The choice of a grill and how it effects BBQ Flavor

One of the main components of the grill is the grill itself. Grilling is a cooking method that many people have learned, because of its unique way of converting meat, poultry, seafood and vegetables, even in a celestial court of love. What's even more interesting is the fact that there are different ways to grill food. In fact, the difference lies in the "hardware" is used - coal, gas and electric grills.

These types of grills grill-lovers are quite divided.Indeed, there are several factors to consider when selecting the right grill for you. But a major factor, we are focusing on right now is their effect on the taste.

Charcoal Grill, which includes the use of wood can affect the taste of your grill in two ways. First, charcoal grills cook with more heat and so on, the cooking time. Secondly, if the use of wood for cooking, the aroma radiates it directly affects the grill to the same taste as a spice is. This is exactlyburned the reason why wood should first, until it comes to coal, before they actually use to cook food to reduce. You see, the meat can absorb certain resins and impurities, so that the end product of a bitter and unpleasant. In addition to experiment, try on different types of wood and different wood combinations for different types of meat. Popular choice of pit masters are hickory, oak, cherry and pecan.

Gas Appliances, on the other hand, do not wear anything with regard to theTaste, which is why it can lead to grilling with a slightly diminished flavor. Gas Appliances, however, you create the same effect as charcoal grill flavor with the addition of lava rocks, ceramic briquettes, wood or metal heating plates or bars. The main advantage of gas grills is that, you can control the heat with a splash of a button and you can expect to eat properly cooked. One of the drawbacks of the gas grill is the fact that you fill the tank on a regular basis.

ElectricGrills are the easiest to use of all outdoor barbecues to electric grills, you can plug it and start from the grill. But be careful what you gain in convenience, you can lose in taste. It is safer to use because they do not have open flames or flammable liquids, and it is convenient. The electric grills can also cook the food a little more evenly, because you can better control the temperature. Another plus point with the electric grills, it is easy to clean, because they cool rapidly and the KitchenGrid is dishwasher safe, as a rule.

But hey choose not to stress even the reflection on the barbecue grill for optimal flavor. Because with the right hardware is only half the battle. The other half is in the right with the ingredients, so the meat a good rub and some gourmet BBQ sauce.

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Kneading the Wheat Rolls Dough

This is a short bit of my kitchenaid mixer kneading the dough for Wheat Rolls.

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KitchenAid stand mixer attachment & accesories

kitchenaid Stand Mixer Attachments. Why cook when you can create

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SideSwipe Spatula Mixer Blade Demo

Side-by-Side Comparison of Creaming Butter and Sugar Together using sideswipe and standard kitchenaid flat beater

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Food safety tips you can do at home to minimize the risk of food poisoning

Food Preparation Safety

Refrigerator

Always refrigerate perishable food within 2 hours.

Refrigerator and used within 1 hours, when the temperature is above 90F.

At home, place meat, poultry and seafood in the refrigerator immediately.

Freeze poultry and ground meat, which are not used in 1 or 2 days, freeze other meat into 4 to 5 days.

Defrost safely

Completely defrost meat and poultry before grilling so it cooks evenly.

Usethe refrigerator for slow, safe thawing or thaw sealed packages in cold water.

You can microwave defrost if the food will be immediately placed on the grill.

Safe Food Preparation

To prevent food-borne diseases, do not use the same platter and utensils for raw and cooked meat and poultry. Contaminate Harmful bacteria in raw meat and poultry and their juices can be safely cooked food.

Use only with knives and cutting utensils for one thing, either for meat or forVegetables. Thereafter, the equipment should be thoroughly washed.

Never place the grilled meat back on the plate or board on which was the raw meat, as has this blood and juices from raw meat.

NEVER use knives or dishes, which was used for raw meat for the grilled meat.

Clean all counters and Kitchen surfaces with hot soapy water before use.

Clean all cutting boards with hot soapy water before use.

Avoid using the same plate for raw andcooked food.

Marinate in the refrigerator and discard the marinade immediately after use.

Use a separate one brush to marinate and another for books cooked meat.

Marinate

Marinate food in the refrigerator, but not on the counter.

Discard the marinade immediately after use.

If some of the marinade as a sauce on the cooked food, reserve the right to take a portion of the marinade before raw meat and poultry in the use it. However, if the marinade used onraw meat or poultry will be reused, make sure to cook it for a first to destroy any harmful bacteria.

Safe Food Handling

Separate all raw and cooked foods to store and keeps them "packaged and refrigerated.

Use separate utensils when handling raw grill and cooked food.

Make sure you thoroughly defrost frozen meat (unless otherwise stated) before cooking and not re-freeze once thawed.

Safe Cooking

Cook thoroughly. To cook food to a safe minimumInternal temperature to destroy harmful bacteria. The only way to be sure foods are cooked to a high enough temperature to kill harmful bacteria is to use an accurate digital instant-read thermometer. Thermometer use to ensure proper cooking temperature is especially important for those who cook or serve meat pies to people most at risk of food crises. People most at risk are young children, the elderly and people with weakened immune systems.

Unless you are in a hurryor would you like for your meat is too dry, not to push too. It is simply a squeezing all the wonderful juices. In addition, the juice squeezed on the coals and crating smoke is not healthy.

Meat and poultry on the grill often brown very quickly cooked on the outside. Make sure the meat is thoroughly cooked before serving. Only large whole pieces of meat can be a bit pink inside. Sliced or smaller pieces of meat should be well made.

Ground beef, because the grinding processis usually more exposed to harmful pathogens. Hamburg from minced meat should reach 160 º F. Color is not a reliable indicator that ground meat pies are to a temperature high enough to harmful bacteria such as E. coli O157 death: H7 has been cooked. Eating a pink or red ground meat patty without checking whether the safe temperature of 160 º C was reached an important risk factor for food-borne illness. When a ground meat patty to 160 º F inside core are cooked, it can be safe andjuicy, regardless of the color.

Beef, veal, lamb and steaks, roasts and chops can be cooked to 145 º F.

All parts of pork should reach 160 º F

All poultry should reach at least 165 º F

All parts of pork should be cooked to 160 º F throughout.

Keep Hot Food Hot

Look for the cooking of meat and poultry on the grill until it is served hot - at 140 º C or warmer.

Keep hot sausage, by the side of the grid, not directly over the coals, whereit could boil over.

At home, the cooked meat can be kept hot in a warm oven (about 200 º F), in a chafing dish or slow cooker or on a warming tray.

Serving the Food

When taking food from the grill, with a clean plate. Uncooked food kept on the same plate that raw meat or poultry. No harmful bacteria to contaminate the raw meat juices could safely cooked food. In hot weather (above 90 º F), food should never sit more than 1Hour.

Rewarming

When fully warm up cold meats such as hot dogs, grill to 165 º F or until steaming.

Radicals

Refrigerator no leftovers promptly in shallow containers.

Discard any food left out more than 2 hours (1 hour in temperatures above 90 º F).

Food Storage

Keep meat and poultry refrigerated until ready to use.

Take only the meat and poultry, which are placed directly on the grill.

Keep the meat onalso a specialist and only the meat from the refrigerator when the grill is ready.

If a large portion of meat should be used, try to take only the amount that fits on the grill and then grill the rest.

Meat and poultry can be marinated for several hours or days, tender, or add flavor.

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Achieving a Smooth Buttercream-Frosted Cake

Creamy Icing

The easiest way to a smooth frosted cake is to start with creamy ice cream. To achieve smooth, creamy ice cream with the planetary-action mixer (KitchenAid) type, fill the bowl and give up on the paddle with icing. Mix on low speed until all air bubbles are removed. Do not overmix. If your mixer has standard drivers, mingle with the ice only come up to half of the bat.

If a cake is with mattCreamy icing, a well-frosted cake can usually by only a large, angled spatula held at a slight angle so that only one side to achieve the spatula, brushes the surface of the glaze. Smooth the first few pages then up. At the top, working from the outer edge to the middle. Use long, smooth contours, the spring from just behind the middle. Clear the spatula after each stroke. (More detailed instructions for installation of icing with a spatula are included in the application of the icingbelow.)

The application of the icing

Place a large amount of thinner icing on the top of the cake. Spread over the top, pressing edges do not touch securely on the cake with a spatula, and this will attract crumbs back into the glaze.

Cover the sides with powdered sugar, using the spatula upright (with the edge of the spatula parallel) to the sides of the cake, watch it again, not on the cake with a spatula to crumble again moves to touch the ice.Remove any excess icing, as you go back and place into a bowl. Once the icing is applied to the sides to go around the sides one last time, hold the spatula edge parallel to the cake and with as few strokes as possible, the surface be as smooth as possible. This will leave a ridge of ice on the top edge of the cake. Do not make over the ridge - you be the next step removed.

Smooth the top with the angled edge of the trowel (with the edge of the spatula, about 45Degrees). Wipe the edge of the spatula from the edge of the cake (where the ridge of icing is) to get to the center. Then lift the spatula and remove any excess icing. Rotate the cake slightly and repeat the process, starting with a new number on the back, to cover the entire top of the cake.

Well - Getting It Smooth

My favorite method - the method of paper towels

Certain brands of paper towels have very little structure and can be used to obtain a smooth icingSurface. At the beginning of icing spatula smooth above. Let the icing crust about 15 minutes. Test a small area by rubbing his fingers over a dry paper towel on the icing. If it does not fail, you can lay flat paper towel over the icing (too) and rub it with your fingers and palms, hold your hand as flat as possible. This will bubble and spatula marks, creates a smooth surface of icing.

Water smoothing method, this method can be done one of twoManner.

1) Frost the cake and presmooth as described above with a dry spatula. Dip a large spatula in hot water. Hold the trowel at a slight angle so that touches only one side of the surface of the glaze. Smooth the sides of the cake first, as previously described. Smooth the top of the cake from the outer edge of the cake towards the center. Use long, smooth contours, the spring from just behind the middle. Clear and Rewet the spatula after each stroke. Make sure overwet the icing. ColorIcing can strip if you take too much water.

2) Or use a spray bottle damp the icing then skim the spatula over the surface as previously described. Clear the spatula after each stroke. Make sure overwet the icing. Colored stripes icing, if you use too much water.

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How to Cook Quinoa, the Incan Superfood

If you have not tried quinoa yet, you owe it to yourself and your family to cook and serve some tonight.

The grain-like food was eaten for thousands of years by the Incas in South America, which they revered as sacred. And no wonder. It is one of the most nutritious foods in the world, higher in essential amino acids than wheat. But unlike wheat, quinoa is gluten free.

Although some residents of the Andean region, where it also created its leaves to eat, eat, most peopleQuinoa in their seeds or grain form. Fortunately, it is easy to prepare and cook in this form.

Quinoa showing up on more shelves in the supermarkets in the United States, Canada and Europe, but, depending on where you live, you could find him in a specialized or organic supermarket. Try a package of seeds, their waxy outer layers have been removed by washing or other procedures.

When you buy with quinoa coating still, you have to rinse itvigorously in a colander, then enjoy it for several hours in water, then rinse it again. If you are called behind one of the coating, which is full of a bitter substance to leave saponin, your quinoa taste terrible.

Fortunately, the majority of commercially marketed quinoa in North America and Europe of today has already been processed to remove the coating to be sold.

The easiest way to prepare quinoa, it is much to cook as you would rice. Simply add a cup of de-coated seeds poured into a pot and twoCups of water over it. Bring to the boil, cover pan, and then turn the heat to simmer at a low. Let it boil for about 15 minutes, then remove from heat.

Their cooked quinoa should be light and fluffy, like boiled rice, in fact, it can be in almost any dish where you would normally use, use rice. Add your favorite vegetables, meats and spices and enjoy. My South Louisiana heritage shows here, but I must say that my own favorite way to familiarize yourself with a Quinoa JambalayaShrimp and sausage.

If you want to try baking with it, you are looking for quinoa flour store in the form. You will probably need to combine it with something else such as sorghum flour or tapioca starch to get a good cake mix. Some cooks recommend a mixture of 2 parts quinoa flour, 2 parts sorghum flour and 1 part tapioca starch.

Is there a gluten allergy in your life? Try some of these special treats using quinoa-based mix and see how easy it is to bring back joy of baking ison the table.

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