Easiest summer ever No Images? Click here How to Have the Easiest Summer Ever On warm summer days and long summer nights, we want our cooking to get simple. So we're sharing the absolute easiest, freshest, and tastiest meals we can think of. Our parameters? No more than four ingredients (plus salt, pepper, and perhaps a squeeze of lemon or olive oil). A prep time of no more than 15 minutes. No special equipment required. Just great seasonal ingredients put together without much fuss. Best consumed al fresco in bare feet, with a glass of rosé or a refreshing beer. The key to a perfect summer starter?Fresh herbs, fruit, and really good ham. Perfect for later in the summer as we transition into fall-friendly produce. |
Thursday, July 25, 2019
15-Minute Recipes for the Easier Summer Ever
Wednesday, July 24, 2019
The Serious Eats Guide to Skewers
Skewerious Eats No Images? Click here The Serious Eats Guide to Skewers There's something about meat on a stick that just screams "summer." So for the month of July, Sasha Marx focused on all things skewer—the best set-ups, the best tools, and the best recipes. How to set up your grill for better skewers, kebabs, and yakitori Even if you've never visited a kebab shop in Istanbul, or been spellbound by the chicken sorcery of a yakitori chef in Tokyo, odds are you've come across a professional skewer-grilling setup at some point in your life. With a few bricks and some aluminum foil, you can build a better skewer-grilling system. Your recipe book With a special grill set-up, you can turn out top-notch al pastor in skewer form. An improved setup for skewers brings these grilled wings closer to the heat, while a marinade based on Turkish hot pepper paste infuses them with roasted-chili flavor. Thinly sliced pork shoulder gets marinated, put on a stick, grilled, and brushed with coconut cream. These skewers will have you forget all about sad takeout satay. A special grilling setup recreates the traditional canalina grill used to cook these Italian lamb skewers. The essential equipmentEvery skewerer needs a good set of skewers with which to do the skewering. If you want consistency, ease of use, and longevity in your pointed sticks, which ones should you buy? Here are are our recommendations, whether you want to go the wood route or are feeling metal. |
American Buttercream x Ganache = Double-Chocolate Frosting
For your fave choco-holic No Images? Click here American-Style Chocolate Buttercream This recipe combines the speed and ease of an American buttercream with the richness and intensity of ganache, for a bold yet simple chocolate frosting. The exact color and texture will depend on how long the frosting is whipped; stop short for a dark, dense frosting, or continue whipping until it's airy and relatively pale. In either case, the flavor will depend entirely on the quality of dark chocolate and Dutch cocoa involved, so check out our guides to the best dark-chocolate bars easily found in supermarkets and the best high-fat Dutch cocoa for baking. The Kitchen Essential Dutch-Process Cocoa Powder More buttercreams for better cakes |