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Place the chestnuts in a holey pan and place the pan over a fire. (This method also works happily over a normal gas stove.) Watch the pan throughout cooking, shaking it every now and then to prevent the chestnuts from burning too much -- you want them to char but not burn to a cinder.
Oven Method: Preheat the oven to 400?F. Cut little crosses in the chestnuts as described before, then place them in a roasting pan and cook uncovered for 20-30 minutes.
See also References Further reading External links A acidulate To use an acid (such as that found in citrus juice, vinegar, or wine) to prevent browning, alter flavour, or make an item safe for canning. al dente To cook food (typically pasta) to the point where it is tender but not mushy. amandine A culinary term indicating a garnish of almonds. A dish served amandine is usually cooked with ...
Parboiling (or leaching) is the partial or semi boiling of food as the first step in cooking. The word is from the Old French parbouillir, 'to boil thoroughly' but by mistaken association with "part", it has acquired its current meaning. [1] [2] The word is often used when referring to parboiled rice.
Exceptions occur in cases where the oven is used to heat frying-oil and other oily items (such as bacon), which attain far higher temperatures than that of boiling water. [citation needed] Microwave ovens have a limited role in professional cooking, [2] because the boiling-range temperatures of a microwave oven do not produce the flavorful ...
Ingredients: 8 oz (225g) lean ground beef. ½ cup (60g) onion, finely minced. 1 teaspoon garlic powder. ½ teaspoon black pepper. ½ teaspoon salt. ½ teaspoon dried thyme or oregano
Sous vide cooking using thermal immersion circulator machines. Sous vide (/ s uː ˈ v iː d /; French for 'under vacuum' [1]), also known as low-temperature, long-time (LTLT) cooking, [2] [3] [4] is a method of cooking invented by the French chef Georges Pralus in 1974, [5] [6] in which food is placed in a plastic pouch or a glass jar and cooked in a water bath for longer than usual cooking ...
To make a poached egg in the microwave, crack one egg in a mug and add 1/3 cup of water. Cover it with a dish, and set the microwave for 50 seconds on high. Cover it with a dish, and set the ...