Le Creuset Skillet

One of America’s favorite comfort foods, potato soup is served everywhere from steakhouses to country diners. Hi, I’m chef Jason Hill of Chef Tips and today we’re making a creamy potato soup recipe that’s dressed up with smoked gouda cheese. If you can’t find smoked gouda, a steakhouse secret to that creamy texture is a processed cheese such as Velveeta. Creamy Potato Cheese Soup 1 tablespoon dried basil 1/2 stick (4 tablespoons) butter 2 cups shredded smoked Gouda cheese 6 small red potatoes, diced and reserved in cold water to prevent browning 2 diced carrots 2 diced celery stalks 1 white onion, diced 1 teaspoon garlic-shallot puree (or 2 cloves garlic, crushed) 2 cups heavy cream 6 cups chicken broth Turn stock pot on medium high. Melt butter. Add celery, onion, carrots. Cook down until onions are transluscent. Add basil and garlic-shallot puree. After 3 minutes, add potatoes and stir another 3 minutes. Carefully pour in 6 cups chicken broth. Boil for 20 minutes, then stir in a roux made from 4 tablespoons flour and 4 tablespoons butter. Wait a few minutes for the soup to thicken slightly. Add cream. Whisk and simmer for 20 minutes. Slowly stir in cheese and melt it down. After cheese is melted, pour into bowls and season with salt and fresh cracked pepper.

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Betty demonstrates how to grill the perfect ribeye steak in this video–succulent and tasty! Ingredients: (2) 8 0z. ribeye beef steaks meat tenderizer (to taste) Fresh ground black pepper (to taste) extra virgin olive oil (enough to cover and marinade) Remove the two ribeye steaks from the refrigerator. Place them on a roomy tray for preparation. Sprinkle meat tenderizer on both sides of the steaks to taste. Next, grind fresh black pepper over both sides of the steaks to taste. Drizzle olive oil over both sides of the steaks and roll them a few times to get them covered completely. Let the steaks sit until they come up to room temperature. (If you are rushed, you make leave them chilled.) Place the steaks on an outdoor grill and grill on each side, turning once until the desired degree of doneness is reached. (If you do not have an outdoor grill, use an electric kitchen grill, being sure that the steak you have chosen is boneless, so that the lid will close.) When cooked to desired doneness, remove the steaks from the grill and put them on a tray to bring inside. Place them on a serving dish, and serve with Texas toast (recipe below). Top make Texas toast, spread soft butter on both sides of a thick-sliced piece of bread. Place in a skillet over medium heat. Toast until lightly browned on the bottom, and then turn once to brown the other side. This will take only a few minutes and should be done right before dining. This entree goes well with my Perfect Loaded Baked …

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by Chiot’s Run

Article by Yvonne Crooker

Cast iron cookware has been given a bad name in some circles. Much of the criticism has to do with what happens to the surface when it is poorly cared for. Some pots and pans have become bumpy, rusty or start to heat unevenly. However, when a cast iron skillet is properly taken care of, it becomes the perfect cookware for everything from boiling water to frying chicken to baking corn bread.

The three most common mistakes made in cleaning cast iron skillets are all related to the use of soap. When cast iron skillets are seasoned properly over time and use, they develop a wonderful, natural, stick free surface. If they are washed with dish soap after every use, they will lose this seasoned surface. If the skillet has no food particles stuck to the bottom, an overall wipe with a paper towel should be sufficient. The seasoning stays in the skillet.

When food particles are stuck to the bottom of a skillet, the use of an abrasive scrubber or scouring pad can create two problems. Scouring will remove all the food particles, but it will also remove all of the seasoning. If you do not re-season the bottom of the pan, it will continue to stick to the food the next time you use it. There is also the potential for rust to develop on the bare metal if the surface is damp.

It is natural for some foods to adhere to the inside of skillets during cooking. Monitoring the food while cooking, and using the correct temperature should help prevent this. Using a stainless steel or hard rubber spatula is also advised. If there is a lot of sticking, add a half an inch of water to the pan and put it over a low heat on the stove for about 5 minutes. This should help loosen up the stuck food. Do not fill this pan with water and leave it sitting on the sink overnight. That is a perfect recipe for rust.

Besides avoiding soap, scouring, and prolonged soaking in water, here are two other tips for cleaning cast iron skillets. When a skillet needs to be scrubbed and washed with a detergent, it is important to reapply a light coat of vegetable oil after it is dry. Wipe the oil around the inside of the pan with a folded paper towel. If a skillet is brand new, it may be pre-seasoned and covered with a waxy protective coating. This coating needs to be washed off with soap and water before its first use.

Cast iron is an excellent material for cookware when it is cleaned properly. When seasoned, it takes only gentle wiping and washing to keep it stick free and even-cooking. Unless the skillet is in bad shape or crusty, it should not be washed in harsh detergents, scrubbed with a scouring pad or soaked extensively in water. With proper care, cast iron cookware will give years of excellent cooking.

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by LaDiabla

Article by Sandy

You would be loaded with options if you are looking for someone to teach you gourmet cooking. You need to gain all the education that you desire from gourmet cooking also in instruction. You can learn gourmet cooking through workshops or from any of the culinary art professional schools easily without any hesitation.

If you are planning to teach gourmet cooking then you need to acquire fundamental understanding about the history, skills and techniques of gourmet cooking that are required in every process. For more details go to: http://www.cooking-groundbeef.com you may also need to learn the best and effective way to communicate with the students. If you combine all these requirements, you would be able to understand the process in a better way.

Some of the gourmet cooking strategies that would assist you in teaching gourmet cooking are as follows:

1) Use of demonstrations is the best way to provide education to students in gourmet cooking classes. There are many students who can learn in a better way when they see, touch and smell the recipe along with lecture. More the senses involved, better are the chances that students can understand you easily and quickly. Such practical classes also help students to remember the lesson for a longer period.

2) You need to explain the reason behind every act. For example, you should provide reasons as of why are you using this technique when several alternatives are available. Provide difference between the effectiveness of techniques. This would help the students to understand its importance in true sense and help them remember the technique more easily.

3) You should ensure that there is a positive environment where students can be taught gourmet cooking. For can visit to: http://www.cat-head-biscuit.com once you are able to establish a positive environment in the class, learning would be an enjoyable experience for your students and you would not feel any task a chore that cannot be achieved. Your students would take it as a challenge and try to excel in that. Such attitude is itself a key to successful training and successful students.

You can join variety of classes or invest in workshops to learn skills that are required to teach gourmet cooking. Once you are delivered with right kind of training and educational foundation, you would be able to cook in a specific style of expertise. It is unto the student that he or she uses, loves it, pick it up or not. Still, teaching gourmet cooking properly would divert them towards the right way to prepare a recipe and learn good cooking skills. Therefore, it is important for an instructor to learn all these fundamentals of teaching gourmet cooking before starting his or her teaching career.

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by lazy fri13th

Article by M. Xavier

You wake up to the smell of coffee brewing–but can you tell if it is gourmet coffee?

Gourmet coffees, which like fine wine were once a symbol of prestige, are now sold everywhere–fine coffee houses, grocery stores and retail discounts stores. Franchises have been built around the sale of gourmet coffee in the past 20 years and many will allow you to order your cup of gourmet coffee through a drive-thru window.

What caused the increase in popularity of gourmet coffees? Did everyone just decide they need a dash of mint, a hint of vanilla or an ounce of caramel? It is unlikely that the rise in gourmet coffee sales was due only to a change in our taste in coffee.

Marketing and a good product is most likely the reason for the increase in gourmet coffee sales in the past 20 years. It is fashionable to walk around with a coffee cup sipping on the latest gourmet coffee sold at the trendy coffee house.

Many people are introduced to gourmet coffees when they receive a gift set at Christmas or for a special occasion. These gift sets may included a variety of flavored gourmet coffees such as almond, chocolate and Irish cream. The gourmet coffee is often placed in a designer mug that you will most use when you drink your gourmet coffee after it is brewed.

Many convenience stores offer flavored coffees that are marketed as gourmet coffees, along with espresso and cappuccino. While these coffees may taste like they are gourmet, they are usually derived from coffee grounds found on grocery store shelves.

That’s because the real secret to gourmet coffee is not in the flavor, but in the type of coffee bean. Gourmet coffee is composed of Arabica beans, while most canned coffees are made from robusta beans. These Arabica beans will grow in mainly sub-tropical regions. Good weather is important to the growth of these gourmet coffee beans.

Gourmet coffee is often identified by its name and that name can come from a variety of derivatives, include the region where the bean is grown. You may want a cup of Colombian gourmet coffee. This type of gourmet coffee gets its name from the country where it is grown.

But another type of gourmet coffee, French Roast, has nothing to do with France but with how the bean is roasted.

Gourmet coffee has found its way to grocery stores in recent years and you can find a variety of inexpensive gourmet coffees to try at home. Many of the packaged gourmet coffees are paired with a hint of flavor. Favorite gourmet coffee flavors include vanilla, hazelnut, mocha, peppermint, chocolate mine, Irish Cream and caramel to name a few.

Some people like to add more than just cream and sugar to their gourmet coffee. Whipped cream, chocolate chips and fruit juices are popular additions to gourmet coffees.

So when you wake it to your morning cup of java, why not make a cup of gourmet coffee? Try exotic gourmet coffee flavors and add more than cream and sugar. You may find yourself addicted to gourmet coffee.

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