Kitchen Hacks Part 3

 
I love cooking but sometimes we make mistakes and think we have to start again.  Here are a few hacks that will help you if that happens
 
Burnt rice
Firstly don’t scrape any of the burnt rice up into the rest of the rice.  Remove what you can, place it in a bowl and cover it with a few slices of white bread.  The bread will absorb the burnt aroma leaving you with useable rice
 
Over salted soup/stews
We’ve all done it, slipped or just been heavy handed with the salt.  Simply add a peeled potato to the soup/stew and it will balance out the excess salt
 
Thicken sauces
Add a lasagne sheet to the sauce, it will absorb excess fluid, then remove the sheet before using the sauce
 
No stick cakes
It’s rotten when you bake a delicious cake and it sticks to the pan, it ruins it.  But there is a simple solution when using ceramic or metal dishes (not glass).  When you take the cake out of the oven place it on top of a damp tea towel and leave sit for a few minutes .  When you turn the cake over it should just slip out.
 
Soften raw onions
Not a mistake per say but can definitely ruin a  dish.  Sometimes raw onion can be a little too sharp.  Just place it in iced water for a few minutes and it will take the sharpness down a notch
 
 
Too sweet
Add a dash of sour – lemon juice
 
Too salty
Add a dash of lemon juice or mild vinegar
Stir in starch – quinoa, rice, pasta, couscous
Use a little Indian cooking trick “tarka” garlic, aromatic herbs and spices are sauteed separately and added at the end of cooking  to add a burst of flavour in the final step
 
Too sour
Add a little sweet – sugar, syrup, honey
 
Too spicy
Add some fat – butter, coconut milk/cream
 
 
 
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