Earthy, bitter, and sweet all at once, its simple proportions—one part each of gin, Campari, and sweet vermouth—make it one of the easiest cocktails to mix at home! The History of the Negroni Legend has it that the Negroni originated in 1919 at an Italian café when Count Negroni asked for an Americano (Campari, vermouth, and club soda) with gin in place of the club soda. The mix was serendipitous, and a famous cocktail was born....
Avid Baker? Then You Should Have an Offset Spatula This offset spatula is the ideal tool for frosting layer cakes and cupcakes. The sharp metal edge neatly scrapes and smooths out thin layers of frosting , while the angled offset design makes frosting the sides of a cake much easier than if you were awkwardly trying to handle and angle a straight butter knife.The flexible metal has a bit of bounce and give, which naturally creates frosting swoops and swirls....
That’s what my colleague and Simply Recipes’ Senior Editor Summer Miller wrote in an Instagram post a few weeks ago. “Is there a better all purpose kitchen towel? I think not,” she said. I couldn’t agree more! And Summer’s very favorite towels? The flour sack towels from Kei & Molly Textiles. I’ll let her tell you about them today: When I stumbled upon Kei and Molly flour sack towels at a farmers market in Santa Fe, New Mexico I was instantly drawn to the fun, artful prints and vibrant colors....
What Is Peppercorn Steak? There is some debate over the exact origins of this recipe (which French chef, or French king, and what era), but a thick juicy steak served with a peppercorn sauce has been popular in American homes and restaurants for at least 50 years. The steak is usually crusted with cracked black or green peppercorns and served with a sauce with cognac, and cream or demi-glace. The following recipe uses crushed black peppercorns, brandy, beef stock, and cream....
Porter, a style of beer with hints of chocolate, toffee, and coffee, enhances the flavors of the buttery crust, rich brown sugar, vanilla, and toasted nuts. I soak some of the peanuts in the beer to soften and infuse them with flavor. It creates a contrast to the crunchy, unsoaked peanuts added directly into the filling. Make this Porter Peanut Pie when you need something unpredictable to serve to dinner guests or bring along to a picnic....
You know the kind of sauce I’m talking about – where the tomato flavor falls flat, only to be masked by an overpowering use of garlic powder and oregano. This type of sauce plagued the pizzas of my youth. Frankly, it wasn’t until I started ordering from independent Neapolitan pizza joints that I truly realized how glorious a fresh-out-the-oven pie could be. The Best Tomatoes for Homemade Pizza Sauce The sauce typically found on a Neapolitan-style pizza consists of really good canned San Marzano tomatoes and frankly not much else....
The rainbow cake itself has a light and tender crumb with a mild vanilla flavor. It’s frosted in a silky smooth vanilla buttercream and then sprinkled with some fun rainbow sprinkles, great for any special occasion. For an impressive, out of the ordinary centerpiece dessert to make someone feel extra special, look no further than this bright and beautiful rainbow layered cake! How to Make a White Cake from Scratch Making a white cake from scratch is simple and requires ingredients that you most likely already have on hand!...
So I decided to riff off standard cole slaw, only using nothing but shredded root vegetables, dressed with a parsley vinaigrette. The combination works great, and this recipe has definitely earned a place in my lineup. The trick to this salad is to use a coarse grater or a vegetable peeler to make it. I like using the peeler because you can get prettier shavings and you can deal with long, skinny roots like parsnips or carrots better with the peeler....
Obviously, given the title of this recipe, we fall in the “love them” camp. As in seriously love them. Fresh sardines, canned sardines, heck, I’ll even happily eat sardine sushi. Growing up we always had several cans in the pantry. Sardines packed in olive oil, packed in mustard, or packed in tomato paste. Must have something to do with my father’s Minnesota roots. We also had pickled herring and if we were lucky, smoked dried herring in the fridge....
For more information on which apple varieties are best for baking, check out our Guide to Apples. My dear Minnesota-raised father, who cannot resist any recipe with both sauerkraut and bacon, couldn’t wait to try this apple and bacon sauerkraut from the Niman Ranch Cookbook. The trick is to use good quality sauerkraut; the best stuff, according to dad, is refrigerated and in a jar. He drains it, but doesn’t rinse it, lest the flavor rinses away....
A Tip for Perfectly Cooked Scalloped Potatoes A quick tip for how to make scalloped potatoes: use a shallow casserole dish. The one I used here ended up stacking the potatoes a little too high and I had to add a half hour or so to the cooking time. What you don’t want is for your scalloped potatoes to be be crispy browned on top and not-cooked-enough potatoes inside. If you need a faster cooking time, Joy of Cooking recommends parboiling the potatoes first for a few minutes....
Banchan in Korean means side dishes. It’s a constant and essential part of how Koreans eat daily. In Korean restaurants, banchan are often served gratis (with free refills no less). They arrive in small plates, clattering onto the table as they’re laid out by the server. At home, one or two banchan can be served with rice and sheets of roasted seaweed as a light meal, or as sides to a more substantial meal....
The look in your friends’ eyes when they’ve bitten into something you’ve made, and they’re deliriously happy about what they’re eating. Their wide-eyed smiley faces would say, “OMG, WOW,” if they weren’t so busy eating and wanting to be polite and not talk with their mouths full. That’s the response I got from my friends when I served them pulled pork tacos made with with this slow-cooked Mexican pulled pork....
I love biting into the soft, chewy cookie and having those vanilla notes hit my tongue. It’s a little bite of nostalgic satisfaction that you can’t get anywhere else. Ordinary Ingredients, Extraordinary Cookie Sugar cookies come in all sorts of textures and sizes, but my favorite are the kind that are soft and chewy. This is the type of cookie that you roll into balls between your hands and then press flat with a glass before baking....
The mojito is already practically a perfect drink in every way, so what could possibly make it better? A little seasonal fruit, like strawberries! When they reach their peak at the beginning of summer, strawberries are an excellent accompaniment to a mojito’s sweet, sour, minty flavor. Which Rum to Use for a Mojito I use Bacardi, but any white rum will do. White rum (also called silver or light rum) is clear, like vodka, and has a subtle, sweet flavor....
Apparently, the recipe has been around for ages. We first discovered a version of it in a magazine called Cuisine at Home, but you can find other versions at Epicurious and other places online. Easy Chocolate Cupcakes Without Eggs or Dairy The thing about this cake recipe is not only is it incredibly easy to make, with ingredients that you likely already have in your pantry, but it produces a surprisingly moist and delicious cake (and cupcakes)....
Don’t you love it when you make something that you know is good, and you feed it to someone who has their doubts (because that’s just how they are, they doubt everything), and their eyes light up and they get a big smile on their face right after the first bite? That was my mother and father after biting into this teriyaki steak. Cut Across the Grain for Tender Teriyaki Steak Flank steak is naturally tough, but the combination of marinating it in this homemade teriyaki marinade of mirin, sake, and soy sauce, along with a fast sear on high heat, and then cutting thin slices against the grain, makes for a juicy, tender presentation....
The best way to describe a meat injector is that it’s a giant syringe filled with the marinade of your choice, and it allows you to distribute it evenly throughout the meat. A meat injector can be used on everything from chicken and pork butts to steaks and brisket. Our top pick—the SpitJack Magnum Meat Injector Gun—is even able to inject marinades into meat up to 5.5 inches thick. The best part about a meat injector is that it can really help to bring in more flavor to otherwise bland dishes, and it’s extremely helpful for those who consider themselves grill masters or amateur barbecue kings....
Though pour-over is more labor-intensive, it often yields a superior cup of coffee. “A pour-over are individual cups, made-to-order and designed to accentuate the complexity in coffee,” says Rich Lee, coffee and food program director at SPRO Coffee Lab in San Francisco. “It is usually a lighter roast profile so that the natural fruit, sweetness, nuttiness, and chocolate balance can shine through.” During my tests, I found the Kalita Wave Coffee Brewing Kit yielded the best pour-over coffee....
You can recreate that feeling at home with your own snow cone machine. A high-quality machine, like the SNOWIE 2 Snow Cone Machine, should produce ice that is fine and fluffy. Here are the best snow cone and shaved ice machines to transport you to those quintessential summer days, wherever and whenever you happen to be. What We Don’t Love: Some reviewers think older models were better made, relatively expensive Plenty of online customers sing the praises of the Little Snowie 2, modeled after the brand’s beloved commercial ice shavers....
