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Summary: Also called scalloped potatoes, Gratin Dauphinois is a French potato dish. There are many different recipes to make it, but here is an easy one. Ingredients 1 cup of heavy whipping cream Potatoes (amount depends on type of dish used, and how many people you are making it for. I usually use 1 1/2-2…
So, last night I cooked dinner for five (including me) for my parents and two of their friends. I wanted this dinner to be really special and I worked out an easy menu for it: Amuse Bouche- Like Course Sweet Basil Drink with Spicy Prawns The prawns were cooked with cayenne pepper and Sriracha Chili…
Ingredients 3 eggs Salt and pepper to taste 1 tbsp butter Instructions Break the eggs into a bowl and add the salt. Whisk till the yolk and albumen are just about combined. Heat up a pan and make sure it is very hot. Melt the butter on the pan. Pour the egg and salt mixture…
Herbs and spices are wonderful. They can be used to flavor up so many types of food, from pasta to meat, to fish and almost anything else. Below is a list of some common herbs and what they can bring to the taste of food: Basil: These are leaves. Fresh basil leaves have a wonderful…
There are three popular kinds of cooktops: electric, gas and induction. Here is some information on each type to help you decide which one you want. Electric Electric stoves come in flat tops and coiled eyes. They work on electricity, of course. Because they run on electricity, even heating of any pan is not possible…
Having a good sharp knife is essential for every chef. You use a knife for almost every dish you make, whether it’s chopping up some vegetables, carving meat or slicing bread. To do these tasks quickly and efficiently, you need to have a sharp knife and good knife technique. In this article, I will be…
Hollandaise Sauce is a basic emulsion sauce of egg yolks and butter. Here’s a simple recipe for it. Ingredients: 2 large egg yolks 2 teaspoons tarragon vinegar 2 tablespoons light cream Salt, cayenne pepper 1/4 pound sweet butter, frozen and cut into 8 pieces 2 drops lemon juice Procedures: 1. Put the egg yolks in…
The sauce espagnole literally means Spanish sauce, in French. Even though it has nothing to do with French cuisine, Louis Diat mentions that there is a story about this sauce. Some Spanish cooks of Anne, Louis XIII’s bride, insisted on improving the rich French brown sauce by adding Spanish tomatoes. This new sauce was very…