sauce
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When and How to Strain Your Dishes
Straining can play an important role in cooking. A velvety, lump-free, custard is a dreamy experience, a perfectly clear consommé is gorgeous and flavorful, and smooth gravies and creamy sauces can make or break a meal. But there’s a difference between straining and saving. The former is a proper culinary technique; the latter, a culinary…
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Chocolate Is a Chip Dip
I think I could subsist on a diet made entirely of dips. Yogurt dip for breakfast, beet dip for lunch, pimento cheese or hummus for supper. I could spend my days dipping vegetables, pieces of bread, and chips into various bowls of creamy dips, and I would be happy.
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The Easiest Ways to Thicken Up a Runny Sauce
Saucing a piece of meat, only to have it run off and pool on the plate, is heartbreaking. A good sauce is a vehicle for contrasting and complementary flavours, but it doesn’t do you any good if it can’t stick to the food it’s supposed to be saucing.
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Spice Things up With This Homemade Hot Sauce Recipe
If you think you can handle the heat you need to keep a batch of this homemade hot sauce on hand at all times.