Tips, tricks and preparations used by chefs to enhance dishes.
Flavoured Butters are one of the easiest ways of putting flavour onto a dish. I simply can’t think of anything else you can that make that will transform your cooking so quickly and efficiently. Imagine a simple jacket potato lifted by adding cheesy bacon butter. Boring cooked rice given a punch with lime, ginger, chilli, and coriander butter. Or a grilled chicken breast topped with harissa flavoured butter, amazing!
One of life’s guilty pleasures has to be a bowl of hot mashed potato. And it is one of the most versatile products that we can use to create a great plate of food. They can be used to form a foundation for the presentation, provide a contrasting texture on the plate, and become ‘a vehicle of flavour’. That is, they become a method of adding a complimentary flavour to a plate. Such as horseradish mash with beef, or saffron mash with fish. In a similar way, they can absorb flavour on a plate such as the gravy of a stew or braise.
Learn how to make the best Basil Pesto. Simple tips and tricks to get the best from this classic sauce.
Blind baking made easy. make you own tarts and pies at home without fuss.
Time to get planting next years garlic crop ready for the Spring. Also learn how to make a Chefs Secret – chive oil.
The Food Files pages contain essential information for the serious cook. Fundamental how-to tips and tricks to improve your cooking, The F.A.Qs will provide answers to everyday kitchen problems.