Author: Daniel
The Role of Hazelnut and Almond Flour in Pastries
When baking desserts, a small amount of nut flour, such as hazelnut or almond flour, is often added to flour to enhance the desired flavor. Sometimes, nut flours can also become the primary ingredient. So, how should hazelnut and almond flours be used in baking, and what are their uses? Nut flours are a type…
Homemade Fruit Popsicle Recipe
Homemade fruit popsicles utilize the natural sweetness and aroma of fruit, eliminating the need for added sugar or flavoring. Simply blend the fruit into juice or puree. Essential tools include a blender, fruit knife, and popsicle box. Three tips for making fruit popsicles: Use seasonal fruit for the perfect sweetness and flavor. Summer brings fruits…
What are the benefits of extra virgin olive oil?
Is extra virgin olive oil better than lard? What are its nutritional benefits? Can it be used for cooking? What oil is best for cooking? According to the American Heart Association, a healthy and balanced daily intake of polyunsaturated fatty acids, monounsaturated fatty acids, and saturated fatty acids should be in a ratio of 1:1.5:0.8.…
How to make smooth mashed potatoes? Mashed Potato Recipe
Are you a mashed potato lover? Mashed potatoes are often served alongside main dishes at Western restaurants. Their smooth texture spreads softly in your mouth, leaving a delicate mashed potato aroma and a lingering aftertaste. What are the secrets to making smooth mashed potatoes? Which type of potato is best for mashing potatoes? Potatoes come…
Avocado Pudding with Milk Recipe
Avocado itself has a light, refreshing grassy and nutty flavor, making it unremarkable on its own. However, when blended with pudding and milk, the subtle grassy and nutty notes transform into an elegant, sweet, creamy, and cakey flavor. Why is this so? Benefits of Avocado Professional nutritionists classify avocado as a fat, not a fruit.…
The Secret of Fruit Ripening
When the weather is hot, you’ll notice that the fruits you buy ripen more quickly. However, there’s another surprising fact: if you accidentally place apples and bananas together, the bananas will actually turn yellow faster. Experienced people have probably already seen through this subtle trick. Just like putting apples and bananas together, there’s actually a…
Everything you should know about tomatoes’ benefits and storage methods
Every year on the last Wednesday of August, the Spanish town of Buñol celebrates the passion of summer with red tomatoes. Spain’s Tomato Festival has become an internationally renowned event, attracting 20,000 to 30,000 visitors from around the world to participate in the tomato-throwing event and experience the allure of red. Over 400 molecules contribute…
Thai Curry Recipes
The cooking principle of Thai curry is chopping, pounding, and boiling. All spices are pounded into a paste in a stone mortar. Dry spices may or may not be roasted first. The main ingredients are dried and fresh spices, as well as shrimp paste. Thai curry comes in three main types: red, yellow, and green.…
Salad Dressings and Salad Recipes
A refreshing, sweet salad, enjoyed before or during meals, can whet your appetite and reduce greasiness. I’ve always wanted to make delicious salads at home, but I’ve been missing the secret. I want to create a salad dressing that’s both sweet and sour, with just the right amount of tang. It turns out there’s a…
Benefits of Passion Fruit and How to Choose It
Cut open a passion fruit, stir the insides with a spoon, scoop out a spoonful of the orange-yellow juice, and sip. The sweet and sour taste spreads throughout your mouth. This is the passion fruit we eat. The orange-yellow, translucent, membrane-like structure is not only the flesh, but also the passion fruit’s “aril.” The aril…