sauce
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The Easiest Way to Make Your Winter Tomato Sauce Taste More Summery
Besides my birthday, tomatoes are my favourite thing about summer. They are sweet. They are tangy. They are juicy. They are the base of my favourite sandwich. One cannot replicate the flavour of an in-season tomato in the dead of winter, but you can make your winter tomato sauces taste a little brighter and a…
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Grow Wasabi Like a Houseplant
The wasabi most of us get at sushi restaurants, or from the store, isn’t wasabi. That green, slightly bitter powder is often made out of horseradish. In higher end restaurants, real, unprocessed wasabi is served, and prized for its fresh taste, lack of bitterness, and unique sharpness. It has the pungency of horseradish, but a…
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Make a Lazy Version of This Classic French Onion Sauce
Onions are popular here at Skillet. Raw or cooked, whole or chopped, they can bring balance and distinctly savoury flavours to a dish. One of my favourite ways to sneak in the complexity of this delightful allium is in a sauce. This one is cheap, creamy (yet cream-less), and it makes any dish feel a…
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Use Vinegar and Lemon Juice for a Better Vinaigrette
With the exception of three people, the only things I miss about living in Florida are foods and beverages. I long for the wine cellar (and dessert room) at Bern’s Steakhouse, proper Cubano sandwiches, Publix subs (and banana pudding), stone crab claws, and the 1905 Salad from the Columbia restaurant in Ybor city. Luckily, that…