Chicken Pot Pie Part 2-

Chicken Pot Pie the Filing - Part 2

Tips & Tricks...

How to use a broiler pan
How to roll out dough and use for a pot pie
Several ways to cook chicken for this recipe
How to judge the size of vegetables you put in recipes
How to simmer and why
Textures and the importance of them in food
How to do pie crust tops for a finished look - esthetics
How to sliver carrots
How to dice potatoes
Reasons for mixing "like temperature" ingredients
How to cook/brown flour and why
Version two of a roux (pronounced rooooo)

Chicken Pot Pie - Part 1 the crust

Chicken Pot Pie & Pie Crust - Tips and Tricks

Pie Crust:

You will learn:

The importance of chilled ingredients
How to make flaky crust vs bad crust
How to kneed dough (in this recipe you only kneed twice, unlike bread which is over and over and over)
Strategies in mixing ingredients
Yeast and its roll in setting up
How to ball up dough
How to store dough and why

Irish Beer Cheddar Soup in a Bread Bowl

Happy Saint Patricks Day!!! Our third Irish dish! Our Whole family helped!!!

*The bacon was forgotten in video, you can crumble (break apart) or put one strip in as a stir stick

Irish Bread Beer Cheddar Soup - HAPPY SAINT PATRICKS DAY

Tips and Tricks:

Importance of textures in soups
Shaving textures of carrots with knife
Explanation of chemistry of melting like ingredients  and the importance of that for soup
How to make a crouton
How to cook bacon and how to tell when its done - rendering meat
Importance of steps on soup making
A little history of St. Patricks Day
How to cut a bread bowl for soup
Making a roux

Shepherd's Pie - Happy St. Patricks Day!!!

This information on this blog is priceless.... I am so excited for the future...

Shepherd's Pie - Tips & Tricks

In the video you will learn:

The history of Shepherd's Pie

How to dollop

C - cutting method

How to boil water and why you use salt

How to simmer and what simmer means

Conductivity of pans and why that is important 

Fastest way to get rid of moisture 

Food processor uses 

Metal in food when using non stick pans

How to cut a potato to boil it

Disposing of grease 

Why you boil a potato

How to brown ground beef

Draining ground beef

The difference of a raw and translucent onions

2 methods of "mashed" potatoes 

Non stick vs other pans and why you use them or not- 

Why you drain the ground beef after browning & why you keep some

How to make a roux (pronounced  roooo) why you make a roux

How to grate cheese, why you use different size graters, and what cheeses are meant for specific  graters

How to cut and trim onions for this recipe 

How to use a broiler pan to make gravy

CLEANING UP AFTER USING RAW MEAT 

HAPPY SAINT PATRICKS DAY! 

Corned Beef and Cabbage

We have some fun St. Patrick's Day recipes coming soon!

Blugogi Chicken Our first Video- super proud of this project

*Please remember this is our first video and video editing, it will only get better.
*These recipes are our version, cooking is an art and very personal, follow along, pause, fast forward, and remember you can always make it your own! 

Most important - HAVE FUN

~Namaste

Corned Beef and Cabbage

Tips and Tricks include:

How to peel a potato
How to cube a potato 

How to cut an onion for this specific dish

How to sear meat

How to quarter and trim a cabbage 

A lesson in how and why to use salt

Oil flash temperatures- when and how to use specific oils
How to cut celery stalk in a bunch

Tips and tricks from Bulgogi Chicken- The first Video

From our first video you will learn:

Garlic life hacks
How to reduce marinade
How to prep rice
When and how to use a broiler
Trimming and cutting chicken breasts