Cooking Tips: Fruits and Nuts
COOKING APPLES
If you want to cook fresh apples, remember you will be left with only half the amount you started out with.
I kilo of raw apples = 1/2 kilo cooked apples.
BLACK FRUITS
Add lemon juice after cutting fruits like apples and bananas
BLACK FRUITS
Add lemon juice after cutting fruits like apples and bananas
It will prevent them from turning blackish immediately.
UNSTALE YOUR NUTS
For stale nuts, place in a 250degree oven for 5 10 minutes.
UNSTALE YOUR NUTS
For stale nuts, place in a 250degree oven for 5 10 minutes.
The heat will freshen them right up.
CUT FRUIT
While cutting fruit ahead of time, add some lemon juice to the pieces so that they will not darken.
REFRESH RAISINS
If you have stored raisins in the refrigerator for long, they tend to become hard.
CUT FRUIT
While cutting fruit ahead of time, add some lemon juice to the pieces so that they will not darken.
REFRESH RAISINS
If you have stored raisins in the refrigerator for long, they tend to become hard.
Put them in a pan with cold water, bring the water to a boil,
and then remove pan from heat as soon as the water boils.
Let it stand for 5 minutes and then drain.
JUICE INTACT
To keep juice from running out of fruit pies,
JUICE INTACT
To keep juice from running out of fruit pies,
bind the edges with a 2 cm wide strip of cotton, dipped in milk.
BUYING CITRUS FRUITS
While buying citrus fruits, keep in mind that the heavier the fruit, the better.
Do not buy any with the skin wrinkled.
CHOPDRY FRUIT
Place
CHOP
Place
It will chop more easily.
BLANCHED ALMONDS
To get blanched almonds, place them in a saucepan, add just enough water to cover, and bring to a boil over high heat.
BLANCHED ALMONDS
To get blanched almonds, place them in a saucepan, add just enough water to cover, and bring to a boil over high heat.
As soon as the water reaches a boil, drain the almonds.
Then cool them by pouring cold water on them.
To peel, just pinch them they will pop right out of their skins
RIPE FRUITS
To test if a melon or papaya is ripe, press gently with the thumb at stalk end.
RIPE FRUITS
To test if a melon or papaya is ripe, press gently with the thumb at stalk end.
If it gives in slightly, it is ripe; if it remains firm, it is not.
GRAPES
To seed grapes, sterilize a new hair pin by pouring boiling water over it, and push the loop end of the pin into the grape from the stalk end, and pull out the speed.
ALMONDS
If almonds tend to break while shredding, soak them in hot water for about half an hour.
For maximum flavor and the best results when nuts are called for in a recipe, toast them before incorporating them into the batter or mixture.
GRAPES
To seed grapes, sterilize a new hair pin by pouring boiling water over it, and push the loop end of the pin into the grape from the stalk end, and pull out the speed.
ALMONDS
If almonds tend to break while shredding, soak them in hot water for about half an hour.
For maximum flavor and the best results when nuts are called for in a recipe, toast them before incorporating them into the batter or mixture.
Dust the nuts with some flour before adding.
If your batter is too thin; you should add the nuts half way through the baking
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