Tuesday, February 9, 2010 Click on Images to view tutorials
I HEART Valentines Day- Learn the how-to on decorating cookies
Valentines Day is by far my favorite holiday. I love everything about it. I can't think of anything better to celebrate than love. I love the feeling in the air, the anticipation of having great food and most of all, I look forward to some time with my sweetheart. I guess I am a hopeless romantic. So, to help myself get into the spirit of the holiday, I have started a tradition of making sugar cookies and decorating them every year for Valentines Day. I always seem to take longer than I expect, I just get so wrapped up in creating that I loose track of time. So if you have the time this Valentines Day I recommend trying these...
Saturday, January 2, 2010
How to Pan-Sear Meat-Learn the how-to in getting that perfect sear
Long and slow the way to go? Ever wonder why your chicken is so dry and tasteless after cooking it on the stove-top for 20 minutes because that is what your mom told you to do? Whatever happened to crunchy on the outside yet juicy and tender in the middle?
I wondered the same things too... for a long time... until I watched the food network and learned what I was doing wrong.
Long and slow is not necessarily the best description of how to get that great crunch on the outside and juicy in the middle. The key to great results is in the searing of the meat.
TO SEAR (verb): to make very hot or dry.
I know what you are thinking, "Great, now we have nothing but a dried out piece of meat", but quiet on the contrary. The key is that we are searing the outside of the meat, creating a perfect barrier preventing any of those tender juices from escaping...
Perfect.
