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Yield: Serves 8 to 10
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The amount of product obtained as a result of a given amount of ingredients.
Yield: 460 grams (ca. 1 lb.)
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15 grams dried bay leaves
75 grams black cardamom seeds
40 grams green cardamom seeds
20 sticks cinnamon, 2.5 cm. in length
20 grams cloves
35 grams coriander seeds
20 grams cumin seeds ...
Yield: 36 servings
3 c Vanilla wafer crumbs
1/2 c Finely chopped pecans
1/2 c Unsweetened cocoa
2 c Confectioner's sugar
1/2 c Bourbon
3 tb Light corn syrup
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Yield: 16 servings (serving size: 3 ounces)
If you prefer an actual smoker, water smokers are available in electric, gas or charcoal model, and all work well.
YIELD Makes 4 servings
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Chunks of chicken and vegetables are marinated in a mixture of soy, sherry and garlic, then broiled to succulent perfection. Serve the kabobs over seasoned rice or couscous.
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yield: Makes 4 Servings
For sambal paste
- 3 small dried red chilies such as cayenne or 1 1/2 teaspoons dried hot red pepper flakes
- a 1-inch piece fresh gingerroot, peeled
- 6 garlic cloves
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High-yield cultivars of rice suitable for cultivation in Africa and other dry ecosystems called the new rice for Africa (NERICA) cultivars have been developed. It is hoped that their cultivation will improve food security in West Africa.
Olives yield heart-healthy olive oil and satisfy all the tastes: sweet, sour, salty, bitter and pungent.
Clover yields massive amounts of nectar popular with beekeepers as a source; white in color and mild in flavor.
Clover, White
Most-used east of the Mississippi; color is white to extra-light amber with a mild, delicious flavor.
The loin yields the most tender and expensive cuts of beef--but not the most flavorful. The choicest portion is the tenderloin, which is exquisitely tender and lean. The top loin and sirloin aren't as tender, but they're a bit more flavorful.
Dry Bean Yields After Cooking
1 pound dry beans = 6 cups cooked beans, drained
1 pound dry beans = 2 cups dry beans ...
"This recipe yields the best tasting greens I have ever eaten! I have yet to have a batch of bitter greens when cooked this way. This recipe has the potential to change the minds of green-haters and may even bring about a cute southern accent.
Servings: Yields four mini loaves, one 9x5-inch loaf, or one 12-cup Bundt cake
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The first frosts yield the sweetest parsnips, to be served alongside Jerusalem artichokes in a slap-up roast, or blitzed into a spicy soup. Sweet roast chestnuts and juicy satsumas also come to the force.
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Because each seed yields a small amount of oil, grapeseed oil is usually extracted chemically. The chemical extraction does have an impact on the flavor of the oil, but it makes grapeseed oil affordable for people who want to purchase it.
dust Finely broken tea leaves, inferior in grade, yielding a quick, strong brew.
Dutch oven A large, heavy cast-iron or metal kettle with a close-fitting lid, used for cooking stews, pot roasts, etc.
Once castrated, the chicken would become fattened, yielding tender, juicy flesh. This method of raising chickens is not practiced much anymore, since most chickens are butchered at a young age and still very tender.
The vines thus have poor yield and produce musts of a great high content in sugars, 252 grams per liter at least.
When boiled in water the root affords a dark extractive matter, the quantity of extract yielded by the root being used as a criterion of its quality.
Sotas: An elaborate piping technique using a series of curved lines dropped in a random manner that yields a lace-like pattern.
Sparkles: Sparkles are brilliant edible glitter that can decorate cakes, cupcakes, cookies and ice cream.
Ripe avocados yield to gentle pressure and ripen best off the tree. The flesh is a buttery soft, pale yellow-green and can be eaten plain. They are terrific sliced on sandwiches and salads.
diets have been transformed by refrigeration, improved and faster transportation, advances in food preservation, and new farming methods that prolong the growing season and increase the yield per acre.
This cost may manifest itself through the expensive use of sanitary landfills, incinerators and other similar waste disposal techniques without yielding profit directly out of it leading to the incurrence of opportunity costs.
Today, however, olive oil is almost exclusively obtained by centrifugation, which allows much better yield without applying elevated temperature. Consequently, almost all olive oil in the food sector is 'cold-pressed' olive oil.
History: The custom of wassail originated as a pagan agricultural festival to help increase the yield of apple orchards.
We only got 1/2 the recipe yield, meaning the batter required to make one brownie in the little round pans made a total of 8 round brownies instead of the 16 in the recipe, which doubled the phe for each brownie.
A ripe avocado yields to gentle pressure when held in the palm of the hand and squeezed. The flesh turns brown quickly after exposure to air. To prevent this, lime or lemon juice can be added to avocados after they are peeled.
Twisted and gnarled in appearance, this tree has thorny branches that yield a green fruit containing a hard-shelled interior that covers several almond-like nuts. Eaten raw, the nuts have a bitter flavor.
Strips of bacon can be cut and packaged as thin sliced, which yields up to 36 slices per pound, regular sliced, which yields about 16 to 20 slices per pound, or thick sliced, which yields about 12 to 16 slices per pound.
- One cup of dry beans will yield 2-3 cups of cooked beans. - One pound of dry beans measures 2 cups. The term dry bean refers to the process of allowing bean seeds to dry in their pods until they are fully mature before collecting them at harvest.
Ricotta cheese is called a low-yield cheese, meaning you will get a small amount of cheese in relation to how much milk is used to make the cheese. Since two quarts of milk yields only a half cup of ricotta cheese, ricotta cheese is expensive.
This member of the palm family, which is native to Malaysia, yields fruit all year long. Coconut is edible in both its green and mature forms.
Ragusa was built on extremely poor and barren land that yielded no food. Food, and especially cereals, had to be imported and so Ragusa maintained good relations with southern Italy, Sicily, and, for that matter, anyone supplying food.
Cookies generally yield acceptable results, but if you're not satisfied, try slightly increasing the baking temperature; slightly decreasing the baking powder or soda, fat, and/or sugar; and/or slightly increasing the liquid ingredients and flour.
Cold fruit with a thick, bumpy texture yield the most zest. This rind (zest) can be removed using a knife, vegetable peeler, grater or zester depending on its use. The zest is most aromatic and flavorful when first removed, so use immediately.
Special varieties of corn are grown to give improved popping yield. Some wild types will pop, but the cultivated strain is Zea mays L. subsp. mays (Everta Group), which is a special kind of flint corn.
A large yellow onion should yield 1 1/2 cups chopped onion. Leftover chopped onion may be frozen for use in another recipe. Keep onions in a refrigerator drawer and slice them near an open flame/candle to prevent your eyes from watering.
hybridization of crops - The mating of two plants from different species or genetically very different members of the same species to yield hybrids possessing some of the characteristics of each parent.
Fruit native to Mexico; has a thick green skin, which should always be peeled, and pale yellow flesh; has a subtle flavor, which is as flavorful as pineapple, with a hint of mint; the flesh yields to gentle pressure when ripe and can be used in fruit ...
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The seeds of the safflower plant, used to yield a low-cholesterol oil used in cooking oils and margarines. Safflower Seed Meal ...
The temperature at which butter begins to scorch and burn. A higher fat content butter yields a higher smoking point.
Smothered
Suggestive of improperly cooled cream.
4 ozs green chilies (fire roasted whole green chilies drained and sliced into long thin slivers to yield 12 cup)
112 cups bean sprouts
2 tbsps peanuts (crushed unsalted) ...
The pulp is then pressed again to yield more, darker, oil. Extra virgin indicates the first press of the olives and is not suitable for cooking, though oil from subsequent pressings is. Olive oil has many health-promoting properties.
Truffle
Often handmade, made from ganache of chocolate mass, cream and a little butter, shaped into a round ball or piped into a peak. Soft, yielding texture. Find out more about gourmet chocolate truffles.
Acid
pH of less than 7. Acid ingredients react with bases to form salts and water. They have a sour taste. A chemical compound that yields hydrogen ions when in solution.
Wakame is a japanese seaweed with a mild flavor and chewy texture, it is often added to salads and Miso soup. Wakame is usually purchased in dried form and then reconstituted in water to yield nearly 4 times its dried volume.
It usually measures about a half foot across and weighs up to three pounds. Removing the meat from the shell is much easier than with other varieties of crab and it yields more meat in proportion to its shell.
Hard-shelled lobsters yield 50-60 % more meat than soft-shelled or shedders. These lobsters have a harder shell and are stronger with higher meat content.
The drug opium is prepared from the dried latex gathered from the unripe poppy capsules. Although coming from the same plant as opium, the poppy seeds and oil are not narcotic, because they develop after the capsules have lost the opium-yielding ...
From India, and a key ingredient in some of the best chutneys, notably Major Grey's. The fruit is yellow shaded red when ripe, and is peeled before eating. Best chilled, and ripe enough to be softly yielding.
They are also used in cooking, especially in seafood dishes. Mangoes can have either yellow, red or green skin, and they should be purchased when they are firm but with a slight yield to the touch and a light fragrant smell.
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