Cooking & Baking Essentials The Technique Butter Butter is the quintessential ingredient needed for many sweet & savory recipe applications. Soften it properly to ready for the creaming method & a Classic Buttermilk Pound Cake may be prepared & served for a host of casual & entertaining-worthy celebrations. When melted, it may serve as the foundation […]
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Cooking Classics: Fettuccine Alfredo
Cooking Classics The Technique Fettuccine Alfredo Fettuccine Alfredo is considered a rather common fundamental meal solution in Italy. It’s quite simple to prepare & when a bit of cream is added, the rich flavor is hard to beat. Serve it as a main course or accompany with grilled chicken & pork. The good news is […]
The Basics: Alfredo Sauce
Cooking Essentials The Technique Alfredo Sauce The most simple Alfredo sauces consist only of butter & cheese however more modern, American versions have cream added to them. Reducing the cream & the butter only a short bit on the stove top creates not only a decadent sauce but one with a good consistency. For a […]
The Basics: Italian Flat-Leaf Parsley
Cooking Essentials The Technique Italian Flat-Leaf Parsley Italian Flat-Leaf Parsley offers distinctive color & flavor to recipes particularly to crowd-pleasing favorites ranging from Four Cheese Manicotti With Basil Marinara & Spicy Baked Ziti to Chicken Parmesan & Chicken Piccata. It’s the most widely used fresh herb in the culinary arts as it holds up well under hot […]
The Basics: Crimini Mushrooms
Cooking Essentials The Technique Crimini Mushrooms Mushrooms offer earthy flavor to recipes. Crimini mushrooms also sold as baby bellas, baby portobellos or cremini mushrooms are very similar to the common button mushroom but are older & more developed. Mushrooms are fungi that grow in grassy areas after a good rain. The optimal growing & harvest […]
Cooking Classics: Italian-Style Green Salad
Cooking Classics The Technique Italian-Style Green Salad Classic recipes are always better when a salad filled with delicious ingredients accompanies them. An Italian-Style Green Salad boasts beautiful color & taste as it’s topped with tomatoes, cucumbers, olives & pepperoncinis. The homemade Buttermilk Parmesan-Peppercorn Dressing may be prepared quickly & kept in the refrigerator several days to […]
Cooking Classics: Buttermilk Parmesan-Peppercorn Dressing
Cooking Classics The Technique Buttermilk Parmesan-Peppercorn Dressing Homemade salad dressings are the crowning jewels to delicious salads. Many times the ingredients are already available in your refrigerator or cupboard. When fresh herbs are needed, look to main dish recipes for using up the last bit as they truly make the greens bold. Several key techniques […]
The Basics: Parmesan
Cooking Essentials The Technique Parmesan Parmesan cheese is a hard cheese with a distinctive taste that generally refers to styles made outside of four distinctive Italian regions. Those cheeses made within these areas– Bologna, Parma, Modena & Mantua– is marked as Parmigiano Reggiano & is meant to preserve the quality of this traditional Italian icon. […]
