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In this video from FusionGuy09 we learn how to make sautéed mushrooms. They use a morel mushroom here. They are at the Oregon Culinary Institute here with Chef Dan Brophy. He takes the morel and taps it gently to get the debris out, and then cut it length wise. For this he uses shallots, butter, salt, pepper, cream, stock, and brandy. First he cuts the shallot into thin strips. Add butter to the pan. You want it hot and butter melted before adding the shallots. Then add the shallots. ...

Kitchen Improv #3 shows us how to make some simple and delicious oven roasted chicken breasts. Roasting the chicken breasts wrapped in foil makes clean-up a snap. Just cover two pieces of foil in Pam spray and place chicken on one piece of foil. Put some simple seasonings on the chicken (oregano, parsley, basil and red crushed pepper) and some melted butter. Place the second piece of foil on top and fold over all four sides twice to keep everything inside. Bake at 400 degrees for 20...

In this video a recipe of Tomato sauce with basil is demonstrated. For this you need to first heat a pan and add olive oil into the pan. Then add sliced garlic and stir for about a minute. Next, add chopped and mashed tomatoes and salt. Mix it thoroughly and let it cook for about half an hour, stirring occasionally. After half an hour taste the sauce to see if it is right. Some people prefer to use sugar at this point. You may add the sugar, about one tablespoon or to taste, and then continue...

Ian Knauer, a food editor at Gourmet and Test Kitchen demonstrate how to trim artichokes. First, remove the inedible leaves towards the base of the artichoke by peeling them off or snapping them off. Once the leaves are peeled off you'll see pale green and yellow leaves. Next, trim up the stem by taking a paring knife and cutting off the bottom. Peel off the stem around the fibrous core. Then, cut off the green pieces by the base of the artichoke. Curve your knife when you make the cut to save...

The 'Mango' is a favorite fruit for most of us, undoubtedly. However, choosing the right mango is of utmost importance, if one wants to savor its taste to the best! This video shows how to check for the freshness and choose the right mango. Always pick up a mango which is reddish or pinkish all way round. It may have a patch of sunset yellow but certainly not green. It should feel soft when gently pressed. Most importantly, it should smell sweet like candy, especially at the base of the stem...

This recipe from Hippy Gourmet demonstrates how to make gluten-free samosas. He peels some boiled russet potatoes. He then crumbles the potatoes and adds thawed frozen peas, coriander, cayenne, and turmeric. He mashes it up with his hands. He removes the seeds from a pomegranate by putting it in a bowl of water and letting the seeds float to the bottom. He mixes in the seeds along with some salt into the potato mixture. To make the dough, he uses gluten free garbanzo flour mixed with...

In this video tutorial, viewers learn how to make an acorn squash recipe. Users will need a acorn squash, 2 tbsp of brown sugar, 2 tbsp of syrup and 2 tbsp of butter. Begin by cutting the acorn squash in half and dig out all the seeds. Make sure it is cleaned and shaped like a bowl. Then put the brown sugar, syrup and butter into a bowl and heat it in the microwave. Pour the mixture into the acorn squash pieces and spread it around the top. Put it in the oven at 400 degrees for one hour. This...

In this video Martha Stewart teaches how to cook Brussels sprouts with warm lemon vinaigrette for a Thanksgiving side dish. To do this you need to trim and quarter 20 ounces of Brussels sprouts, cutting off the stem end. In a frying pan heat two table spoons of olive oil then add the Brussels sprouts to that frying pan. Cook for about four minutes until they reach a nice brown color.

In this video, you will be taught how to cook a butternut squash. Before the demonstration, you will learn a bit about the nutrition of the squash itself. You will learn how to cut, clean and prepare the squash, which is actually a lot easier than it seems. Then, you will be guided through a demonstration of how to cook the squash. After it is cooked, you will see one way to prepare the squash for eating, in this case with butter and cinnamon. Tips and ideas are given on other ways you can...

In this video from iluvtheinternetchef, we learn how to make a pork cutlet with apple and fennel salad in under 10 minutes. Season your pork with sea salt on both sides, fresh ground pepper as well. She adds a whole grain mustard on both sides as well. Now add oil to a hot pan and lay the pork chops in the pan. Cook for 20 seconds on one side, 20 seconds on the other side. Just get a little color. Now put the pork in the preheated oven at 400 degrees for about 8 minutes. Now prepare the...

In this video Betty is showing how to make Hush Puppies to go with the Southern catfish dinner. First, combine an egg and add one small chopped onion together. Then add 1 tablespoon of sugar, 3/4 cup skimmed milk, and 2 cups of cornmeal self-rising flour. If you do not get cornmeal self-rising flour, you can use cornmeal flour and add baking powder and salt. Mix all the ingredients well until you get a smooth mixture and set aside for a short while. After that, make small portions of the...

Learn how to make stuffed burgers and sweet potato fries for your next get together. Take your ground beef and separate it into the appropriate sized balls and patties. Using a patty to start, work an indent in the middle, and fill with mushrooms and a slice of cheese. Then, taking another hunk of the ground beef, cover the top, and work the meat together so that you can't see what's inside. You can use this technique with onions or any other filling you like with your burgers. While the...

First, the lady in the video says just how great this recipe is and just how easy it is to make. She then begins to show us. In one large sauce pan add 125 grams of butter. She says that it's important to preheat the oven before you start your baking. She preheats the oven to gas mark four. Slowly heat the butter and when it is nearly melted, add in one hundred grams of dark chocolate. Turn the heat off and let it melt. Next, you just add the rest of the ingredients, starting with three hundred...

The tutorial teaches the audience an alternative way to make jerky without the fire. The ingredients needed include soy sauce, garlic powder, brown sugar, white sugar, black pepper, ground ginger, onion powder, oriental five spice, cayenne pepper and kosher salt. Meat is put into a metal bowl with the mentioned ingredient and after a period of time, the meat is tossed around in the metal bowl so all the meat will have a chance to soak in the solution. After soaking off the solution from the...

In this how-to video, Gourmet Magazine editor Melissa Roberts shows you a quick and simple way to cut canned tomatoes. This technique will help decrease the usual mess. For this, you need kitchen shears or very sharp scissors, and obviously a can of whole tomatoes. Melissa suggests OXO kitchen shears, which you can take apart for easy post-cooking clean-up.

In this video from Betty's kitchen we learn how to prepare a baked potato with parsley and chives. Using a Russet potato she cuts it into four. Now use 2 tablespoons of softened salted butter. Mash it with a fork. From her herb garden she uses 1 tablespoon of chopped chives and 1 tablespoon of chopped parsley. Mixed that in with butter. Add 1/4 teaspoon of salt and a 1/4 teaspoon of fresh ground pepper to the bowl and mix together. Open the potato up and spread the mix you created onto...

Everyone likes lobster and you normally inspire thought s of fine dining but with summer time coming lobster goes great on the grill. Make an extra special bbq and surprise everyone by grilling lobster to add delicious smokiness to their buttery flavor.

In this video, Caroline, host of 10MinuteCook, demonstrates how to create a traditional chestnut stuffing. The ingredients used in this recipe are: 500g ground sausage, 1 onion and 1 garlic clove - finely chopped, 75g dried cranberries - soaked in 50mL of port wine for an hour, 3 slices of bacon - chopped, 2 1/2 cups of bread crumbs, 1 can of chestnuts - finely chopped or pureed, 1 tsp thyme, 1 large egg. She begins by frying the bacon and onion and garlic mixture together, first. Once the...

The chefs at the food channel are going to show you how to do a crab boil the best way possible. First, you are going to need a large pot connected to propane gas and to fill it up with 8 gallons of water to boil. Next, you want to add the seasonings to the pot which are, 2 cups of salt, a healthy amount of black peppercorn, 4 bags of seafood pickling mixtures, 3 small bottles of cooking oil, and a nice amount of hot sauce for some kick. You want to add the top back to the pot and let that sit...

With the recent release of Tim Burton's Alice in Wonderland, it's time to celebrate - in the form of cake, of course! Bakelab offers a series of Alice inspired sweets. Buy them online, OR if you're in the L.A. area, stop by ROYAL/T in Culver City.

This video shows how easy it is to make a great looking cupcake bouquet. You will need half a Styrofoam ball, a flower pot, some toothpicks, a piping bag with a flower tip, some colored icing and, of course, the cupcakes. Place the piece of Styrofoam in the flower pot and arrange the toothpicks to mark where you will place the cupcakes.

This recipe from the 10-Minute Cook explains how to make jerk barbecue sauce. She starts with half a pint of tomato ketchup and adds one teaspoon of tamarind paste, which gives it a sweet and sour fruit flavor. She then adds a teaspoon of mustard, the juice of one lime, two tablespoons of honey, and a tablespoon of the jerk marinade that is show in a previous 10-minute Cook video. Mix it all together to make the sauce. This is a recipe form a Caribbean island version of barbecue sauce that...

This video shows how to preseason a cast iron skillet. If it has rust or is flaking, it will need to be seasoned. Wash the skillet in warm, soapy water and dry it thoroughly inside and out. Preheat your oven to 50 degrees.Pour into the skillet 4 to 5 tablespoons of Canola oil. Take a paper towel and spread the oil inside and outside of the skillet and the skillet handle.Put the skillet on a cookie sheet upside-down, so the oil in the middle of the skillet can drip off onto the cookie sheet. In...

The Food Corner brings us a unique idea – enchiladas cooked in a crock-pot.

This is a presentation of how to pound chicken breast. First, take your full chicken breast and lie it on your cutting board. Next, take your plastic wrap and lie it over your chicken. With your meat mallet, go ahead and start pounding out the chicken, but don't pound it so hard. Be patient. You want to start from the center and work your way out. As you are pounding out the chicken, you want to make sure that you use short even strokes. Be patient because this could take a few minutes, and...

Follow along as Chef David Musial gives us instructions on how to cook and serve an artichoke.

This is an instructional video on how to decorate a cake with icing in a basket-weave pattern. You start out by measuring out the cake and placing evenly spaced marks along the side so you know where to put each line in the weave pattern. You then use a flat, rigged tip and drag the icing horizontally from one of your lines to the next line. They suggest using a turn table so you can easily access the entire cake. Then they teach you how to put a "shell border" on your cake by using a...

Do you know how to cook beef short ribs? How about a point off natural brisket? In this video, Andrew Zimmerman, offers simple and easy recommendations on his favorite methods of preparing and cooking various cuts of steak. Zimmerman lets you know what kinds of steak work best with a sweet marinade or a saltier one. He also lets you know about different methods of cooking steaks such as pan frying, grilling, and even poaching. Zimmerman's key to a perfect steak, however, is its rest time. He...

In this video from Gourmet Magazine we learn how to make a Génoise Cake which is a fancy French term for a Sponge cake. Soak eggs for 5 minutes in warm water. Add 6 eggs, vanilla extract and sugar to a bowl. Whisk this. Then beat for 10 minutes with an electronic mixer. Sift the flour onto a piece of parchment paper and spoon into 1 cup. Level it off. Now the mixture should be ok. Lift it and fold it on itself. Now add 1/2 teaspoon salt onto the flour. Now sift flour over mixture in...

To sear your tuna steak, first start off with a piece of steak. Users may choose to season it with some salt. Next make sure you have a pan that's set to medium high heat with a little bit of oil on the bottom to keep it from sticking. You also want to make sure that your tuna is set room temperature. That way it sears a little bit better. Place in your tuna into the pan. You just want to let the tuna cook. Do not move it. You can see how much it has been cooked by looking at the side of the...

You can make a delicious and sweet fruit spread, known as apple butter, in the comfort of your kitchen. You can have a fruity topping for bread or muffins by cooking down apples with spices and sugar until thick.

You have your gift and a card and now all you need that special cake for mom on Mother's Day. You've tried other cakes now try a hat cake. This festive and spring inspired hat cake is sure to make this year's Mother's Day a memorable one.

This video demonstrates how to make a chicken breast and egg white omelet. Lee first preheats a skillet to medium heat and sprays it with Pam. He then chops the chicken breasts into cubes and places them in the pan. Lee then adds some chopped onions to the pan along with mushrooms and two cups of egg whites. Lee then stirs up the omelet and adds some Mrs. Dash seasoning blend. Then he covers the pan to let the egg whites cook. Lee adds three fat-free cheese slices on top of the omelet and pours...

With the arrival of fall come persimmons. One of the kinds of persimmon called Fuyu persimmons, also called sharon, are in season from September through December. What you need to look out for is that they are firm and have a nice orange color overall with smooth skin. If a persimmon does not comply to this, let it ripen on the counter until it reaches a bright overall coloring and then just eat it or use it in a salad. There are two types of persimmons, the Fuyu is better suited to be eaten as...

This video shows how to crave a whole chicken. You will need a sharp chefs knife. Cut off the legs of the chicken. Slice them where the thigh meets the chicken breast. As you look at the chicken breast you should notice that there is a large breastbone that travels the length of the bird. Place your knife on one side of that bone and slice it down and out. We now have the breast with the wing still attached. Repeat on the other side. Now that we have four main pieces we need to slice...

Don't be fooled by the use of a vegetable, carrot cake is a delicious dessert that seems to go hand-in-hand with Easter and spring bakes sales. If you've made them before or this is your fist time start out the season with this classic cake.

Make the perfect decorative cake for a soon-to-be-mom's baby shower with an impressive baby-themed cake topper! In this two-part video tutorial, learn how to shape a mini baby carriage out of gumpaste for an exquisite cake decoration, sure to impress any party! Learn step by step how to assemble, mold and shape this cake piece to lend professional-looking results.

Make the perfect cake for any little boy or girl with Sesame Street character cake toppers! In this two-part video tutorial, learn how to make a baby-version of the Cookie Monster out of fondant icing and gumpaste. To make Elmo, carry out the same technique & instructions but with red icing. Give that little special someone in your life a cake they will cherish!

So, Dad's Birthday is coming up and you want to make him a specialized cake. "What are his interests?" you ask yourself. Watching football, baseball, Wheel of Fortune? Do all his hobbies include a sofa and a television perhaps? Then why not make him a cute living room cake!

Getting into cake decorating? Fondant icing is a must to make cake toppers and other intricate cake decoration. In this two-part video tutorial, learn how to make fondant marshmallow fondant icing in the comfort of your own home. To make 3 pounds of icing you will need the following ingredients: