you're right, papaya is not a good choice- the protein-digesting enzymes are quite aggresive- and it would never gelate with gelatin.
First a bit of info:
As Ed mentioned, gelatine comes with very different bloom strengths,...
Cook the vegetables for one hour, not the bones.
Cook your chicken stock (i cook mine for 2-4 hours), then add the vedgetables, cook for no more than an hour, add your herbs.
There's very little point adding vedgetables in at the...
I started as a pot-washer at 14 years old. After 6 months of hard work, I convinced the head chef to let me move up to a "kitchen bi*ch", and after 2 years of peeling and chopping vegetables, I kissed enough *** for someone to...
i'm sorry, i'm not sure what your question is...
are you asking how long to cook a sweet potato in the microwave? Or in a steamer? Or in a steamer in a microwave?
Personally I despise microwaves, I've not used one since the 90s and I...
Kevin I've worked in a lot of restaurants where the stock pots were basically a junk pot for any scraps left prep! And I have to say (IMO) it's a big mistake!
You're stock can be a delicately intricate base for a multitude of dishes,...
per quart? errrr.... I'm a metric man. But 0.5% is what you're aiming for, so 5g/l. And add it to your cooking liquid, its not neccassary to add to the soaking liquid; a little salt will help (in the soaking liquid NOT cooking liquid)...
it depends if its a natural stock or powdered boullion or stock-cube. Simplest way to check if its salty... a stock isn't salty until salt is added.
Salt in small amounts won't usually ruin it (but it can), add some baking soda when...
Baked them too long mate- hand-shaped cookies need only a few minutes, if you want a chewy texture then Eds advice is sound; much less flour and more BROWN sugar.
