Category: Recipe
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…
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.…
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…
Wine Tasting Knowledge: What are the layers of aroma in wine?
How to detect multiple aromas? The aroma of a young, unoaked wine is like a blended juice or herbal tea. This blend of aromas makes it almost impossible for those of us new to wine to single out distinct aromas. However, if we are familiar with the individual fruit flavors in this blended juice or…
How many types of tofu are there in China? What are the differences?
Tofu is a versatile ingredient in home cooking. Simply tossed with soy sauce, pan-fried, or added to soup, it’s delicious. There are many varieties of tofu, including firm tofu, soft tofu, frozen tofu, and egg tofu. However, the textures of firm tofu and soft tofu differ slightly. What’s the difference? Why does frozen tofu have…
Chinese Health Preservation: Autumn Food, Daylily and Sweet Potato Recipes
In autumn, with the arrival of the Beginning of Autumn, End of Heat, and White Dew solar terms, what ingredients are suitable for consumption? The solar terms are divisions based on our ancestors’ observations of the sun’s position in the ecliptic and climate change. Food choices vary with each season and solar term. This not…
How to prevent a cake from cracking?
Why do cakes crack after baking? How can you prevent them from cracking when baking? And if they do crack, how can you fix it? Let’s ask a baking expert for some practical tips. Repairing a Cracked Sponge Layer Cake To make a sponge layer cake, you first create a naked cake, then cut it…