When cooking with mussels always make sure you clean them and always discard unopened mussels after they have been cooked
When making a tiramisu do not over soak the Savoiardi biscuits in the coffee – dip in only for a second allowing the biscuit to remain crunchy
Olive oil is for cooking or frying. Extra virgin olive oil is for dressing, using extra virgin olive oil in cooking is a waste of money
When cooking with wine, don’t use the cheapest available it will make a difference to the taste and always allow the wine to evaporate
When making a risotto never cook the rice with the lid on otherwise the rice will steam and therefore not have the al dente texture
Pie:
Add fresh butter to your fruit pie filling after it has been cooked. Or dot pieces of butter over the fruit before you place
on the top crust.
Do not over-cook pie fillings, especially those with corn starch used as the thickener. The filling will break down and quickly become watery. Over cooking fillings made with flour will cause the filling to be thick.
Add little milk while boilong califlower or cabbage it gives more taste and colour
If you want onion to fry quickly, then put some salt in onion when you fry.
If you want crispy potato fry, peel and cut potatoes. Cold water and add little salt, Add lemon cubes and let them stay for 5 min then fry them