11720 any time day parfait Recipes

oranges , juice of or 2 cups orange juice, low-fat plain yogurt, ice cubes, cream (optional)

day-old italian bread or french bread, sliced, bulk pork sausage, cooked and crumbled, eggs, milk, pepper, sliced swiss cheese, minced fresh parsley

sugar, cornstarch, corn syrup, water, butter, salt, unsweetened kool-aid powdered drink mix, any flavor

angel food cake, cut into 1-inch cubes, fresh strawberries, sliced or 3/4 cup raspberries, prepared vanilla pudding, cream or 1/4 cup thawed frozen whipped topping

any liquid can be reduced just by heating it - but why would you want to do that, answer comes back to two of our old friends, flavor and consistency (texture)., by reducing any flavored liquid you intensify its flavor and at the same time thicken it. you can continue this process until what you have left is a syrup if it contains sugar, or a sauce if it does not., this is 1 of the most important tools in the kitchen , believe it or not, because a great sauce can rescue an indifferent meal., literally any liquid can be reduced ., a few uses, wine is frequently used in cooking , both as a marinade and as an addition to sauces for meat., there are some problems with it though, 1 of which is that you need a really good wine and quite a lot of it to produce a reasonable sauce for, say, six people., on the other hand , if you use pure grape juice and reduce it to a syrup, that syrup, added to any sauce (or gravy if you prefer) will lift it into the realms of gourmet ., more , you don tsp have to make your reduction on the night you prepare your meal. you can reduce a liter of grape juice at any time to the consistency and flavor you want; then just store it in the fridge., you can do the same thing with any fruit juice - prune is sensational - and store it until needed. just about all of them will do things for ice cream, pies or tarts that will have your guests demanding the recipe, pork with apple sauce use a carton of fresh apple juice from the supermarket and reduce it. and if you want a real sensation add in a glass of apple brandy during the reduction process., are you getting an idea of how simple this is, take any carton of fresh stock straight of the shelf and reduce it. you will transform it into something even the manufacturer won tsp recognize. but beware, you need to start out with good quality in the first place, because when you reduce a liquid you intensify all the flavors, and not just the good ones., if it s salty to start with, for example, it will be salty beyond belief by the time you ve reduced it even by half. so if you are going to use a supermarket stock, make sure it s an extremely good 1., believe me when i tell you that stock cubes should not be used for reduction sauces., thickeners, because you will be tasting as you go (won tsp you ), you may find that you get the flavor you want before the desired consistency is reached., a couple of hints right now for your sauces., sweet ones can be thickened successfully without loss of color by adding in liquid glucose early on in the reduction process. surprisingly, this will add little in the way of sweetness and produces a beautiful velvety sauce when whisked., if you get it wrong and add too much, no problem. stir in a little extra water to thin it., reduction pans, reductions need to happen rapidly in serving to preserve flavors. and the greater the surface area of the liquid the faster the water will evaporate., however you may want to whisk something into the sauce while its cooking - such as butter or olive oil for example - and for that i find a small wok is best; 1 with a handle., a wok is less likely to reduce so fast that the sauce is burnt while your back is turned. but try both methods and see which you prefer. you may even end up using something totally different., no magic to this. whatever works for you, that s what you should use, in this and everything else to do with cooking., just bear in mind that what you re after is speed and ease of use. as well as a great tasting result, of course. :>), keeping, if they should dry out , simply add a little water and heat through., sauces containing meat juices of any kind must be frozen if you re going to keep them, and should be brought to boiling point before being used again. there is no need to thaw them out to do this, in fact it s better not to. simply drop the frozen cubes into a saucepan, melt them over a gentle heat, and then bring swiftly to the boil., why do you do this to avoid food poisoning, that s why. you are making sure that any bugs introduced into the sauce during the preparation process are killed off., worry , this will not be because of anything you have done wrong (i hope!), but because bacteria are part of our everyday lives and they exist in every kitchen, however clean., in fact your food , and especially your meat, is crawling with wildlife that you will never see. don tsp worry about them. careful handling and simple precautions will ensure that these miniature monsters can never multiply enough to harm either you or your guests.

banana, cut into chunks and frozen (generous), apple juice (any combination of your choice!) or 1/2 cup orange juice (any combination of your choice!), mango, chopped, kiwi, ripe, granola cereal

graham cracker crumbs, granola cereal, country time lemonade mix, water, vanilla ice cream, softened, cool whip, lemon, cut into 4 wedges

pork gravy (i made this from leftover broth, but you can use store-bought gravy), bread (any variety you like, i used basic wheat), cooked pork roast (leftover and sliced ), mashed potatoes

drained canned sliced peach, coarsely chopped dried plum, nonfat vanilla yogurt, low-fat granola

any flavor cake mix (i prefer the mixes with pudding in them), vegetable oil, eggs, flour

bread, thick sliced , preferably day old, turkey gravy, leftover, cooked turkey, turkey stuffing, leftover (aka dressing), cranberry sauce, salt & freshly ground black pepper, to taste, ground sage, monterey jack pepper cheese, sliced (any type of cheese is good)

fresh or frozen fruit or whatever fresh or frozen available( cherries, blackberries, strawberries, blueberries, etc. etc. ) but not fruit in syrup, jusrt use fresh or frozen palin fruit, all-purpose flour, double-acting baking powder, sugar, eggs, milk, vanilla extract, grated lemon rind, cream or vanilla ice as accompaniment

raspberries (or use any type of berry or soft stone fruit, stones removed), icing sugar

raspberry puree (or any other fruit, strawberry, blueberry, even banana!), yogurt (plain ), honey

skim milk (or water), vanilla protein powder (not mrp), oat flour, flax seed oil (or ground flax seed), crystal light powdered drink mix (any flavor ), ice cubes

flour, baking powder, sugar, eggs, shortening, vanilla extract, milk

butter, softened, unsweetened chocolate, sugar, eggs, beaten well, vanilla, all-purpose flour, cream cheese, softened, sugar, peppermint extract or 1/2 tsp cherry extract or 1/2 tsp orange extract or 1/2 tsp lemon extract (use whatever you like to go with whatever color you want), red/pink for valentine s day, green for st. patrick s day, red or green for christmas, blue for ha), non-dairy whipped topping, thawed (cool whip), semi-sweet chocolate chips or 1/4 cup milk chocolate chips, melted (optional)