Preparation

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Velouté Sauce: Quick Recipe

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How To Sharpen A Chef’s Knife.

Video tutorial of how to sharpen a chef’s knife on a whetstone or wet stone. #chefsknife #knifesharpening #recipeslive Professional Tips on How to Sharpen Your Chef’s Knife – Get the Perfect Edge. Having a sharp chef’s knife is essential for any home cook. A dull knife is more difficult to control and can cause injuries

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Cookery and units of measure.

Cooking weights and measures on this website or for submitting your recipe. Share your recipes with us. We would love to see your food. Submit a recipe channel to share with us. Glossary, units measure, wording and weights. How to recognize and display specific units. Used for separating aliases in food weights and measures. We

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How I make Balsamic Salad Dressing

You should learn how to make your own dressings, they taste much better than store-bought vinaigrettes and are simple and cheap to make. How to make your own Balsamic salad dressing recipe is below. Please give it a try. This salad dressing recipe has been in my repertoire now for about 30 years, it is

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How To Make My Best Beef Stock Recipe

Beef stock is made by roasting beef neck and shin bones (full of marrow) to a nice dark brown colour in a hot dry oven to bring out the flavour and colour. In this recipe, I will show you how I make beef stock. When I had a restaurant I would make beef stock every

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How to cook and glaze a Christmas Ham

How to make the perfect “Christmas Ham” delectable. You need to start with a good leg ham, freshly cured, some hams are made all year, filled with brine and frozen. Other quality hams are made up to 6 months ahead of the Christmas period and have a more intense flavour. They may not be the

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How to make a tomato rose video demonstration.

Tomato rose garnishes are a classic way to decorate food platters. In this video demonstration, I show you how to trim the skin off a chilled, ripe tomato with a sharp knife. Then I roll the tomato rose and show you how to use this garnish. Knife skills and plate decorating tutorial. Chef Brendan Mooney

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How to make bechamel or white sauce

How to make a white sauce or bechamel sauce. White sauce, bechamel sauce or the classic white mother sauce are basically the same. I first learnt how to make bechamel sauce at culinary school in 1976. We had to make it the traditional french way, melting butter in a heavy-bottom stainless steel pot. Add and

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How to make honey mustard vinaigrette salad dressing.

Honey Mustard Salad Dressing Today, we are making a delicious salad dressing recipe. Honey and mustard vinaigrette salad dressing. The best way to make any recipe, in general, is by weight; measuring ingredients with spoons and cups varies in size from country to country. Use volume or weight even for liquids like salad. Ingredients: Instructions:

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How to make chicken stock recipe.

Why make homemade chicken stock or chicken broth? A good homemade chicken stock recipe is an essential ingredient in cooking. It provides flavour, aroma, and rich colour to any dish. It is also essential to a dish’s nutritional value, providing protein, minerals, and vitamins. Having a good chicken stock recipe is not just crucial for

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