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How to de-vein prawns with Curtis Stone

March 22, 2012

It’s generally preferable to de-vein prawns before you cook them. I don’t like to fight with my food once it’s on my plate. I’ll occasionally play with my food but not have to start getting picky trying to find remove a yucky black intestinal cord filled with sea bed waste. So, before you cook them,…

Kitchen Skills

Slicing your carrots like a MasterChef. Some surprisingly good tips…

March 22, 2012

There are a few neat tricks that you can lean about slicing carrots like a MasterChef. For instance, a carrot is cylindrical in shape so slice a little of one side to give it a flat base. From there you can do whatever you want to do with it be it strips, dice, baton or…

Cooking Tips

How to de-vein prawns with Curtis Stone

March 22, 2012

Kitchen Skills

Cooking Tips: Presenting your food like a MasterChef using parchment paper.

March 20, 2012

It’s been sitting in the draw for months now, get it out and use it to spruce up your presentation! Wrap your baguettes, make chip baskets or practice the ancient Japanese art of Origami, folding paper in to works of art. Watch Curtis Stone as he shows you how, you’ll be presenting like a MasterChef…

Kitchen Skills

Cooking Tips: Presenting your food like a MasterChef. How to prep the parsley for your garnish.

March 19, 2012

Some simple steps to take your presentation up a notch, to MasterChef style. This is how the professionals get their garnish looking so good! Dip the parsley into a little olive oil, lay it out on a cling film wrapped plate and let it dry out, either in the sun, oven or microwave! Voilà!

Know Your Equipment

Cooking Tips: So you’ve got a non-stick pan, a stainless steel pan and a cast iron pan. Which one do you use for what? Curtis has the answers…

March 16, 2012

While the headline has the feel of a really funny joke about it, the reality is many people are stumped when faced with a choice. Example: How do you confuse an Irishman? Put to spades up against a wall and ask him to take his pick. Curtis in his crusade to usurp Jamie has the…

Know Your Ingredients

Beef Product Inc launches You Tube campaign to educate the public about it’s lean beef trimmings product.

March 14, 2012

Beef Products Inc is facing a massive downturn in revenues following Jamie Oliver’s Food Revolution and the “Pink Slime” segment. The company claims that Jamie Oliver’s assessment of the product was flawed and unscientific saying that he mischaracterized the product. They say that their is essentially no difference between their product and mince meat.

Kitchen Skills

You know the saying “there is always a better way”. Well here’s one for onions (yes again) don’t cut, GRATE!!!

March 13, 2012

I often use this method when making meat patties or any patty for that matter. I grate the onion in over the mince meat to ensure that all the juices are retained and it makes for the juiciest of meatballs or hamburgers. This technique common for making things latkes or potato pancakes so always keep…

Kitchen Skills

How to cut an onion and not cry!

March 13, 2012

You might think that everyone knows what the best way to cut an onion is but we are not convinced. So for all of those out there who have not been shown how or figured it out for yourselves yet, here it is. Watch carefully!!! Most importantly have a sharp knife. If you use a…

Cooking Tips

How to make your own salad dressing

March 8, 2012

Essentially all you need is something acidic and something fatty. The two most common ingredients are vinegar and olive oil, you could use lemon juice in place of the vinegar. The first thing you need to do is mix together the vinegar and oil, give it a good whisk so that in emulsifies. Emulsification takes…

Kitchen Skills

How to separate eggs. Two ways with one recommended.

March 7, 2012

There are two ways to do this but America’s Test Kitchen prefers to use their hands rather than moving the yolk from one half of the shell to the other.

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