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Easy Steps to Egg-Based Sauces.
Easy Steps to Egg-Based Sauces
When using eggs in sauces extra care is needed to prevent curdling. Persevere! It is worth having a go at egg-based sauces because...
Fish Stock: The Basics
This stock uses up the pieces of fish that would otherwise be wasted in many households, yet, with a little time and effort, the end result is a useful and tasty...
Game Stock: How to Make and When to Use
Game Stock-How to Make & When to Use
Game refers to feathered and furred wild animals shot for food at certain times of the year, outside the...
How to Make a Simple Tomato-Based Sauce.
How to Make a Simple Tomato-Based Sauce
Tomato-based sauces are useful for all sorts of meals. The basic sauce can be served alongside cold...
How to Make Chutney
Chutneys originated in India, and oddly, the original word: chatni, means a mix of spicy ingredients combined freshly to accompany a curry, not a preserved dish at...
How to Make Jam
Making a good jam is easy if you know the fundamentals. Learning the various processes can allow you to discover many new ways to use up fruit in tasty and...
Roux-Based Sauces: What, How and When
Roux-Based Sauces-What, How and When
Pronounced roo, a roux is the usual term given to the method of mixing equal amounts of fat and flour that...
Types, Methods and Consistencies of Sauces
Types, Methods and Consistencies of Sauces
Sauces can make a meal. The addition of a well made sauce to the simplest of sweet or savoury dishes...
Useful Sauce Tips and Serving Suggestions
Useful Sauce Tips and Serving Suggestions
A well-made sauce can make the difference between a ‘nice’ meal and a memorable one. With all...
Vegetable Stock: Tips On How to Make and Use
Vegetable Stock: Tips on How to Make & Use
This quick and relatively cheap vegetable stock is useful as a base for many soups and sauces. As...
What is Brown Stock and How is it Made?
Brown stock has long been recognised as one of the 4 most important basic household stocks. (In French the word for stock is fond-which means...
