cooking techniques Archives - thedancingcucumber.com thedancingcucumber.com Thu, 30 Sep 2021 11:50:33 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.2 Here’s Why Sous Vide Cooking Requires a Lid https://thedancingcucumber.com/heres-why-sous-vide-cooking-requires-a-lid/ Sun, 03 Oct 2021 09:19:00 +0000 https://thedancingcucumber.com/?p=7703 A sous vide cooker is a fun addition to any kitchen. It will make you feel like a professional chef with little effort and make your time in the kitchen a bit more exciting. Sous vide is a cooking technique that requires sealing food in an air-tight bag and cooking it in a pot of […]

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]]> A sous vide cooker is a fun addition to any kitchen. It will make you feel like a professional chef with little effort and make your time in the kitchen a bit more exciting. Sous vide is a cooking technique that requires sealing food in an air-tight bag and cooking it in a pot of water with optimized temperature. The bag helps your food cook while staying juicy and tender. This technique is great for meat, fish, and eggs.

Learning the Ropes

This all sounds easy and straightforward, but you can definitely have issues if you don’t study a bit before trying it. The details make all the difference. One of them is putting a lid on the cooking pot while the food is inside.

Completely Closed

Putting a lid on can completely change the final outcome of your meal. A lid provides the most control over the temperature of the water, so make sure it’s always closed. This way, the water will heat evenly and cook your food evenly, making sure no parts stay uncooked. It will also slow down the evaporation of the water, so you won’t have to refill the pot as often. Make sure to use the right lid for the pot for the maximum effect, because it shouldn’t be too big or slightly too small.

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]]> Make These Magical Black Limes At Home https://thedancingcucumber.com/make-these-magical-black-limes-at-home/ Tue, 05 Feb 2019 11:41:54 +0000 https://thedancingcucumber.com/?p=2161 Black limes are a dried lime that is used often in Middle Eastern and Persian cooking to add sourness and round out flavors. You can use black limes in all sorts of recipes to incorporate a different type of acidic flavor, like regular roasted chicken dishes, soups, and even cocktails. Making black limes does take […]

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]]> Black limes are a dried lime that is used often in Middle Eastern and Persian cooking to add sourness and round out flavors. You can use black limes in all sorts of recipes to incorporate a different type of acidic flavor, like regular roasted chicken dishes, soups, and even cocktails. Making black limes does take some time, but you hardly do anything to them so it’s worth giving it a try!

Instructions

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NEW SPICE ALERT! Sun dried black limes from our partner farmer in Guatemala. They're going to be ground up into a tart, citrusy and beautifully black powder, perfect for cocktails, garnishing, salad dressings, you name it. They're for a very special top secret collab, but we're bringing in enough for you to get some too. ETA 4 weeks! . . Got any recipe ideas? How would you use these? I'll send some for free to the people with the most creative suggestions. . . . . #spices #singleoriginspices #singleorigin #lime #limes #blacklimes #blacklime #driedlime #driedlimes #directtrade #fairtrade #equitabletrade #knowyoursource #knowyourfarmer #farmtotable #directsupply #ingredients #beautifulingredient #black #blackfood

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  1. Start by boiling some water and blanching the limes for about 1 minute, and then immediately get them into an ice bath to stop the cooking process.
  2. Then place them on a baking rack that is positioned over a baking sheet. This will allow the air to circulate under the limes to get them fully cooked evenly.
  3. Set your oven to the lowest temperature it can go, between 150-200 F, and put the limes in.
  4. You really don’t have to do much to them once they’re in the oven, just turn them every 4-6 hours maximum.
  5. They should spend a total of 2 days in the oven, so if no one is home or if you’re asleep, you can turn the oven off but keep them in there.
  6. When they’re done they should feel hollow and be black on the inside!

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]]> ersion="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> cooking techniques Archives - thedancingcucumber.com thedancingcucumber.com Thu, 30 Sep 2021 11:50:33 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.2 Here’s Why Sous Vide Cooking Requires a Lid https://thedancingcucumber.com/heres-why-sous-vide-cooking-requires-a-lid/ Sun, 03 Oct 2021 09:19:00 +0000 https://thedancingcucumber.com/?p=7703 A sous vide cooker is a fun addition to any kitchen. It will make you feel like a professional chef with little effort and make your time in the kitchen a bit more exciting. Sous vide is a cooking technique that requires sealing food in an air-tight bag and cooking it in a pot of […]

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]]> A sous vide cooker is a fun addition to any kitchen. It will make you feel like a professional chef with little effort and make your time in the kitchen a bit more exciting. Sous vide is a cooking technique that requires sealing food in an air-tight bag and cooking it in a pot of water with optimized temperature. The bag helps your food cook while staying juicy and tender. This technique is great for meat, fish, and eggs.

Learning the Ropes

This all sounds easy and straightforward, but you can definitely have issues if you don’t study a bit before trying it. The details make all the difference. One of them is putting a lid on the cooking pot while the food is inside.

Completely Closed

Putting a lid on can completely change the final outcome of your meal. A lid provides the most control over the temperature of the water, so make sure it’s always closed. This way, the water will heat evenly and cook your food evenly, making sure no parts stay uncooked. It will also slow down the evaporation of the water, so you won’t have to refill the pot as often. Make sure to use the right lid for the pot for the maximum effect, because it shouldn’t be too big or slightly too small.

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]]> Make These Magical Black Limes At Home https://thedancingcucumber.com/make-these-magical-black-limes-at-home/ Tue, 05 Feb 2019 11:41:54 +0000 https://thedancingcucumber.com/?p=2161 Black limes are a dried lime that is used often in Middle Eastern and Persian cooking to add sourness and round out flavors. You can use black limes in all sorts of recipes to incorporate a different type of acidic flavor, like regular roasted chicken dishes, soups, and even cocktails. Making black limes does take […]

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]]> Black limes are a dried lime that is used often in Middle Eastern and Persian cooking to add sourness and round out flavors. You can use black limes in all sorts of recipes to incorporate a different type of acidic flavor, like regular roasted chicken dishes, soups, and even cocktails. Making black limes does take some time, but you hardly do anything to them so it’s worth giving it a try!

Instructions

View this post on Instagram

NEW SPICE ALERT! Sun dried black limes from our partner farmer in Guatemala. They're going to be ground up into a tart, citrusy and beautifully black powder, perfect for cocktails, garnishing, salad dressings, you name it. They're for a very special top secret collab, but we're bringing in enough for you to get some too. ETA 4 weeks! . . Got any recipe ideas? How would you use these? I'll send some for free to the people with the most creative suggestions. . . . . #spices #singleoriginspices #singleorigin #lime #limes #blacklimes #blacklime #driedlime #driedlimes #directtrade #fairtrade #equitabletrade #knowyoursource #knowyourfarmer #farmtotable #directsupply #ingredients #beautifulingredient #black #blackfood

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  1. Start by boiling some water and blanching the limes for about 1 minute, and then immediately get them into an ice bath to stop the cooking process.
  2. Then place them on a baking rack that is positioned over a baking sheet. This will allow the air to circulate under the limes to get them fully cooked evenly.
  3. Set your oven to the lowest temperature it can go, between 150-200 F, and put the limes in.
  4. You really don’t have to do much to them once they’re in the oven, just turn them every 4-6 hours maximum.
  5. They should spend a total of 2 days in the oven, so if no one is home or if you’re asleep, you can turn the oven off but keep them in there.
  6. When they’re done they should feel hollow and be black on the inside!

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