Parchment paper is every cook’s best friend. Besides its useful non-stick qualities, it has a host of other properties that make baking and cooking fuss-free, and it simplifies what could otherwise be a painstaking cleaning process. There are a range of parchment paper alternatives you can use if you have run out, but the best …
Almond flour is well known for its use in those gorgeous French macaroons with their airy meringue-like cookie sandwich and creamy filling. It has however also become popular as a flour suitable for people with gluten allergies and a low-carb alternative to grain flours. It may sound like a pretty specialized product that can’t be …
Also referred to as Chinese barbecue sauce, Hoisin sauce is a deliciously sweet, salty, and slightly sticky condiment, with a similar consistency to ketchup. Popular in many Asian dishes, you’ll often need it in recipes for stir-fry or marinated meat, pork, and duck. If you don’t have any hoisin, there is a range of items …
For many home cooks and restaurants, canola is the go-to oil for cooking, deep-frying, and baking due to its neutral flavor and versatility. It is widely available, can be used in sweet bakes, savory dishes, and even as a raw component in salad dressings. If you’re out of canola mid-cook and left in a pinch, …
Synonymous with English high tea, fresh watercress was popularly used in high tea sandwiches as part of an elaborate spread of pastries and savory treats. The delicious peppery green is now used largely in soups, salads, potato dishes, and as a garnish. Since it’s not always easy to find in stores, we’ve put together a …
Garam masala is a spice blend associated mainly with Indian cuisine. It is used to flavor stews, soups, and curries. The spice blend can be used in any type of savory meal including poultry, meat, vegetable, and lentil dishes. Buying the premixed spice blend is very convenient for most home cooks. It saves you from …
The humble loaf of bread definitely doesn’t get the credit it deserves. It is the ingredient that keeps on giving. From its fresh-out-the-oven goodness with a slather of butter, until its sorry stale state, there’s never a bad time for bread. Breadcrumbs are used for coating or breading chicken strips, fried fish, chicken parmesan, and …
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Evaporated milk is a deliciously creamy dairy milk product with a consistency somewhere between milk and cream. It is similar to condensed milk and used in sweet and savory dishes from pumpkin pie, fudge, and fridge tart to pasta sauces, salad dressings, soup, and stew. Whether you don’t have any evaporated milk on hand or …
Molasses got its name from the Latin word mellaceum, which means ‘resembling honey’. This sweet and sticky syrup is what makes gingerbread cookies uniquely complex in their caramel-like flavor and gives baked goods their fudgy, moist, and dense texture and taste. Besides being used in baking, molasses is often used in Caribbean and southern US …
If you want a low-cholesterol, nutritious, high-fiber diet, then including oat bran in your meals can help you achieve your health goals. Although not very flavorful in itself, oat bran does add a delicious toasty, nutty texture when baked in cookies, bread, and muffins. The fiber-rich ingredient can also be eaten as a warm cooked …
