Applying the kitchen
Nov. 23rd, 2005 11:20 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
lurkittyToday is cooking day. I'll try and keep you posted on what comes out of Lurkitty Kitchen. So far it's Brussel Sprout Curry Soup:
2 cups water
2 cups brussels sprouts, steamed
1 leek, steamed
4 cloves garlic, chopped
1 Tbsp butter
1 tsp turmeric
2 tsp cumin
2 tsp sweet basil
2 tsp salt (to taste)
1 cup milk or half and half
Saute garlic in butter. Place it along with all ingredients except milk (or half and half) in blender. Liquify. Makes approx, 4 cups soup.
I did this in my Vita Mix. I am unashamed to say I spent $400 on a blender. It was worth it. it cooks soup with friction. Geek out. I consider it an essential kitchen appliance. That, along with my breadmaker. The purists out there are cringing. I own a bread machine dammit! Deal with it! I have arthritis, okay?
It's a Zojirushi, just like my rice cooker. I have fine tuned my recipes! I even bake spelt bread in it.
I'm making my famous cinnamon rolls in it right now. I start with a plain, non sweet, pizza dough with cinnamon added, made in the bread machine. Then the fun begins. I take a pound of butter and spread it into a 1foot square and freeze it. When the dough is ready, I roll it out, place the square on half and fold the other half on top. I turn the dough and roll it, fold it, turn it, fold it, you get it, like I'm making croissant. I stop and put it in the fridge when it gets warm and go at it again when its cold. When I go to roll the croissant, I spread OG brown sugar with cinnamon and nutmeg on it. Cinnamon roll croissant. Then I drizzle powdered sugar frosting on them. Fat city. But I do them once a year.
So far then I have used:
electric steamer,
Bread Machine
and Vita Mix.
My Rice Cooker and Microwave are two more essentials.
What are your essential kitchen appliances?
2 cups water
2 cups brussels sprouts, steamed
1 leek, steamed
4 cloves garlic, chopped
1 Tbsp butter
1 tsp turmeric
2 tsp cumin
2 tsp sweet basil
2 tsp salt (to taste)
1 cup milk or half and half
Saute garlic in butter. Place it along with all ingredients except milk (or half and half) in blender. Liquify. Makes approx, 4 cups soup.
I did this in my Vita Mix. I am unashamed to say I spent $400 on a blender. It was worth it. it cooks soup with friction. Geek out. I consider it an essential kitchen appliance. That, along with my breadmaker. The purists out there are cringing. I own a bread machine dammit! Deal with it! I have arthritis, okay?
It's a Zojirushi, just like my rice cooker. I have fine tuned my recipes! I even bake spelt bread in it.
I'm making my famous cinnamon rolls in it right now. I start with a plain, non sweet, pizza dough with cinnamon added, made in the bread machine. Then the fun begins. I take a pound of butter and spread it into a 1foot square and freeze it. When the dough is ready, I roll it out, place the square on half and fold the other half on top. I turn the dough and roll it, fold it, turn it, fold it, you get it, like I'm making croissant. I stop and put it in the fridge when it gets warm and go at it again when its cold. When I go to roll the croissant, I spread OG brown sugar with cinnamon and nutmeg on it. Cinnamon roll croissant. Then I drizzle powdered sugar frosting on them. Fat city. But I do them once a year.
So far then I have used:
electric steamer,
Bread Machine
and Vita Mix.
My Rice Cooker and Microwave are two more essentials.
What are your essential kitchen appliances?
