The kitchen is a place where creativity and skill come together to create delicious dishes. At our restaurant Font del Llop Terraza we love to enjoy cooking while making our guests happy. If you are a cooking enthusiast or simply enjoy preparing your own meals, here are 7 cooking tips that will save your life to help you improve your culinary skills and achieve delicious results in the kitchen.
1. Peel Hard-boiled Eggs Made Easy
To prepare a batch of hard-boiled eggs or mollet, you can add a generous splash of vinegar to the cooking water. The acid will soften the shell, and the eggs will peel very easily. If you have already boiled the eggs in water only and they are hard-boiled, it also works to put them in a container with a lid and shake it like a cocktail shaker: the shell will break into very small pieces and offer little resistance.
2. Cutting Onions Without Crying
To avoid or reduce weeping, it is good if the onions to be cut are very cold. This way the amylase (gas or substance that makes you weep) is less volatile and usually either does not come off or comes off much less. Therefore, one of the tricks used in many households is to put the onion in the freezer for a few minutes or in the fridge for an hour or more before cutting it.
3. Stop Bleeding from a Cut Quickly
When you are in the middle of a service or cooking for family or friends and you need everything to come out on time, it is a chore when, in a hurry, you get a cut that won’t stop bleeding. For this, we advise you to rinse with cold water and then cover the wound with the thin layer that protects onions. It will stop bleeding in no time.
4. Peel Grapes Easily
If you want to remove the skin from grapes, the best kitchen trick is to soak the bunch of grapes in boiling water for 30 seconds. The skin will come off very easily.
5. Getting the vegetables just right
If you want vegetables al dente, browned on the outside but still crunchy and colourfast, cook them over a higher heat, sautéing them from time to time, but leaving them in contact with the pan. Otherwise it is impossible to brown them.
6. Make mayonnaise in 1 min without cutting it
The trick to making a mayonnaise without having to repeat it is to ensure that all the ingredients are at the same temperature, so if you don’t want to run the risk of the mayonnaise cutting, you will need the egg and oil to be at the same temperature.
7. The best way to spread butter when it’s too cold
We also get annoyed when we go to spread butter on toast and we can’t spread it properly because it’s too cold. That’s why we advise you to grate it on top of the bread instead of cutting it and trying to spread it. It will be perfectly integrated in no time.
Cooking is an activity that goes beyond the simple preparation of food. It is a space for creativity, exploration and enjoyment. By following these 7 cooking tips, you’ll be well on your way to improving your culinary skills and achieving delicious results in the kitchen.