Articles in the Make Your Own Category
Simple fresh and light salad for you to enjoy, full of lovely naturalness!
Ingredients:
½ cup rice or white vinegar
One 1-inch piece fresh ginger, peeled and minced or grated.
3 tablespoons sugar
1 teaspoon salt
2 large cucumbers, peeled, halved, seeded and sliced.
3 tablespoons oil
1 onion, sliced
½ teaspoon ground turmeric
Sesame seeds
Blend the vinegar, ginger, sugar, and salt. Add the cucumbers and toss to coat. Let the mixture stand for at least one hour to marinate. It is best to find room in the refrigerator to keep the cucumbers fresh, especially if it is warm. After …
Making pasta is so so simple and is quick to do. Again, with everything on this site, you get to control what goes in to what you eat when you make your own pasta! With this quick article you should be able to make your own pasta in no time at all!
Stuff that you will need:
(for about 4 servings of pasta)
400g (14oz) flour. (At the moment we plain flour, but we have seen some pasta flours and duram flours out there so try a few and choose your weapon!)
4 medium …
If you can tell the difference between a shop bought “pizza” and a pizza from an Italian restaurant, this one is for you. A good pizza starts with a good base, and that’s what you’ll learn here. More to come on making good pizzas!
What you’ll need for about 4 servings:
25g (1oz) fresh yeast (1 cake compressed yeast) or 1 package active dried yeast
100g (4oz) plain flour
pinch of salt
Crumble the yeast into a cup (or jug) and dissolve it into approx. 4 tbsp of lukewarm water (roughly 35C/95F). If you’re using …
Pesto is a great ingredient to use when you want to make a quick pasta dish. Ideal for lunch, pasta with pesto is great for people who lead a busy lifestyle.
To make 250ml you’ll need:
50g pine nuts (toasted in a frying pan)
large bunch of basil (just the leaves)
3 garlic cloves
50g Parmesan cheese (grated)
125ml olive oil (plus a little extra to seal)
salt and pepper
Put the pine nuts, basilc leaves, garlic and Parmesan in a processor and blend until you have a paste. While the motor is running, trickle the oil and …
Making your own mayonnaise is easy and the taste difference is incredible. This mayonnaise can be used just like any you would buy from the shops. It takes about 15 minutes to make, and you can store it for 3 days. This particular recipe is one that Gordon Ramsey uses, so you can be sure of the quality!
To make about 300ml you’ll need:
2 large egg yolks
1 tsp white wine vinegar
1 tsp English or Dijon mustard
salt and pepper
300ml groundnut oil
Firstly, seperate the egg whites from the egg yolks.
Put the yolks, white …
Making jam is so easy that anyone can do it. After doing it a few times it is so easy that you could do it in desert with just a spoon and a sense of direction!
Fruits contain pectin, which is a natural gelling agent (completely vegetarian) found in plants.
With this in mind, we can see that by varying the amount of pectin, we are going to play around with how well the jam sets.
Some fruits are high in pectin, and some fruits are low. Strawberries are on the low end, …
