19 Tools To Make Cooking Easier
Tools don't make you better at cooking BUT they do help make life easier and therefore making cooking easier. Consider this a guide on my choice of essential kitchen tools to run your home kitchen easily and successfully. Not to mention your kitchen will look like an absolute unit.
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Creamy Corn Dip Cob Loaf | One Pot Chef
Creamy Corn Dip Cob Loaf is a retro party favourite! A rich creamy corn dip is spooned into a hollowed out, lightly toasted cob bread loaf. The bread pieces are used for dipping, then the bread bowl itself is eaten - it’s the ultimate in self-cleaning party food! No mess, no fuss. Just fun food to share with your friends - give it a go!
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1 Large Cob Loaf (or similar crusty bread)
500g of Sour Cream (or soft cream cheese)
40g Packet of Dried French Onion Soup Mix
3 Spring Onions / Shallots (chopped)
250g Jar of Corn Relish
Salt and Pepper (to taste)
Optional: Extra Crackers or Vegetable Sticks (for dipping)
Preparation Time: About 10 minutes
Cooking Time: About 10 minutes
SERVES 8 - 10
All measurements and temperatures are in Australian Metric.
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Baked ZITI Recipe - Easy PASTA CASSEROLE
Baked Ziti is an easy, saucy, and cheesy pasta casserole. It has all of the great flavors of lasagna but is much easier to make as a pasta bake with ziti or penne noodles.
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BAKED ZITI INGREDIENTS:
►1 lb ziti (or penne pasta)
►1 lb ground beef (85% lean)
►1 onion, chopped
►2 garlic cloves, minced
►1 tsp salt
►1/2 tsp black pepper
►5 cups marinara sauce
►15 oz fresh ricotta,
►10 fresh basil leaves
►12 oz mozzarella cheese, shredded
►1 cup grated parmesan cheese
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0:00 Intro
0:31 How to cook pasta
1:06 Prepping onion and garlic
1:48 Grating cheese
2:17 Cooking beef and onions
2:51 Adding garlic and seasonings
3:06 Adding marinara sauce
3:32 Draining the pasta
3:57 How to assemble Ziti casserole
4:27 How to cut basil leaves
5:44 How to layer ziti casserole
7:04 Ziti casserole baking instructions
7:52 Taste test
8:43 Describing ziti pasta flavors and texture
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BEEF BOURGUIGNON (French Beef Stew)
Get Surfshark VPN at - Enter promo code LAGERSTROM for 83% off and 3 extra months for free! Beef Bourguignon or Beef Burgundy is the ultimate slow cooked beef stew. My version still takes time, but includes a few simple tricks to make this dish a bit more approachable for the home cook.
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▪5-6lb or 2 1/2kg beef chuck roast
▪1 large onion
▪5 large carrots
▪2 celery stalks
▪1 head of garlic, cut in half
▪A few sprigs of thyme
▪2 bay leaves
▪750ml/1 bottle dry red wine (i’m using pinot noir)
▪1500g or 1.5L beef stock + additional 480g or 2 cups beef stock
▪25g or 1 3/4Tbsp tomato paste
▪42g or 1.5oz demi glace
▪230g or 1c water (to scrape fond from sheet tray)
▪4 packets or 1oz total? of powdered gelatine
▪1/2kg or 1lb of cremini mushrooms
▪6 small-medium yukon gold potatoes, peeled
▪57g or 4 Tbsp ( ½ stick) butter
▪Salt
▪Olive oil
Preheat oven to 550F or as high as it will go. Cube up meat, cutting off large chunks of fat. Coat with a generous glug or two of olive oil and plenty of salt. Toss to coat, then place meat on a sheet tray. Roast in the oven for 15-20min then remove from oven.
Peel and roughly chop onion, 1 carrot, and celery. Add bottle of wine to large heavy bottomed pot over high heat and add in onion, carrot, celery, garlic, and herbs and bring to a boil. Once boiling, reduce heat to medium and cook for 15-20min. Reduce oven heat to 300f and add 1500g beef stock, tomato paste, and demi glace.
With heat off, place a doubled layer of cheesecloth over your large pot (see video @3:50) and place been chunks on top of cheesecloth. Pour water into sheet tray and use a wooden spoon to scrape up as much fond as possible and add that into the pot. Tuck cheese cloth into pot and around beef, heat over med-high until simmering, then cover, and cook in the oven at 300F/148C for about 3 hours. Check the progress after about 2 hours, remove the lid and continue to cook for another 45min-1hour. When meat is braised properly it should be fork tender, but not completely falling apart. Allow to pot to cool slightly on the counter before placing in the fridge to cool completely.
After cooled (i usually allow it to sit overnight), skim off as much fat as possible. Reheat the pot over medium heat to re-liquify. Once melted, remove beef from braising liquid. Using a fine mesh strainer, strain out and separate all solids from your braising liquid, making sure to squeeze out liquid from cheesecloth and veg. Skim off any excessive fat.
Add strained liquid back into pot and heat to a simmer over medium high to reduce for about 45min or until thickened.
Dissolve gelatine into 2 cups beef stock and allow to bloom for 5 minutes and add to braising liquid.
Roughly chop carrots and mushrooms.
When braising liquid is reduced by ⅔ add carrots and continue to cook for about 15 more minutes.
Preheat nonstick pan over med-high heat. Add in olive oil (about 25g or generous squeeze) and add mushrooms and a pinch of salt. Cook for about 12 minutes over medium heat. Once golden brown, add mushrooms into braising liquid.
When liquid is reduced to about 20% of it’s original volume and bubbles are becoming large, add beef back to braising liquid, spooning sauce over meat as it warms. Cook for 10 more minutes to continue reducing by about 5-10% more.
Make smashed potatoes. Dice potatoes into 1” dice, add to sauce pan, cover with water, and bring to simmer then reduce heat to low and cook until done. Add butter and large pinch of salt. Mash and taste for seasoning.
Serve beef, carrots, mushrooms and sauce over smashed potatoes.
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