135207 enhance that jar sauce Recipes

jumbo pasta shells, ricotta cheese, frozen chopped spinach, thawed and drained, grated parmesan cheese or 3/4 cup romano cheese, chopped onion, dried basil, garlic cloves, minced, herbox instant chicken bouillon granules, dried thyme leaves, egg, shredded mozzarella cheese , plus, shredded mozzarella cheese (divided ), spaghetti sauce (sometimes i make my own sauce. other times i use a jar sauce that is meant for baked pasta dishes. i)

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.

hot italian sausage link (i prefer johnsonville), onion, diced, green pepper, seeded and diced, garlic cloves, pressed (or minced from a jar), pesto sauce, jarred (i use classico traditional basil pesto), eggplant, peeled and diced, zucchini, diced, fresh mushrooms, sliced, dry red wine, crushed tomatoes , with juice, rotel tomatoes and green chilies, spaghetti sauce (use your favorite , i like classico)

shells manicotti (1 box) or 12 -14 cannelloni tubes (1 box), ricotta cheese (low-fat or part-skim), freshly grated parmesan cheese (divided 3/4 cup & 1/4 c), egg yolks, chopped fresh basil, lump crabmeat (optional) or 1/2 lb roasted & shredded cooked chicken (optional) or 1/2 lb chopped fresh spinach (optional), salt, fresh ground black pepper, tomato sauce (any jar sauce is fine, ricotta parmesan is my fave or use your favorite homemade basic .), butter or 4 tbsp margarine, all-purpose flour, milk (i use 1%), salt, fresh ground black pepper, nutmeg

salmon steaks (2 steaks 10 oz each), fresh lemon juice, garlic cloves, crushed, dried tarragon, crushed, shallots, chopped, tomato, chopped, ripe mango, peeled pitted and chopped (or 8 oz frozen ), fish stock or 2/3 cup water, syrup from a jar preserved gingerroot (or from a jar of pickled ginger), butter, salt & freshly ground black pepper

creme fraiche, buttermilk, mint, chopped, chives, minced, lemon , grated zest only, garlic, minced, salt, freshly ground black pepper, thai chiles, minced, ground cardamom, ground cumin, lemon juice, freshly squeezed, egg, beaten with 1 tbsp of water, panko (japanese bread crumbs), shrimp, shelled and deveined, vegetable oil, for frying, salt, flatbreads , such as naan, or thick flour tortillas, warmed, hass avocado , sliced lengthwise 1/4 inch thick, pickled red onions (from a jar of pickled beets and onions), sliced

yeast, warm skim milk (or any other milks really), water , that is warm, sugar, egg, melted butter, flour (or more or less as needed), salt, extra melted butter, cinnamon, sugar, nutmeg

rolls refrigerated pizza dough or 2 (10 oz) refrigerated crescent dinner rolls, hot dogs (if making babies, cut in 16 pieces) or 1 lb kielbasa (if making babies, cut in 16 pieces) or 8 cooked links sausage (if making babies, cut in 16 pieces), part-skim mozzarella cheese, grated (optional), low-fat parmesan cheese (optional), pizza sauce (optional) or 4 tbsp pasta sauce (optional), onion (optional), green pepper (optional), olive (optional), italian seasoning mix (or your own mix of oregano , thyme, parsley, etc.) (optional)

green onion, coarsely chopped, chopped fresh thyme, jalapenos (i use the ones that you buy in the jar), garlic, minced, light brown sugar , packed, vegetable oil, soy sauce, allspice, salt and pepper, chicken breasts (or whatever you prefer)

ketchup, brown sugar, coke or zero, liquid smoke, vinegar of choice, worchestershire sauce, spicy brown mustard, tobaso sauce

mixed ground pork (any combo you want, some stores even have meatloaf mix already ground for you...that s perfect) or 1 1/2 lbs ground beef (any combo you want, some stores even have meatloaf mix already ground for you...that s perfect) or 1 1/2 lbs ground veal (any combo you want, some stores even have meatloaf mix already ground for you...that s perfect), chopped onion, white bread (crust removed ), milk, fresh parsley, chopped, garlic cloves, kosher salt, pepper, pecorino romano cheese, eggs, san marzano tomatoes , just look for it on the label (you can use regular...but san marzano taste amazing, brand i use is centro), onion, chopped, garlic cloves, fresh parsley or 1 tsp dried parsley, fresh basil or 1 tsp dried basil, fresh oregano or 1 tsp dried oregano

dried sweetened cranberries (or other dried fruit that is sweet and a bit tart) or 1/4 cup dried cherries (or other dried fruit that is sweet and a bit tart), vegetable oil, pork loin chops, about 1 inch thick, salt, plus more, salt , to taste, fresh ground pepper, plus more, fresh ground pepper , to taste, lingonberry preserves or 1/4 cup black currant jelly, dijon mustard, white wine vinegar (get creative and substitute your favorite fruit vinegar!), light brown sugar

diced tomaoes, rotell diced tomatoes with chilis (your choice on heat, i usually use mild), white and yellow corn - drained, black beans - drained and rinsed well, jalapino rings from jar - diced - more if you like, vadalia onion, diced, crushed garlic, sliced black olives - drained, lime juice give or take, cumin, cyanne pepper (optional), handful cilantro - chopped

meat, red wine (cheap), chopped tomatoes, water (you can use extra wine and omit the if you wish), onion, chopped up roughly, bacon, chopped up roughly, worcestershire sauce, tomato sauce, barbecue sauce, coarse grain mustard, garlic cloves (crushed ), mixed herbs, chili paste, bay leaves, oil (for frying ), plain flour, mixed vegetables (roughly cut )

olive oil, yellow onion, finely chopped, freshly minced garlic, two 29-oz cans tomato puree, red wine vinegar, brown sugar, molasses, hickory flavored liquid smoke, coyote bait hickory flavored campfire seasoning , recipe follows, crushed red pepper , optional, lemon juice concentrate , such as realemon from concentrate, table salt, hickory flavored liquid smoke, ground black pepper, granulated sugar, granulated garlic, powdered mustard, granulated onion, ground paprika, flavor enhancer seasoning , such as accent, ground red pepper

root beer, apple cider vinegar, ketchup, yellow mustard, lemon juice, worcestershire sauce, tabasco sauce, kosher salt, black pepper, butter, unsalted

tomatoes, your favorite type ,i like cento, garlic, peeled and smashed, good extra virgin olive oil (quality matters), fresh basil or dried basil or fresh oregano or dried oregano, to taste, uncooked pasta , of choice,i like fettucini or 1 pasta, that holds the sauce like a shell penne or rigatoni