Redirecting. Redirecting. New Mexico Style Calabacitas Recipe. This is the time of year that zucchini starts showing up on your doorstep.
Your friends and family have a garden, their squash and zucchini plants are prolific and these well meaning folks are running out of workmates and neighbors to give it to, so they drive around town leaving it at doorsteps when no one is looking. I use to dread it, but now I love to use them to make calabacitas, a southwestern dish that is often served here in New Mexican restaurants as a option to the usual rice and beans with your entree. So if you are sick of making zucchini bread, try this recipe for a great side dish in the summer. Technically, calabacita is Spanish for squash, but here in New Mexico we use the word generally to mean this dish made from squash. Calabacitas recipes are like green chili stew recipes out here in New Mexico – everybody has one and it is the best. Adobe Nido Calabacitas – serves four as a side dish ingredients 1 yellow squash 8-9″ or so 1 zucchini 8-9″ or so 1 cup frozen sweet corn.
Chocolate Tempering: How To Temper Chocolate. How do you temper chocolate, and why do you do it?
The short answer is that chemically, chocolate is composed of lots of different little crystals (six to be exact) but the desirable ones are called beta crystals. The development and formation of these beta crystals are what makes well-tempered chocolate. If the cocoa butter rises to the surface, some people commonly think their chocolate has gotten moldy and toss it out. If you’ve done that, you’ve tossed out perfectly good, but unattractive, chocolate. As you can see, there is a dull white sheen on the surface of this piece of chocolate. Pages and volumes of technical research have been written about tempering chocolate, but here are the main reasons for all you home cooks out there: As I’ve said, you don’t need to temper chocolate if you’re going to bake a chocolate cake or make chocolate ice cream.
There are many different methods for tempering chocolate. I developed a simple 3-step method that’s a snap for home cooks. Chocolate FAQs. Easy Hummus Recipe – Better Than Store-bought. This is my favorite hummus recipe! With a few simple tricks, you really can make creamy smooth homemade hummus and yes, we really do think it’s better than store-bought. Jump to the Easy Hummus Recipe or watch this quick video showing you how we make it. Watch How We Make It How To Make Smooth Hummus from Scratch In the past, if we were in the grocery store you could almost bet that one of us would throw a tub of hummus into our cart. What is Hummus? Just so we are all on the same page, let’s talk about what hummus is. Hummus Ingredients Chickpeas (or garbanzo beans) are the base for hummus. Tahini is a paste made from ground sesame seeds and it makes the hummus taste incredible.
Making hummus without tahini: In the hummus-loving world, there are two camps. Vegan, Egg Free Substitutes. Many want to avoid eggs for myriad reasons - health, culture/religion, likings etc.
Although adding eggs makes the end product so much better, it does not mean that we cannot do without it. There might be some compromise in taste and texture but for most of the cases the end result is still pretty much decent sans eggs too. Here is a list which comes handy to me while I am making such a recipe. Image source Most of these substitutions will work interchangeably for all other baked Goods. 1 Whole Egg = 2 Egg whites Egg White Substitute --> Use Agar Powder - For each egg white, dissolve 1 tbsp plain agar powder in 1 tbsp water. Contact Us. Amazon. A Gallbladder and Liver Flush is an excellent Liver Cleanse in and of itself. It can flush gallstones, sludge and/or thickened bile. 101 Cookbooks - Healthy Recipe Journal.