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butter, sugar, egg, sour cream, vanilla, flour, cocoa, salt, baking soda, semi-sweet chocolate chips (plus more for the top , if you want), pecans (plus more for the top if you want) (optional) or 1 cup walnuts (plus more for the top if you want) (optional)

boneless skinless chicken breast halves (leftover turkey also works well.), garlic cloves, halved, onion, quartered, chicken bouillon powder, tomatillos, onion, quartered, garlic cloves, serrano chilies , seeds, stem and ribs removed (more if you want more heat), fresh cilantro leaves (1 large bunch), chicken bouillon powder, white corn tortillas (or up to 16), queso fresco (mexican style cheese) or 1 cup queso anejo (mexican style cheese), heavy cream (mexican style is thicker than whipping cream) or 1/2 cup creme fraiche or 1/2 cup sour cream thinned with milk or 1/2 cup cream, lettuce, shredded, tomato, chopped, cilantro leaf (to garnish )

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.

chicken thighs, lemon, salt, pepper, olive oil, white onion, diced, garlic clove, chopped, tomatillo , dehusked and chopped, chipotle peppers (or more if you want more heat!), mexican oregano

ruston peaches, peeled, seeded, and diced, pineapple chunks, drained, green onions, chopped, garlic cloves, minced, cider vinegar, salt and freshly ground black pepper, most of you wont have ruston peaches , so go to your local farmers market for fresh peaches., you could throw a little cilantro in this also .., tweak this recipe to your taste if you want more or less ingredients..

butter , for baking dish, baking apples, peeled, cored and sliced, sugar (you may want more or less depending on the apples being used.) or 1/3 cup splenda substitute (you may want more or less depending on the apples being used.), white wine or 2 tbsp apple juice, bread (slightly stale baguette is ideal), light cream (fat free half & half works great if using milk add a little butter.), eggs, beaten, orange zest or lemon zest

english seedless cucumbers, caesar salad dressing (adjust to taste, you may want more or less dressing), parmesan cheese, freshly grated, pepper, freshly ground

skirt steaks, soy sauce, vegetable oil, chili powder, ground cumin, minced garlic, kosher salt, ground black pepper, lime, cut in quarters, black beans, rinsed and drained, fresh pineapple, diced (you can used canned drained well, if you can not get fresh), jalapeno pepper, chopped fine (ribs and seeds removed, serrano will also work and if you want more heat, leave the seeds and ribs i), red onion, diced fine, rice wine vinegar, orange marmalade, fresh cilantro, scallions, chopped fine

corn tortillas, oil (canola or similar, not olive), fresh tomato, green chili pepper ( chile de arbol ), onion , slices (save some for topping if you want), chicken stock powder (or more if you want more salt in your dish), potatoes, sliced, boiled, chorizo sausage, fried, diced (best if isn tsp really spicy), bacon, fried, diced, ham, diced, sour cream, for topping, cheese, for topping (any melting type would do, i use manchego )

diced tomatoes (san marzano or any good quality italian tomato, or if you can tsp find any, hunts or a similar brand w), tomato sauce, tomato paste, red wine (cabernet or merlot works great), vegetable broth (or you can use water), onion, fine diced (if you want more onion flavor, just use a large onion), garlic (again , add more or less according to your taste, i use 3 teaspoons), dried basil, dried oregano, fresh parsley (fresh please, it really makes a difference), sugar, red pepper flakes, red wine vinegar (at the end of cooking), olive oil (to saute onion and garlic), salt, pepper, fresh basil, fine chopped, ground meat (beef, turkey, chicken, sausage or any combination, you can also use diced pork sausage as well. if y), vegetables, fine diced (celery, peppers, red or green bell, spicy such as jalapeno, cubenelle, banana, etc. any of your favo), fresh mushrooms , rough chopped (you will use more mushrooms than the other vegetables because they cook down more)

stewed tomatoes, green chilies, diced, green onions, sliced, garlic salt, onion salt, seasoned pepper, canola oil, white vinegar, worcestershire sauce, tabasco sauce (more if you want more heat)

ground beef, processed cheese cubed (velveta), mexican -velveta processed cheese cubed, any salsa, chopped jalapenos or to taste if you want more or less, several drops of hot sauce to taste, salt and pepper to season beef.

fresh, whole green beans, red onion, sliced thin in rings, juice of 1 lemon, extra virgin olive oil, garlic, mashed or pressed (extra if you want more!), dried oregano, salt and pepper to taste

thawed frozen salmon or 1 lb fresh salmon fillet, cut into 1-inch cubes, lemon juice, teriyaki sauce, pepperidge farm puff pastry sheets, thawed, orange marmalade or 1/3 cup apricot preserves, red pepper flakes (increase if you want more bite), wooden skewers

lady fingers, cherry gelatin, boiling water, black cherry ice cream, chocolate syrup, marachino cherries

lady fingers, cherry gelatin, boiling water, black cherry ice cream, chocolate syrup, marachino cherries

english seedless cucumbers, caesar salad dressing (adjust to taste, you may want more or less dressing), parmesan cheese, freshly grated, pepper, freshly ground

allspice berry , berries, brown sugar, garlic cloves (or use 8 cloves), scotch bonnet peppers (or use 6 if want more spicy), thyme, grounded (or 2 tbsp fresh thyme leaves), green onions, cinnamon, nutmeg, salt, black pepper, low sodium soy sauce (to moisten)