This is water and flour and yet, once you let it rest for an hour, makes a dirt-simple yet effective pasta dough. Do yourself a favor and use a scale the first few times so you can understand the consistency you’re looking for. Mise Ingredients Method of Preparation Notes If …
I know some Chefs swear you don’t need a bunch of cinnamon and nutmeg and they’re right, you don’t need a lot, it just needs to be fresh. If you can’t remember when you bought it, toss it. The reason I add rum is because, I like rum. It also …
It’s happened a few times, I’ll go to the store on Sunday to get groceries for the week and end up getting a rotisserie Chicken so I don’t have to cook that night. Then, I’ll eat half of it and make Fried rice out of the leftovers the next day. …
I was thinking about something not even remotely food-related when one of the “voices” in my head just randomly blurted out “Dude, wouldn’t it be cool if we painted strips of pasta dough with tomatoes and herbs then rolled it up?”. That’s why I have 5 pounds of Roma’s reducing …
Cheese cake is one of those desserts that is in a class by itself and yet it’s also a very basic and simple concept and it leaves a lot of room for you to play around with. This is your standard “New York” style with a graham cracker crust. I’ve …
If you want to make cheese cake or Sweet Potato pie this is the crust that you need to know how to make. The cool thing is that it’s easy to make. Most people use white sugar but I use brown since it gives the crust a bit more richness. …
LLasagna is a baked dish that uses layers of wide pasta to hold meat, cheese and a basic red sauce together and you already know what it’s going to look like in the end. This dish takes a bit of time depending on how you do it. If you make …
One of the cool things about knowing the basics of cooking is that you get to the point that you can have a really cool idea and have the know how to actually pull it off. Long story short I had to make this with only a basic concept but …
When I started working on this recipe, my biggest concern was that I didn’t have a pasta machine. This is a good thing because chances are, you don’t either. People have been making pasta for a long time and we seem to have forgotten how to make it by hand …
This is a classic Seafood dish that’s a long standing favorite with a lot people and it’s easy to make a day in advance if you plan on having guests since it’s served cold. Make sure that you take the time to get fresh seafood for this since quality is …
