Three Must Have Kitchen Items
In this day and age, everyone wants life to be a little bit easier. However, there are those who love to cook and spend time in the kitchen, but they also want that to be easier as well. There are three pieces that every kitchen should have that will make life easier for the chef.
One of the pieces that most home cooks covet is the Kitchen Aid Artisan stand mixer. This is the be all to end all of mixers. There are so many things this mixer can do and so many different colors that it comes in. There is something for every home chef. It is an art piece for your counter, yet substantial enough to be passed down for generations.
This mixer can bring more ease into practically any kitchen process. The powerful motor can beat batters in the blink of and eye and can also handle sticky bread doughs. The plethora of attachments makes the mixer more than just a way of stirring things together. Included in the many attachments are a grain mill, a slicer/shredder, a pasta roller, and a juicer, to name a few.
A quality roasting pan should also be in every kitchen. This is a versatile piece of equipment that can be used on more occasions than just Thanksgiving day turkey. It is large enough to do big batch cooking or a large roast.
Purchase the highest quality roasting pan you can afford. The pan should be heavy bottomed so it holds and conducts heat well. The handles should be large enough and positioned in such a way that grabbing them with oven mitts is easy. The edges should be high enough to contain a large piece of meat or poultry safely as well as the juices it exudes.
If you are one of those chefs that has practically everything for cooking, you might consider getting a Cameron Cookware stainless steel stovetop smoker. These can be seen on Iron Chef America fairly often, and having one at home can take your cuisine to the next level.
Smoky foods are some of our favorite foods, I mean, bacon anyone? The problem with these delicious noshes is that traditionally it takes a lot of time and skill to obtain this delicious flavor. This is no longer true with a stovetop smoker. Smoke flavor can be infused into meats, fish, or vegetables in mere minutes. Since smoke is such a pungent flavor, there is no need to add any extra fat, oils, or salts, making it a healthy alternative to other ways of cooking.
Just one of these items will make cooking more enjoyable and easier. All three of these pieces will make your kitchen the envy of all your friends. Every kitchen should have these.
Making Sausage on the Kitchen Aid Part 1
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KitchenAid SSA Sausage Stuffer Kit Attachment for Food Grinder $7.85 Use these lightweight plastic tubes to stuff your home-ground meats into natural casings for hand-made sausages. The small tube shoots out breakfast-sausage-size links; the larger one is great for boudin blanc, Italian sausage, and more. Each works in conjunction with KitchenAid’s food grinder attachment, and the set comes with instructions for handling and stuffing casings. Tubes are dishwasher-s… |
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KitchenAid FGA Food Grinder Attachment for Stand Mixers $42.79 This tool increases the fun factor of your KitchenAid stand mixer several times over. Toss cubes of meat into the food tray, stomp ‘em down, and watch the results wriggle out the front. Grind your own beef or chicken for patties or tacos. Blend your own sausage mixtures, from breakfast to boudin blanc. With additional attachments, you can turn it into a pasta maker or a sausage stuffer. It’s easy … |
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Kitchenaid Fga Food Grinder Attachment $36.45 This tool increases the fun factor of your KitchenAid stand mixer several times over. Toss cubes of meat into the food tray, stomp ‘em down, and watch the results wriggle out the front. Grind your own beef or chicken for patties or tacos. Blend your own sausage mixtures, from breakfast to boudin blanc. With additional attachments, you can turn it into a pasta maker or a sausage stuffer. It’s easy … |
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Home Sausage Making: How-To Techniques for Making and Enjoying 125 Sausages at Home $4.91 Book annotation not available for this title.Title: Home Sausage MakingAuthor: Peery, Susan Mahnke/ Reavis, Charles G.Publisher: Workman Pub CoPublication Date: 2003/01/15Number of Pages: 288Binding Type: PAPERBACKLibrary of Congress: 2002015780… |