Articles for tag: Clarified Butter, Roux

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How to Make Homemade Gravy

There are few things better during the holidays than hot gravy on buttery mashed potatoes, thick gravy spooned over turkey at Thanksgiving, or homemade gravy ladled over cornbread stuffing. Although there are many varieties of store-bought gravy on the market, nothing tastes quite like homemade. People tend to think homemade gravy is a difficult task, ...

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Cooking Terms and Techniques

These are typically the words that make you wonder if cooking a recipe is really worth the trouble. There is no need to be detoured by big words or strange words in your cookbook. I am not going to give you the silly definitions like you would normally see, only the definition of the off-the-wall ...

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Fire Cracker Crab Cakes with Spicy Aioli

Ingredients: 2 pounds of crab canned crab meat 3 egg yolks 4 tbls. fresh lemon juice (Don’t use the concentrate, fresh is always better!) 1 cup mayonaise 1 cup clarified butter 1 cup of dry white wine 1 japaleno pepper, seeded and fine diced, about the size of a matchstick head, or mince well 1 ...

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Ghee Nutrition: Benefits of the Indian Clarified Butter

Ghee nutrition has a long history. Ghee nutrition has been used in Indian cooking for many thousands of years. Ghee is an essential (and nutritional) element in much of Indian cuisine, much the way butter or margarine is used in American cooking. Ghee nutrition transcends the cooking realm, as ghee is also often used in ...

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Discover the Joy of a Hot Oil Fondue

Most people are familiar with chocolate fondue and cheese fondue, but no dining experience will ever be as fun as a hot oil fondue. My family has done fondue for Christmas for the past nine years, and for added bonus we do another on New Year’s Eve for all of our friends. The event has ...