Chef Secrets – 5 Surprising Cooking Tips from Top Chefs
Wondering how you can take your cooking skills to the same level as some of your favorite famous chefs?
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The thing about cooking with confidence is that it’s easy to be easy-going and passionate in the kitchen if you are equipped with the right skills and tools. Here are some tips used by top chefs that will have you donning your chef’s hat with more enthusiasm.
Try Different Heating Techniques
Don’t be afraid to use induction cookware in the kitchen. Since induction cookware heats far more evenly, it allows for trial and error, so you can familiarise yourself with the variations in cooking time for different dishes. Just make sure to prepare all the ingredients well in advance so that by the time your pan has heated, you are ready to toss everything in at the right time. Anyone can create delicious dishes by getting the hang of induction cookware.
Eggcellent Cooking
Eggs are one of the easiest dishes to make, but if you want to be a truly versatile home cook, you must learn how to whip up the perfect egg in a short time span. Surprisingly, all it takes are a few simple tweaks to become an “eggspert,” so to speak. According to seasoned chefs, the simplest way to produce the fluffiest egg is to add milk to the raw omelet mixture or add sour cream to the cooked egg. You need about 3/4 cup of sour cream when making 12 eggs. The sour cream prevents the cooked eggs from drying out. It also allows you to let your eggs sit for a while before you eat them. Even if it takes you a while to get to the egg, you will find that it tastes as fresh as if you’d only just whipped it up.
Squeeze the Lemon
If you taste your food during the cooking process to make sure it’s perfect, well done. The greatest chefs advocate this important step. Quite often, you’ll feel like your food is lacking something, especially in the early days of your cooking adventures. The tricky part is figuring out precisely what it is that the dish needs. More often than not, it’s lacking something acidic. Don’t be shy to add a splash of lemon juice or orange juice to your dish because it’s often this zest that your culinary creation is missing.
Tomato Flavoured Sauces
When cooking with tomatoes, it’s not uncommon for the food to become far too acidic. You can cut the acid by adding some baking soda to the pot. Adding ½ teaspoon to the pot can make the sauce less acidic, making this a helpful ingredient to have on hand in case you accidentally overdo it with tip 3!
Cheesecake Cheatsheet
Have you ever made a cheesecake that turned into a crumbly mess? Any desserts that are rich and sticky will provide the same challenge when you try to cut clean into them, but that’s nothing a professionally sharpened knife can’t fix. The other solution would be to run your knife through some hot water before cutting the cake. Just be sure to dry the knife first. This trick will make you look like an absolute expert in the kitchen.
With these tips, you can go from a novice cook to an expert in no time. While they might seem mundane and even obvious, you won’t believe how much of a difference they’ll make to the quality of your cooking. Give them a try, and start creating your own culinary masterpieces at home.
