Cooking, generally, needs good preparation, effort and way!! Cooking for the Holiday Table is a much more difficult task!! Many and difficult foods, time consuming, patience and passion!! 8 clever tricks that show solutions and save time!!….
1. Put the potatoes in the dishwasher
If you want to serve potatoes with their skin, you have to wash them very well. Why waste valuable time washing potatoes one by one, when you can put them in the dishwasher;
2. Put the lemons in the microwave to make them juicier
If you need lemon juice for any of your Christmas recipes, you can increase the efficiency of lemons by putting them in the microwave – one to two minutes, at low temperature, it is enough.
3. Two onions will sweeten your roast
Turkey has rather lean meat. Add two or three onions to the pan, they will make your food sweeter!!
4. To keep the turkey from drying out by the time you cook it…
Cover it with an ice pack, while doing the rest of the preparations.
Cover it with an ice pack, while doing the rest of the preparations.
5. Put baking soda in the puree
Add a tablespoon of baking soda to your puree. It will make it fluffier without altering its taste.
6. Prepare the vegetables
The stuffed vegetables can be cut or mashed one to two days before Christmas cooking day., to save time. Chop carrots, onions, leek and everything,what else is in your recipe and put them airtight in the fridge.
7. Foil is your friend
The,whatever you bake, cover your pan with foil. So, you will "keep" the aromas of the food and you will achieve a uniform baking. You can also use it to avoid "grabbing" the meat or pie you have put in the oven.
8. Clever decoration
Use spoons, forks and spatulas to decorate any dough. The result will be professional!!
9. Wine glass for … the cookies
Use the base of a wine glass, to make even cookies!!
10. Use the potato peeler on the chocolate
The gadget you use to clean potatoes performs excellent pastry tool duties!! Scraping the chocolate with this tool, you will make perfect flakes for garnish!!