Caribbean and Latin American Seasoning Mix – Adobo A bit about Adobo – all purpose seasoning popular in the Caribbean.
Polish Herbal Pepper Mix – Pieprz Ziołowy Very popular in Poland seasoning made of peppery spices but without black pepper itself.
Homemade Curry Paste [adapted from Tastes Like Home by Cynthia Nelson] INGREDIENTS 1 small onion 3 garlic cloves ¾ cup chopped fresh / frozen celery stalks with lots of leaves 2 (or more) dried bird’s eye chilli peppers 1 inch / 2,5 cm ginger root piece 1 tsp tomato purée 1 tbs ground garam masala 2 tbs mild […]
Home-made Short Crust Pastry Recipe Extremely easy, home-made short crust pastry recipe – sweet and savoury versions.
Poppy Seeds Poppy seeds are oilseeds of Poppy flower. There is many different varieties of this flower: white, pink, yellow, orange, red and blue. Also seeds look different, they can vary from almost white through gray, dark gray to dark blue colour. Poppy seeds that are the most commonly used in baking are from opium poppy (Papaver […]
Vegeta (vegetable seasoning) Vegeta is mixture or vegetables, spices and salt. It is quite similar in taste to Adobo seasoning or Knorr Aromat, can be also replaced with regular vegetable stock granules. It is produced by Podravka, a company from Coratia. Vegeta is sold worldwide, often in Polish shops as it is widely used in Poland.
Vege-Gel (Vegetarian substitute for gelatine) My latest discovery: Vege-Gel. It works the same good like traditional gelatine, actually is getting firm even faster. I used it for instance in “Almond Panna Cotta with Cherries in Orange Syrup“, “Fruity Cheese Cake” or “Jelly Deluxe”.
Runner Beans Originally from South America but grown all over the World, also in UK. Pods are about 20cm long. They are perfect for stir-frying and steaming as they are getting soft quite fast. See for instance “Sweet Chilli Chicken Stir-Fry”.
