Recipes & Cooking Notes
Recipes & Cooking Notes
Myths about using salt when cooking beans: http://cooking.stackexchange.com/questions/49436/can-should-i-use-baking-soda-when-cooking-beans In his book On Food and Cooking, Harold McGee writes regarding beans and legumes: Plain salt at a concentration around 1% (10 g/L, or 2 teaspoons/qt) speeds cooking greatly, apparently because the sodium displaces magnesium from the cell-wall pectins and so makes them more easily dissolved. Baking soda […]
Made butter beans following these guidelines and only adding salt and butter — they were tasty! Information of note had been placed in bold. http://www.whfoods.com/genpage.php?tname=foodspice&dbid=59 Tips for Preparing Lima Beans Before washing dried lima beans, spread them out on a light colored plate or cooking surface to check for and remove small stones, debris or […]
Italian meatballs Made meatballs largely following this recipe: http://www.food.com/recipe/authentic-italian-tomato-sauce-92096 INGREDIENTS SERVINGS 10UNITS US 2(28 ounce) cans tomato puree 1(28 ounce) canpeeled plum tomatoes 2cloves garlic 1small onion, diced 6cloves 1teaspoon basil 1teaspoon kosher salt 1⁄4teaspoon fresh ground pepper 2tablespoons sugar 1⁄4cup extra virgin olive oil 1⁄4cup grated cheese DIRECTIONS In a large pot, sauté onion and garlic in olive oil. Empty plum tomatoes into large bowl and […]
Make Arepas with Reina Pepiada filling largely following this recipe: INGREDIENTS Filling 2 6-ounce skinless, boneless chicken breasts 1/2 small onion, sliced Salt and freshly ground black pepper 1 ripe Hass avocado, pitted, peeled, and coarsely chopped 1/4 cup mayonnaise 1 tablespoon distilled white vinegar, plus more to taste 2 tablespoons minced fresh cilantro 2 […]
Grilled Pork Chops Brined vs salted pork chops Left: Brined Pork Chops, Right: Salted Pork Chops Left: Brined Pork Chops, Middle: Salted Pork Chops, Right: left-brined chop, right-salted pork chop Wanted to see how to make juicy pork chops on gas grill. Tried brining pork chops for 1 hour vs just salting both sides before […]
Pabellon Criollo Venuzelean National Dish – Beans and Rice and Shredded Beef Great resource for Venuzulean cooking: Recipe: Pabellón Criollo Recipe: Pabellón Criollo 14DEC The “Pabellón Criollo”, it the most traditional Venezuelan dish after the Arepas. Pabellón is a word for “pavilion”, but it can also mean the national flag, an ensign, or even a […]