A plum pie that stays wet in the middle: the flour and the oven are not to blame
The same recipe gives two cooks different results. One step before the plums go on decides it.
The same recipe gives two cooks different results. One step before the plums go on decides it.
The rice overcooks and soaks up all the liquid. One action saves it, taken before the grain goes into the pan.
A dish of three products and a few minutes of work. A single move at the very start is enough to ruin it.
The decision that matters is made before the mixture ever reaches the pan, and it takes only a few minutes.
The dumplings tear while you shape them and fall apart in the water. What has to change is the approach, not the amounts.
The mixture runs, the pancakes spread out and stay raw inside. Usually one habitual move is what ruins them.
A classic no Oktoberfest goes without: seven ingredients and not a single complicated step.
Crisp cucumbers with a barrel-cured taste can be made without a cellar and without pasteurisation. The key is that the brine is not kept after fermentation — the jars are
While Norwegian frozen herring fills the shelves, Ukraine has its own — the Danube shad, with a fat content of around 35 per cent. It is caught only in spring, and the qu
Homemade spaghetti sauce from August tomatoes simmers for half an hour and goes into jars for the whole winter. In winter, dinner is just boiling pasta and opening a jar.
In August peppers, courgettes and tomatoes are at their cheapest of the year — and they make a stew that holds its own against a meat one. The secret to its heartiness is
Aubergines, courgettes, tomatoes and onion bake in a single dish in 45 minutes. The trick is to add the cheese and nuts at the end, not the start, or the feta melts away