

The head of the stick blender must fit snugly into the jar or vessel so that a vortex can be created which emulsifies and marries the butter into the egg yolks for a smooth and creamy sauce.Ĭlassic Béarnaise sauce is the all time famous French sauce to serve with beef steaks, think a beautifully cooked Rib on the bone steak napped with freshly made Béarnaise, is nothing short of a sensational marriage. Why does it workīlending hot butter with the egg, vinegar and white wine reduction makes for a stable emulsion that works each and every time, also the size of the jar or vessel you are using to blend the Béarnaise is important.

Buttery, rich, tarragon flecked classic French béarnaise sauce, the perfect accompaniment to a beautifully cooked piece of beef. Two minutes from go to whoa for the whisking part and you’re there. No more whisking and whisking and whisking over a double boiler. įoolproof Béarnaise Sauce uses a stick blender, a narrow jar and hot melted butter to produce a great béarnaise in minutes. It originally was the dressing used for their Roasted Sweet Potato, Avocado and Pickled Ginger Salad. We encountered this recipe through the famous Thai Spirit House restaurant in our neck of the woods. Then, grate 1/2 cup of fresh horseradish and add it to the bowl. Thai Basil and Ginger Dressing is a delicious and punchy dressing that brings salads to life. To make traditional cocktail sauce, start by combining 3/4 cup of tomato sauce, 2 tablespoons of lemon juice, and 1 tablespoon of Worcestershire sauce in a bowl. It’s creamy, without being stodgy, tangy, with a good kick of fresh herbs and a little garlic and lemon juice in the background. The flavour of the wings was excellent, but it was the ranch dressing that put them over the top. We holidayed with family in Milwaukee, and had heard there were some exceptional wing joints that we simply had to try. Our Mum always used malt vinegar, where the original recipe used white. It’s piquant with the mustard powder and malt vinegar and you’d think it would be super sweet, but it’s not. The recipe was on the label and this is the recipe we both always make and have on hand in the fridge, particularly in the warmer months. This Nestle recipe has been around for decades, probably well before supermarkets sold salad dressing, or salad cream. Malt vinegar mixed through condensed milk

Here, Here! Not to mention, Mum was a Christmas day baby, Noeleena Mary Josephine! If that doesn’t say Christmas I don’t know what will. Hence our Christmas Day feast always had loads of cold seafood and chilled salads. Dad suggested to Mum when they married that he didn’t want her to swelter under the same circumstances. Our father, who grew up as one of 9 children watched his mother slave in the Australian heat of Christmas day, preparing a traditional English hot roast Christmas lunch. We grew up with prawn cocktail as a starter for our Christmas feast. The perfect combination of super fresh prawns, cold, crunchy lettuce finely shredded and this glorious rose coloured sauce says Christmas in Australia. Prawn or seafood cocktails simply say summer. So retro, but ever so popular, no wonder this classic is timeless. Spicy, sweet, delicious and made in minutes. This cocktail sauce recipe takes fresh prawns or seafood to another level. Serve the chilled shrimp with kimchi cocktail sauce and lemon wedges.Seafood cocktail sauce is super easy to make, delicious and ready in minutes. Peel off the shell, leaving the tail attached. Once the shrimp are cold, use a paring knife to make a shallow slit down the curved back of the shrimp and remove the vein (if there is one).Place the shrimp in the refrigerator to cool completely, at least 1 hour or overnight. Turn off the heat and drain the shrimp through a colander, then use tongs to transfer the shrimp to a rimmed baking sheet to cool. Drop the shrimp into the saucepan of simmering water and cook until pink and cooked through, 3 to 4 minutes, depending on the size of the shrimp (to test a shrimp, use a slotted spoon to remove it from the saucepan and slice through it it should be opaque all the way through).Stir to combine, cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate to chill. Place the grated ginger in a teaspoon and hold over the bowl while pressing on the ginger to extract the ginger juice, pouring the ginger juice into the bowl (discard the pulp). Meanwhile, make the cocktail sauce: In a medium bowl, stir together the kimchi juice, tomato sauce, ketchup, chile-garlic sauce, lemon zest and juice and salt.Reduce the heat to medium-low and let the mixture infuse at a bare simmer for 20 minutes. Squeeze in the juice from two lemon halves and add the squeezed halves to the pot. Make the shrimp: In a medium saucepan set over medium-high heat, bring the water, ginger, garlic and lemongrass to a simmer.
