravinářským barvivem. Čokoládu nalámeme do malého rendlíku a v horké vodní lázni rozpustíme. Různě veliké hvězdičky naskládáme na sebe a slepíme bílkovým sněhem. Podle vlastní fantazie je ozdobíme bílou, barevnou a čokoládovou polevou a posypeme perličkami. sněhulákovi uděláme čokoládový klobouček a největší kolečko posázíme knoflíky.

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Citrus Zest

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Wrap your grater with plastic food wrap when grating citrus zest (or ginger and similar fruits or vegetables). The zest will cling to the wrap when you pull it off.


Yuca - How to Select and Use

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This root vegetable is never eaten raw.
Select firm roots that are odorless, hard and free of cracks and soft, slimy, or moldy spots. Since it spoils rather quickly, keep at room temperature for no longer than 3 days. It can be peeled and frozen for longer storage. If you cut off a portion of the yuca, leave the rest uncovered to seal over.
To peel yuca, cut the yuca crosswise into 3-inch sections with a sharp knife. Be sure to use a sharp knife. Stand a section upright on a cutting board. Starting at the top of the tuber, cut a strip of the bark and fibrous layer off with the downward motion of the knife. Rotating the yuca, cut off the remaining bark in this manner. Repeat for the other sections. Immerse the yuca in cold water after peeling until ready to use.


Woods for Grilling

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MESQUITE: This wood produces a sweet smoke that gives a great flavor to grilled meats. When grilling with mesquite, be sure to use aged wood because the green wood is too oily. Do not use this wood for lengthy smoking or barbecuing of meats. Instead, use hickory or pecan wood. Mesquitei beans may also be used.
HICKORY: Known for a full, robust flavor. Often associated with Southern cooking, especially ham. Great with beef, chicken, pork, ribs or sausage.
APPLEWOOD: Imparts a more subtle smoke flavor. Use with pork, chicken or mild sausages like bratwurst.
CHERRYWOOD: Adds a smooth, lighter flavor. Goes well with lamb, vegetables, and duck.


Vinegar - How To Use For Food Storage

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To keep large quantities of yellow cheese, bacon or ham fresh: Wrap in a cloth that has been soaked in vinegar and wrung out. From time to time, add more vinegar to the cloth. This also seems to make ham and bacon more tender.


Waffles - How to Prepare

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Substitute cornstarch for part of the flour. Moist steam causes the average flour-based waffle to soften as it cools. Add cornstarch to the mix, however, and you increase the waffle's ability to hold moisture. As a cornstarch-enhanced waffle cools, moisture does not escape as quickly as if it had been made with just flour, and therefore the waffle stays crisper longer.
Separate the egg and whip the white. Waffles made with whipped egg whites are not only lighter and more airy, but also taller and more tender. Plus, they brown better.
Add sugar to the egg white rather than to the other dry ingredients. Beatingi in sugar softens and stabilizes the egg white, making it much easier to fold into the batter and improving the batter's longevity.
Add a generous amount of vegetable oil to the batter. A thin batter generally produces a crisper waffle. So a liquid fat, such as vegetable oil, makes a crisper waffle than one with solid butter or shortening. Don't skimp on the oil: Waffles made with relatively high amounts of oil are crisper.
Use a mixture of buttermilk and milk rather than just one or the other. Buttermilki waffles are more flavorful, but the batter is thick and the waffles are less crisp. Waffles made with milk, on the other hand, are more crisp, but less flavorful. A combination offers the best of both: milk for crisp texture, buttermilk for full flavor.
Add a touch of vanilla extract. Vanillai extract improves the flavor so dramatically that I often eat my waffles without butter or syrup.
Set the cooked waffles on the rack of a preheated 200 degree F oven for at least 5 minutes before serving. The warm oven accomplishes two things: You can make all the waffles before serving, so everyone can eat at the same time. And the low heat beautifully reinforces the waffles' crispness. Do not stack the waffles: They'll turn moist and limp within seconds. If you forget and stack them anyway, don't worry. Just separate them and place them in a single layer again. They'll crisp right back up.


Whipped Cream - Whipping Tip

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Have trouble making whipped cream? Can't get it to whip correctly? Be sure to put the bowl and egg beater in the refrigerator to chill