Techniques, recipes, and essential equipment No images? Click here How to build a better pieIt's no secret that a seasonal pie is one of our favorite desserts here at Serious Eats. During the summer, when trips to the green market often get out of hand and we find ourselves heading home with heaps of berries and stone fruit, there's no better dessert than a golden-crusted pie, bursting at the seams with fruit and bubbling over with their dark, sticky juice. To help you crank out prize-worthy pies every time, we've rounded up our favorite recipes, tips, and tricks. Techniques, recipes, and essential equipment |
Friday, July 24, 2020
How to build a better pie
Broiler recipes for cool(er) summertime meals
Quick-cooking dinners No images? Click here Broiler Recipes for Quick Summertime CookingFor most, the highlight of summer cooking is combining seasonal produce with year-round foods like steak and fish to create something light, bright, refreshing, and flavorful. But as the temperatures rise outside, it can feel crucial to keep things as cool as possible in the kitchen, which means keeping oven usage to a minimum. But with the use of a broiler, you can still get a home-cooked meal on the table while beating the heat. Since a broiler only offers heat from above, it reaches high temperatures quickly can often browning and a touch of char for any recipe that requires it. Using a broiler saves you from having to heat the entire oven up, and is best used for quick-cooking dishes that will help you get dinner on the table in no time. From whole porgy and tandoor-style chicken to cheesy, lemony potatoes, these are our favorite quick recipes that make use of the broiler. |
Thursday, July 23, 2020
The history of bouillon cubes
How they became an international pantry staple No images? Click here How Bouillon Cubes Became an International Pantry StapleTo understand how bouillon achieved such international popularity, you have to consider the central role that broths and stocks have played in human history. Using water to stretch ingredients into a full, and filling, nutritious meal is a survival-based innovation that has come to define culinary traditions around the world. It was out of this ubiquity that the bouillon cube was born. Around the world, different brands of bouillon may reign supreme, and their products may instead be labeled "stock cubes" or "broth cubes," but oftentimes the MSG-heavy concentrate is no less a pantry staple. Thanks to its relatively low cost, ease and speed of use, and intense flavor, bouillon is a popular ingredient in kitchens on virtually every continent, where powders and cubes are used to season soups and stews, and in some cases, are even sprinkled directly over cooked plates of food. More food history |