For the unitasker fans No Images? Click here Take It All Off! At Serious Eats, we often speak ill of unitaskers, which have a tendency to take up substantial space in your kitchen without making a substantial difference in convenience or the speed it takes to perform basic tasks. But there are, of course, a number of exceptions to that rule, and hey—you never know if you don't try, right? Which brings us to the rather surprising world of corn strippers. Corn strippers, you say? Indeed! Corn strippers! A class of unitasker devoted to one noble purpose: separating kernels of corn from their cobs. It's a straightforward task that we, and generations of other humans, have long accomplished with a knife. But little did we know, this same task could also be accomplished with an instrument of varying shapes and sizes known as a corn stripper. We put a few to the test to see if they held up against our good old knife method. Now put that corn to good use Make the most of sweet summer corn on the cob with this creamy, four-minute pressure cooker corn risotto. All the delights of Mexican street corn (elotes) in salad form, and you don't even have to fire up the grill to make it. The key to great corn flavor in this simple chowder is making a quick stock from the cobs of the fresh corn. The best way to cut corn off the cob Here's how to cut corn off the cob without sending kernels flying all over the place. |
Tuesday, August 27, 2019
Are Corn Strippers Worth It?
Monday, August 26, 2019
We Tested Peanut Butter Sous Vide Steaks
What's new on Serious Eats No Images? Click here FEATURES A while back, a reader asked us to test out peanut butter sous vide steaks, which is either something of a fad among sous vide enthusiasts or an elaborate exercise in trolling people to post pictures of turdy-looking (and -sounding*!) steaks. Either way, we decided to try it out for ourselves to see if it was worth the hype. TECHNIQUES |
Friday, August 23, 2019
All-Pistachio Everything
Go for green No Images? Click here Welcome to the Wild World of Pistachios Stella has been on a bit of a pistachio kick recently. It all started with her pistachio paste, the smooth, bright green paste in the photo above. While almond paste is easy to find in supermarkets, pistachio paste is a rarer beast. Like a cross between pistachio butter and marzipan, this thick and flavorful pistachio paste can be used on its own as a spread or as a base for colorful pistachio desserts. Things to make using your pistachio paste Meet Stella's dream pistachio ice cream From blanching, peeling, and toasting the pistachios to an overnight infusion with milk and cream, this recipe is a labor of love. But the results are well worth it: a pistachio ice cream that's rich, creamy, and aromatic. |