Cuisinart SM-FP Food-Processor Attachment for Cuisinart Stand Mixer, White

Cuisinart SM-FP Food-Processor Attachment for Cuisinart Stand Mixer, White








Showing posts with label making. Show all posts
Showing posts with label making. Show all posts

Sunday, April 8, 2012

What is the Key to making Good Hamburger Patties?

What is the Key to making Good Hamburger Patties?


In a nutshell, if there is a formula in manufacture good hamburger patties, it is choice of the right type of meat, forming the patty itself, and then Cooking it right.

What is the Key to making Good Hamburger Patties?

What is the Key to making Good Hamburger Patties?

What is the Key to making Good Hamburger Patties?


What is the Key to making Good Hamburger Patties?



What is the Key to making Good Hamburger Patties?

When buying hamburger, most folks buy prepackaged ground beef and have no idea what is of course in that package. Did the ground beef come from one cow, or many cows?

Then, did you open up a package of meat that is red on the surface and brown in the center? Now, some say this is just a natural occurrence. When red meats are exposed to oxygen, and when combined with something call myoglobin, you get this natural condition. And, not to worry, the meat is fresh and edible. Are we being jerked around?

Have you bought prepackaged hamburger and received kind of a funny smell from it? Or, have you noticed it while you were Cooking it? Like it's not of course fresh smelling?

This may lead you to selecting your own meat and either having the butcher grind it for you, or you can grind it yourself.

Grinding it yourself is not a real hassle. You can use a Food processor in the pulsating mode, purchase a hand meat grinder, or a mechanical one.

What are the cuts of meat that you can use for hamburger patties?

o Beef Sirloin
o Ground Chuck
o Brisket
o Chicken
o Lamb
o Turkey
o Buffalo

You can incorporate dissimilar meats, like ground chuck and sirloin. Ground chuck has a small more fat in it and if you incorporate it with sirloin, it will cut down on the fat content. Or, you could use sirloin by itself. However, it may ensue in a real dry burger.

Mix beef with turkey, but your patties will be a bit softer and harder to cook. But, you can add bread crumbs to make them firmer, especially if barbecuing.

You can also add all kinds of spices, dry rubs, eggs, peppers, onions, garlic, and cheeses to patties. However, you should get a real feel for the natural flavor of the meat first, and then experiMent.

The last time I formed up hamburger patties, I used brisket. It was a small fatty, so I trimmed some of it off. Cut the meat into small chunks, about one inch square.

Place it all in a plastic package and put it in the freezer for about one half hour. It will grind up a lot easier.

I coarsely ground the brisket and I formed it into about the size of a tennis ball. Put a small olive oil on your hands before you do this.

Gently flatten each ball to about a half inch thick. You want your patty to be loosely packed. Work nearby the edges a bit to get it symmetrical.

Put a thumbprint in the middle of each patty. This keeps the patty from rising in the middle. Don't go berserk, a tiny indent with your thumb will suffice.

You can do something when you know what kind of beef you have, that you can't do when you buy a package of pre-ground hamburger. And, that is: you can cook it rare, medium rare, or how ever you want it.

When the barbecue or skillet is hot, cook the patties four to five minutes on each side. Try up to seven minutes for medium done hamburger.

o Buy brisket, beef sirloin, ground chuck, turkey, chicken breasts, lamb, buffalo
o Grind it up using Food processor, meat polisher ( Courser the better)
o Roll the brisket into the size of tennis balls (put a small olive oil on your hands)
o Gently flatten each ball to about a half inch
o Poke a small indent in the center
o Sprinkle lightly with salt and pepper
o Grill on the Bbq, or cook on stove top 5 to seven minutes on each side depending on doneness preferences
o Chicken, turkey and lamb (Make sure you use a meat thermoMeter)

Now that you have gone straight through the process, you can experiMent by adding dissimilar things to the meat. I don't do this, but try it.

For example, you can add onions directly to the patties, but I prefer either uncooked onion rings on my burgers, or cooked separately and caramelized. I also like to add a slice of cheese to the top of the hamburger in the final sTAGes of cooking to make it real good.

What is the Key to making Good Hamburger Patties?

Thursday, December 1, 2011

making puny Food

making puny Food


No home would be faultless without Food in the cupboard or a spread on the table, and a Dollhouse is no different. To of course originate the impression of a puny world, Food is a necessity, and developMent puny Food exactly for the purpose of a Dollhouse is a favorite past time for many adults and children.

Now, you may have read that and had visions of trying to fry a tiny quantum of egg in a frying pan, but fear not. The idea is just to originate things that look like Food, not of course edible portions of food itself - even for the most dedicated dollhouse originator that would be taking things a puny far! Instead, creating food for a dollhouse is no separate a process to developMent a chAir or a rug. It is all about adding authenticity, and there is no doubt that if you have gone to the effort of calmly and neatly creating a remarkable evening meal table, it is a shame to have nothing on it. developMent food for a dollhouse gives the enTire creation a new edge, and it need not be as difficult as you may imagine.

The options for puny dollhouse food are, quite simply, endless. It all depends on the look and feel you are trying to create. If you have a particularly ornate and historical dollhouse, possibly even a original Victorian set up, then possibly something like a tea and cake Party is appropriate. Or possibly you would like to add a fruit bowl to halt off the look of a dining suite, or even puny tins to put in cupboards. The possibilities are endless; all you need is a puny patience and a willingness to spend time perfecting the look.

The Victorian tea and cake Party scene is permanently popular, primarily due to how it looks but also due to how tricky it is to create. If you like a challenge, then the cake Party scene is a perfect place to start. It also has the advanTAGeous of never being officially finished; you can keep adding to it as your skills improve. The goal is to originate small cakes to go on any china dishes you may have, which will show off the whole dollhouse to great effect.

There are two necessities for creating puny food for a dollhouse. The first is some kind of guidance. This can be in the form of an actual, full size item to work from; this will give you an idea of the shape and look you are trying to recreate, albeit in a smaller size. If you have seen a particularly beautiful cake, you can find a photograph and try to copy it exactly - this is vastly preferable to trying to work from memory, as this is where mistakes can occur.

The second necessity is a puny more practical: Polymer clay. There are many reasons for polymer clays enduring role in creating puny food; it is durable, easy to use, easy to find and purchase, easy to work with and it comes in a range of colors. It is inherent to develop an enTire cake - including sycophant base, icing and finishing touches - using nothing but polymer clay. It is from this most beneficial of materials that the majority of puny food is made, and for good reason; it also gives a very lifelike halt to anything you create.

With a puny time and patience, a good number of polymer clay and some real life inspiration to work from, soon puny food fit for a king will be gracing your dollhouse.


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