Tuesday, January 24, 2012

Fresh, black truffle mushroom recipe ideas

www.enjoyfoiegras.com Recipe ideas for black truffle mushrooms/black winter truffles. Several cookbooks are shown with best truffle recipes for Perigord black truffles. Perigord black truffles from France are in season late November through mid March, and usually reach their peak of maturity in January and February. Look for black truffle mushrooms that are black inside, with white veins, firm to touch; never spongy. Black winter truffles are the only truffles that are best enjoyed heated or cooked. The heating process intensifies the wonderful truffle flavor and aroma that is unique to black winter truffles. All other popular truffle varieties such as Alba white truffles, burgundy truffles, and summer truffles are best served raw. Black truffles last longer than white truffles, stored properly, fresh black truffles will last for a week to ten days. The black truffles should be wrapped in a paper towel and kept in an airtight container in the refrigerator. The towel should be changed daily or as need to keep the truffles dry. This video shows recipe ideas and cooking tips for black truffle mushrooms. Highlighted recipes are truffle omelet, chicken in half mourning (truffled chicken), scallop truffle Napoleon with creamed leeks, potato and truffle torte with veal stock reduction, braised sweetbreads wrapped in black truffles and monkfish wrapped in black truffles and pancetta and truffle sauce. The black trufflesshown in this video are available for purchase on our website ...

Thursday, January 19, 2012

Bruschetta & Pizza Recipes : Building an English Muffin Pizza

Learn how to build an English muffinpizza with expert cooking tips in this free traditional Italian recipe video clip. Expert: Richard Buccola Bio: Richard Buccola is an entrepreneur and investor. He is also the owner of several popular food & spirits establishments in Queens, NY, including the former PJ's Bar & Grill, and The Ivy Room. Filmmaker: Buccola Richard

Monday, January 16, 2012

Stuffed Eggplant Recipe : Adding Seasonings for Stuffed Eggplant

Learn about how to add seasonings for stuffed eggplant from a professional chef in this free cooking video. Expert: Richard Buccola Bio: Richard Buccola is an entrepreneur and investor. He is also the owner of several popular food & spirits establishments in Queens, NY, including the former PJ's Bar & Grill, and The Ivy Room. Filmmaker: Buccola Richard

Tuesday, January 10, 2012

How to Cook Soup, Vegetarian Style

Go to www.caryellis.com now for free recipes and free ebook on healthy lifestyle. Hi, Cary Ellis here, author of "Super Immunity Secrets." Many people wonder how to cook healthy soup. It's such a simple food when you think about it. Soup, historically, has been one of the key foods that nourished people, because the only cooking option they had was to put a pot over a fire. They would add a little bit of what they had available to eat, let it simmer together, and it would make a healthy nutritious broth that could actually feed many mouths. Hot soup is a really wonderful food for winter. Start out with a pot of water. You can sauté onions and garlic first in a little bit of olive oil, or just put them directly into the pot of water. Then add 1-3 teaspoons of favorite herbs (essential). Add a half cup of your favorite grain, such as barley, quinoa, rice or amaranth. Depending on the grain, it may take a half an hour up to a couple of hours to cook the soup. During the last 30-60 minutes of cooking chop any vegetables; add to the broth. Remember grain is going to swell by three or four times, so start with a small amount of grain; half to three-quarters cup is about right for a big pot of soup. Let the grain cook for whatever time is needed a half an hour for quinoa, about an hour for brown rice, and up to a couple of hours for barley. Each one is going to be a little bit different. Amaranth takes about an hour to cook and it's a very tiny grain which is a really nice ...

Saturday, January 7, 2012

Grilled Fresh

Proudly brought to you by: www.turbonerdtees.com A barbecue grill is a device for cooking food by applying heat directly from below. There are several varieties of such grills, with most falling into one of two categories gas-fueled and charcoal. There is a great debate over the merits of charcoal or gas for use as the cooking method between barbecue grillers. 725 (10)X