Thursday, January 27, 2011

Cast Iron Cookware Recipes

Cast iron skillets are great for everyday meals and they can be used for a wide range of dishes. Anything from simple sautéed vegetables to roasted delicacies, cast iron cookware can do them all. You also have a lot of health benefits to this because of its properties and it releases a lot of iron into your food and sauces - as much as twenty times more iron! Furthermore, another benefit to cooking with cast iron produces great quality food. It conducts heat very well because of its thick walls and base as long as the pot is well seasoned, you're good to go. If you're working with a new pan, simply coat the bottom of your pan with a very thick layer of salt, preferably kosher, and about half an inch of cooking oil. You can choose to bake it or heat it up in a stove top until the oil starts to smoke.

Corned beef hash is one of the most popular recipes for enameled cast iron pots and pans. It brings back memories from home, and is quite healthy. It only takes about thirty five minutes to prepare. All you need are two teaspoons of canola oil, a large chopped onion, four cups of hash brown potatoes or cooked potatoes, a cup of corned beef, and half a cup of chicken broth, some parsley, salt, pepper and four eggs. In your cast iron skillet, heat the oil in medium high heat, and sauté the onion until it caramelizes. This will take about five minutes. Add your potatoes and cook until crusty (remember to keep stirring). Then, stir in both the corned beef and broth as this will deglaze the pan. Give it some help and scrape up some bits in the pan, and let it simmer. Poach the eggs and place them on top of the hash.

Tomato and Chicken Tacos are a healthy alternative to your regular beef tacos. To make six servings, you'll need a pound of cored plum tomatoes, two divided teaspoons of extra virgin olive oil, a pound of boneless chicken breasts, a large chopped white onion, two cloves of finely chopped garlic, two jalapeno peppers that have been seeded and finely chopped, two tablespoons of lime juice, two tablespoon of chopped cilantro, four chopped scallions, twelve corn tortillas, a fourth of a cup of sour cream, and two limes that have been cut into quarters. To prepare, all you have to do is char the tomatoes and remove the seeds. Then, fry the chicken seasoned with salt and pepper in very hot oil heated in the cast iron skillet. Add the garlic and jalapenos after five minutes, and when they become fragrant, add the lime juice and tomatoes. Simmer the mixture and add both the cilantro and scallions. Serve with tortillas and sour cream. Make sure that you preheat the enameled cast iron pots well so you that you get even heat distribution and enough heat to sear the chicken.

Good luck with the cooking!




Cast iron kettles have a centuries long history of reliability and long service life. Today's kettles, made with modern technology and advances in metallurgy, are of higher quality than ever before and there is a place for one in every kitchen.

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Sunday, January 23, 2011

The Way to a Great Steak

You've gone to that one steakhouse in your area and you have ordered that T-bone more times than you can count but the $100 plus bill for two always leaves you feelings a bit empty inside. I'm here to tell you that you can get the same quality steak for half the price or less, depending on where you buy the steak, but this time you will get the exact taste you desire. The best way to get a great tasting piece of meat has little to do with how you cook it and what kind of seasonings you put on the beef. In reality the reason the steak at your favorite steakhouse tastes so great (and is so expensive) is due to the aging process. It may seem a bit foreign to you now but dry aging beef actually enhances the flavor and brings out the natural flavors of the meat.

The steps you want to take to age your meat is pretty simple actually. First, you must buy a high quality cut of meat USDA Prime or the very best choice cuts. Make sure you get the whole rib-eye or loin cut NOT the individual cut steaks. When you get your meat home wrap it in plain cotton dish towels and store in the bottom of your refrigerator anywhere from ten to fourteen days to successfully age the beef. Change out the towels each day or every other day with fresh ones. After you get to your desired aging time you can cut off the steaks that you are going to use and then restore the meat in your refrigerator. Trim as desired cutting off all of the brown edges, keep in mind the meat will have shrunk due to the moisture lost. This is a good thing however since it will intensify the flavor of the final product. If after three weeks you have not eaten all of the meat go ahead and portion it into steaks and place them inside freezer safe bags and store in the freezer for up to several months.

Now the best way to cook the steak may seem like on the grill, however you lose a lot of juices this way due to the open grate on which you cook it. The best way to cook the newly aged steak is to heat up a heavy cast iron skillet to as hot as you can get it and then sear the steak quickly which locks in the juices. Season the meat however you like to fit your personal tastes but a simple rub of just salt and pepper should do the trick nicely. After the steak is cooked to your desired doneness make sure you let it rest for at least five minutes to let all of the juices redistribute throughout the steak, and then enjoy your perfect steak!




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Thursday, January 20, 2011

Tuesday, January 18, 2011

Four Delicious Cornbread Recipes

Cornbread Recipe 1

Ingredients:

1 cup warm water

1 tablespoon yeast

4 tablespoons of sugar

1 cup yellow cornmeal

Half cup white flour

Half cup whole wheat flour

1 teaspoon salt

Mix water yeast and sugar, let it sit for a few minutes until it bubbles.
Stir in the rest of the ingredients, adding water until it is pourable
Bake in a greased 9x9 pan at 350°F for 25 minutes or until the edges turn golden brown

Cornbread Recipe 2

Ingredients:

3/4 cup cornmeal

1 1/4 cup mixture of milk and orange juice (can use however much orange juice as you'd like; 1/4 to 1/2 cup)

1 cup flour

1/3 cup sugar

1 tbsp baking powder

1/2 tsp salt

1 egg

1/4 cup vegetable oil

Combine cornmeal and milk/orange juice, and let stand 10 minutes.
Combine dry ingredients.
Add egg and oil to cornmeal mixture, then add dry ingredients. Stir until combined.
Bake at 400 degrees F for 15-20 minutes.

Corn Bread Recipe 3 Sweet Cornbread

Sweet Cornbread is a variation of the Skillet Cornbread made throughout the Southern United States. Sweet Cornbread is common in central and eastern Ontario and Quebec and is sometimes known by the alternative name of Johnny Cake.

Ingredients:

1 cup of cornmeal

2 cups of flour

1 1/2 teaspoons of baking powder

1/2 cup of maple syrup

1/2 cup of brown sugar

1/2 cup of butter

1 teaspoon of salt

2 eggs

In a large bowl beat eggs lightly to break the yolks as you would for scrambled eggs, then mix in the butter (Soften the butter first by heating it a little).

The butter/egg mixture should be loose. Add the sugar and maple syrup, mix well, then add the salt to the liquid mixture.

Mix the cornmeal and baking powder, then blend them into the liquids.

Slowly add the flour as needed to reach a proper cake batter texture. This should be softer than a cookie dough, able to stick to the mixing spool and come off in blobs. You may not need all of the flour, or may even need a little more based on your eggs and how closely you measured.

Pour into a greased pan and put into an oven heated to 400°F and let bake for between 15-25 minutes.

Notes:

When mixing the batter, be sure it is soft enough for a typical cake; you do not want it too moist or dry. Use milk to fill in liquid you need and a half-and-half mix of flour and cornmeal if it is too moist.

Keep a close eye on the cornbread while it bakes: it will become hard fast if you do not take it out in time.

If you want to make a crisper crust take a 3 part mix of equal amounts of flour, cornmeal and brown sugar, mix well. Add to the top of the cake half way into the baking process, but do this very quickly: leaving the door open too long will make your cornbread very hard. The amount required varies based on the pan you use, so use your eyes for what you need (less than a cup total). Despite the call for opening it halfway through baking, adding it at the beginning should work fine as well.

You can substitute honey for the maple syrup, or plain sugar. Maple is used for its flavouring as much as its sweetness.

Margarine or vegetable oil will do as well as butter for this. Butter was used traditionally and is thus listed.
This dish is usually made for after meals and outside them rather than with them, which is how its cousin Skillet Cornbread is used. However, when having Maple Beans and Ham, Sweet Cornbread is often served with it.

Corn Bread Recipe 4 Skillet Cornbread

Skillet Cornbread is commonly found in the Southern United States, this delicious and easy to make dish is often served beside a pot of brown beans. It can be made a day or two ahead of time, as long as care is taken to keep it from drying out.

Ingredients:

3/4 cup white all-purpose flour

2 1/2 teaspoons baking powder

1 to 2 tablespoons white sugar

3/4 teaspoons salt

1 1/4 cups yellow or white corn meal

1 egg

2 to 3 tablespoons melted butter or pan drippings

1 cup milk or buttermilk.

Preheat the oven to 425°F
Grease the skillet with bacon drippings (ideal) or oil. Butter isn't recommended, since it can burn when you preheat the skillet.
Preheat the skillet until the drippings/oil is smoking. This ensures a good crust on the bottom of the cornbread.
In a bowl, sift together the flour, baking powder, sugar, and salt. Thoroughly mix the sifted ingredients together and add the corn meal.
In a second bowl, beat the egg well. Add the melted butter (or pan drippings) and the milk and continue to beat until well mixed.
Pour the wet ingredients into the dry ingredients and mix using fast strokes. Take care not to overmix.
Pour the batter into the skillet and place in the oven. Bake for 25-30 minutes. The cornbread should have a golden brown color when done, and a knitting needle or knife-point will come out "dry" when inserted in the bread.
Notes:

Ideally, all ingredients should be at room temperature (about 75°F) for this recipe. However, a good result can still be had if this is not the case.

Yellow corn meal is preferable to white corn meal, but this can vary according to locality and personal taste.
Optionally, 1/4 to 1/2 cup of diced cooked ham or crumbled bacon can be added to the batter before pouring into the skillet. This may add a few minutes to the baking time.

Ideally, skillet cornbread should be baked in a cast-iron skillet.




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Sunday, January 16, 2011

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Wednesday, January 12, 2011

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Friday, January 7, 2011

Potato Recipes: How to Fry potatoes in a cast iron pan

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Wednesday, January 5, 2011

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