15 ice night Recipes

raw blanched almonds, distilled or tap water, dried jasmine flowers, distilled or tap water, juice of 1 lime, granulated honey, almond elixir, jasmine elixir, ice, soda water

cherry heering (or other cherry liqueur), pineapple juice (1 or 2 oz more if you prefer a fruitier taste), kahlua, ice cube, maraschino cherry, lemon , slice

apple cider, caramel syrup (or ice cream topping), cinnamon, vanilla, cream (to garnish ), caramel syrup , to drizzle, nutmeg (to garnish ), cinnamon (to garnish )

any liquid can be reduced just by heating it - but why would you want to do that, answer comes back to two of our old friends, flavor and consistency (texture)., by reducing any flavored liquid you intensify its flavor and at the same time thicken it. you can continue this process until what you have left is a syrup if it contains sugar, or a sauce if it does not., this is 1 of the most important tools in the kitchen , believe it or not, because a great sauce can rescue an indifferent meal., literally any liquid can be reduced ., a few uses, wine is frequently used in cooking , both as a marinade and as an addition to sauces for meat., there are some problems with it though, 1 of which is that you need a really good wine and quite a lot of it to produce a reasonable sauce for, say, six people., on the other hand , if you use pure grape juice and reduce it to a syrup, that syrup, added to any sauce (or gravy if you prefer) will lift it into the realms of gourmet ., more , you don tsp have to make your reduction on the night you prepare your meal. you can reduce a liter of grape juice at any time to the consistency and flavor you want; then just store it in the fridge., you can do the same thing with any fruit juice - prune is sensational - and store it until needed. just about all of them will do things for ice cream, pies or tarts that will have your guests demanding the recipe, pork with apple sauce use a carton of fresh apple juice from the supermarket and reduce it. and if you want a real sensation add in a glass of apple brandy during the reduction process., are you getting an idea of how simple this is, take any carton of fresh stock straight of the shelf and reduce it. you will transform it into something even the manufacturer won tsp recognize. but beware, you need to start out with good quality in the first place, because when you reduce a liquid you intensify all the flavors, and not just the good ones., if it s salty to start with, for example, it will be salty beyond belief by the time you ve reduced it even by half. so if you are going to use a supermarket stock, make sure it s an extremely good 1., believe me when i tell you that stock cubes should not be used for reduction sauces., thickeners, because you will be tasting as you go (won tsp you ), you may find that you get the flavor you want before the desired consistency is reached., a couple of hints right now for your sauces., sweet ones can be thickened successfully without loss of color by adding in liquid glucose early on in the reduction process. surprisingly, this will add little in the way of sweetness and produces a beautiful velvety sauce when whisked., if you get it wrong and add too much, no problem. stir in a little extra water to thin it., reduction pans, reductions need to happen rapidly in serving to preserve flavors. and the greater the surface area of the liquid the faster the water will evaporate., however you may want to whisk something into the sauce while its cooking - such as butter or olive oil for example - and for that i find a small wok is best; 1 with a handle., a wok is less likely to reduce so fast that the sauce is burnt while your back is turned. but try both methods and see which you prefer. you may even end up using something totally different., no magic to this. whatever works for you, that s what you should use, in this and everything else to do with cooking., just bear in mind that what you re after is speed and ease of use. as well as a great tasting result, of course. :>), keeping, if they should dry out , simply add a little water and heat through., sauces containing meat juices of any kind must be frozen if you re going to keep them, and should be brought to boiling point before being used again. there is no need to thaw them out to do this, in fact it s better not to. simply drop the frozen cubes into a saucepan, melt them over a gentle heat, and then bring swiftly to the boil., why do you do this to avoid food poisoning, that s why. you are making sure that any bugs introduced into the sauce during the preparation process are killed off., worry , this will not be because of anything you have done wrong (i hope!), but because bacteria are part of our everyday lives and they exist in every kitchen, however clean., in fact your food , and especially your meat, is crawling with wildlife that you will never see. don tsp worry about them. careful handling and simple precautions will ensure that these miniature monsters can never multiply enough to harm either you or your guests.

olive oil, canola oil, recommended, use whatever oil mixture makes sense to you , if you don tsp have 1 or the other, that s fine too), ice water, salt, whole wheat flour + 1/2 cup all purpose flour combined, olive oil or 1-3 tbsp. sauce, anything from enchilada sauce to the leftover tofu marinade from last night. you could throw something together with stock and spices or use meat marinade., veggies of your choice., here are some favorites of mine, broccoli , spinach, onion(a must), scallions, small diced tomatoes, asparagus, mushrooms, bell pepper, squash... needs to make about 2 cups or enough to fill shell., less healthy and more flavorful: would taste great with bacon, ham and cheese too. i d recommend stirring cheese in with the egg., eggs, milk , any kind of will work. even that awful powdered stuff will work just perfectly., decorations , it s all creative. you can use baby tomatoes to make a ring around the side, or cut a larger tomato into slices... use asparagus ends to make a sun shape in the center or onion ringlets. today i used baby spinach leaves around the edge.

unsalted butter, dark brown sugar, bananas, peeled and split or 2 mangoes, peeled and pitted or 2 nectarines or 2 peaches, pitted and cut into quarters or 1 cup sour cherries, pitted or 5 figs, cut in half, brandy (or frambroise, grand marnier, dark rum or other liqueur), scoops vanilla ice cream or 2 scoops frozen yogurt, poundcake or 2 slices angel food cake

meat seasoning, ground sage, dried thyme, dried basil leaves, dried marjoram, ground cumin, chili powder, garlic powder, salt, ground black pepper, cayenne pepper, chili, beef sirloin, pork sirloin, whole peeled tomatoes, chopped, tomato sauce, salsa, chili powder, bacon grease, fresh jalapeno peppers, seeded and chopped, onions, chopped, garlic, crushed, salt to taste, scoops ice cream, any flavor

orange juice, pineapple juice, shots sweetened coconut milk, shots pineapple rum, shots coconut rum, shots passion fruit rum, shot cranberry juice, ice

ruby red grapefruit juice, tangerine juice, scoop vanilla ice cream

vanilla ice cream, crumbled biscotti cookie crumbs , or other cookie crumbs of choice, frangelico or other nut flavored liqueur, roughly chopped lightly toasted hazelnuts or walnuts

vodka, kirschwasser, strawberry liqueur, fresh strawberries, tonic water , as needed (use schweppes russian if available), drop angostura bitters, splash grenadine, halved fresh strawberry, for garnish, ice

button mushrooms, red lentils , soaked over night, pre- cooked rice (i.e. leftovers), pine nuts, bacon grease, grated monterey jack cheese

this dish is made the night before and allowed to set up before cfrying it in the morning. it keeps very well in the fridge if wrapped up correctly. you can certainly halve this recipe as this is a double recipe., ok here we go ..., cornmeal/polenta, boiling water, salt, when ready to fry, flour for dredging, crisco shortening (the white stuff is what we usually used) or, you can use bacon drippings or butter (for an oh my factor !), equipment needed, sauce pot with lid, whisk, loaf pan, plastic wrap, ice cubes and cold water