You don’t taste as you go

1. You don’t taste as you go. Result: The flavors or textures of an otherwise excellent dish are out of balance or unappealing.For most cooks, tasting is automatic, but when it’s not, the price can be high. Recipes don’t always call for the "right" amount of seasoning, cooking times are estimates, and results vary depending on your ingredients, your stove, altitude…and a million other...

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Sweet & salty chicken wings

Sweet & salty chicken wings Chicken wings are one of my all-time favourite pub foods. I mean, mmm! So good. And I often go for the stickiest, sweetest ones on the menu. Honey garlic and teriyaki are some of my favourites, and this recipe is a combination of those two sauces.   These chicken wings are sweet and salty with an Asian flavour theme. There's garlic in there, soy...

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Hershey's Special Dark Truffle Brownie Cheesecake

Hershey's Special Dark Truffle Brownie Cheesecake I do believe that a dessert this delicious is criminal. That's why I'm putting this cheesecake into the "Delicious Protection Program." Ingredients for Brownie Layer:6 tablespoons melted butter or margarine1-1/4 cups sugar1 teaspoon vanilla extract2 eggs1 cup plus 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour1/3 cup Hershey's cocoa1/2 teaspoon baking powder1/2...

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Opéra Cake

Opéra Cake Adapted from Le Cordon Bleu Home Collection (Chocolate) This elegant chocolate-covered cake, whose invention is attributed to the Dalloyau pastry house, consists of layers of biscuit soaked in coffee syrup and garnished with butter cream and chocolate ganache. Preparation time: 2 hours + refrigerationServes 4 to 6 Ingredients Almond sponge 75 grams (2 ½ ounces)...

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Mini Cheesecakes with Wine Gelées

Mini Cheesecakes with wine Gelées ACTIVE: 30 MIN TOTAL TIME: 1 HR PLUS CHILLING SERVINGS: MAKES FOUR 3-INCH CAKES MAKE-AHEAD STAFF-FAVORITE Kate Zuckerman, pastry chef at Manhattan's Chanterelle and author of the new book, The Sweet Life, thinks most cheesecakes are too heavy and sweet. Her recipe uses goat cheese to lighten the texture and tangy crème fraîche...

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Millefeuille au chocolat blanc, chantilly chocolatée et framboises – White Chocolate Millefeuille, Chocolate Chantilly and Raspberries

Millefeuille au chocolat blanc, chantilly chocolatée et framboises – White Chocolate Millefeuille, Chocolate Chantilly and Raspberries You need: 200 g + 100 g white chocolate (I used Valrhona) 10 cl heavy cream to make chantilly 400 g fresh raspberries 2 to 5 tbsp confectioner sugar Wild Australian Wattle seeds (which is my personal addition, not in the original recipe. They are a little...

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Mille Feuille with Dragon Fruit

Daring Bakers: Mille Feuille/Napoleon NO NEED TO SPELL IT OUT: MAGNIFICENT MILLE FEUILLE  Our October 2012 Daring Bakers’ challenge was hosted by Suz of Serenely Full. Suz challenged us to not only tackle buttery and flaky puff pastry, but then take it a step further and create a sinfully delicious Mille Feuille dessert with it! (I have to say I didn't feel any guilt...

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Caramel Apple Tarts Wondering what to do with puff pastry? Make Caramel Apple Tarts.At this time of year when the apples are falling off the tree, I crave caramel apples. At every fair, it's the one treat I look forward to. This is just caramel apples in a crust. Yum!If you don't have puff pastry in your refrigerator, just use a regular pie crust. If you don't have that, just make caramel apples!RecipeMakes...

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How to make a flower pot cupcake

How to make a flower pot cupcake by GILLIAN on Feb 25, 2013  With Mothers day approaching I thought I would show you how to make a flower pot cupcake. This is what I used: Silicone flower pot cases (these ones were purchased in Lakeland) Buttercream Glass of water Paint brush Rolling pin Some coloured fondant, I have used, red, yellow and lilac Green food colouring...

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How to Make Your Own Cupcake Stand

How to Make Your Own Cupcake Stand I am writing this post in response to a reader’s question. Jessica B. wanted to know where to get this type of cupcake stand. I usually ask my cupcake baker to make it. This way, I am sure that the colors are coordinated with the cupcakes. But if you do it yourself, you could start from your party decor and provide a sample of your stand paper and ribbons...

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Garbanzo Bean Salad

Salade Nokhod (Garbanzo Bean Salad) Salade Nokhod A nice an lite side dish, or healthy snack…easy to make too! Ingredients: garbanzo beans - 1 large can 2 - 3 tomatoes (cut up into pieces) Olive oil Vinegar Salt and Pepper Fresh cilantro green onions - 1 package Directions: Mix all the ingredients together and then serve ...

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Realistic Chocolate Leaf Tutorial

Realistic Chocolate Leaf  1. You will need the following items for this project; fresh garden leaves( we used leaves from our herb garden, peppermint and mint leaves, white chocolate, a paint brush, cocoa powder, and food coloring if desired. 2.Wash and dry the leaves you have chosen . Please make sure any leaf you use for this project is non toxic. Any...

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Banana Cream Pie

Banana Cream Pie I got this recipe from a lovely Thai language blog (the owner is a cute woman who likes to share her knowledge about food and sweet things, she lives in USA). The search for this recipe happened when I have a lot of banana in the house, banana cake seen to be boring (I want to try something different and delicious). I look at this recipe (with a mouth watering picture,...

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Fraisier: Beautiful French Strawberry Cake

Fraisier: Beautiful French Strawberry Cake "Fraisier", the French strawberry cake, that contains a lot of the strawberry and cream ^^.  I wish I could make it a long time ago, well, I always fall for the beautiful cake. This is my second time on this cake, the first one is too sweet, I have to make some adaptation in the recipe so it becomes mellow.I think there are some error in...

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