Oster Regency Kitchen Center
Oster Regency Kitchen Center
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Oster Regency Kitchen Center
Oster Regency Kitchen Center
Oster Regency Kitchen Center
Oster Regency Kitchen Center
Oster Regency Kitchen Center
Italian tomato soup is a hearty and warming dish. It makes a wonderful appetizer or lunch. Some Italian tomato soups are made with only tomatoes, onions, tomato sauce, and herbs. These soups are simmered over a low heat to bring out all the beautiful fresh flavors. Other soups feature cream, pancetta, celery, garlic, and other ingredients, which complement the tomato flavor.
You can make this soup with fresh or canned tomatoes. If you are using a can, make sure it is a good quality brand because a homemade soup is only as good as the ingredients you use to make it, and that applies to any soup recipe. A pumpkin soup made with a good quality brand of canned pumpkin can be just as tasty as a fresh pumpkin soup recipe.
An Easy Recipe for Zuppa di Pomodoro
The following recipe makes enough soup to serve eight people. It is up to you whether or not you add the heavy cream. It depends on the kind of flavor and consistency you like. Some people love creamy broths and others prefer their zuppa di pomodoro without the cream.
The pancetta is also optional and if you want to make a meat-free recipe you should omit it, and switch the chicken broth for vegetable broth. This is a very simple recipe to follow and you will find that the combination of fresh vegetables, herbs and flavorings give this soup an amazing flavor.
What you will need:
14 oz chicken broth 3 finely minced garlic cloves 2 chopped yellow onions 2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil 2 sprigs fresh thyme 28 oz can tomato sauce 1 teaspoon salt 1/4 cup chopped fresh basil leaves 2 cans whole peeled tomatoes, 28 oz each 1 teaspoon black pepper 1/4 cup chopped parsley 2 chopped ribs celery 2 finely chopped carrots 16 oz heavy cream (optional) Pancetta (optional) 2 handfuls of croutons 1 handful of grated fontini and parmesan cheese How to make it:
Heat the oil in a big pot over a moderate heat, and then add the celery, carrots, and onion. Cook the vegetables until they are soft. Stir in the garlic. Crush the tomatoes in your hands and add them to the vegetable mixture. Add the broth, tomato sauce, thyme, parsley, basil, and salt and stir well.
Bring the soup to a boil. Turn down the heat and let it simmer for twenty minutes, stirring often. Keep the heat low because if you overheat tomatoes they get bitter. Puree the vegetables with an immersion mixer or do it in batches in a food processor or blender. Stir in the heavy cream if you are using it.
Transfer the soup to an ovenproof dish and sprinkle the croutons over the top. Sprinkle the grated parmesan and fontini cheese on top, and then broil until the cheese melts.
The kitchenaid meat grinder has a lot of different uses. It is an attachment that goes with the kitchenaid stand mixer, and offers a lot of variety when it comes to cooking and preparing food. You'll be able to save a lot of money. You can grind your own meat to make it delicious, moist hamburgers or mouth-watering, unique sausages. This gives you a lot of control over the things you put in your meat products. You can even grind your own fruits and vegetables to make sauces, jams, chutneys and even baby food! No more preservatives for your baby. Grind hard cheeses like parmesan with ease, and make your own breadcrumbs! The options are unlimited!
The two expert jobs that the kitchenaid meat grinder attachment does are grinding meat and making sausages. However, although the grinder does this job excellently, it is still important to grind your meat with care. There are specific instructions that you need to follow to get the best quality grind possible.
You can grind your meat in a few simple steps. The first thing you need to do is prepare your meat. The most popular kind is beef, which is common in most hamburgers. However, you can choose from a variety of other meats like pork. For a healthier alternative, try chicken or vegetables. It's all possible with the meat grinder. Cut the meat or vegetables into cubes that the feeding tube can take. At this point, if you want to add simple flavorings, you can grind garlic and onions with your meat. Adding onions will give your meat a lot of moisture, especially if you've chosen a particularly lean cut of meat. Turn the speed of your stand mixer up to 4. This is the recommended setting for grinding meats. Any lower and you'll be having a hard time feeding the meat through the grinder. Use the food pusher that comes with the package of the meat grinder to feed the meat. When the meat is all ground up, you can season it with salt, pepper, and other spices you may want to add. Most people add some Worcestershire sauce or barbeque sauce to their grind.
If you plan to grind the meat for sausages, you'll want to grind your meat fine. Crank the Kitchenaid stand mixer only up to a speed of 2. When grinding, alternate meat and fat so the sausage stays moist and tasty. When everything is ground up, you can add your seasonings such as sauces, spices, and garlic. Mix everything well. Then, feed a piece of bread to clean the feeder and grinder. Use the sausage stuffer accessory for your meat grinder, and feed a piece of casing onto it. Make sure that you leave about an inch of casing at the end of the stuffer, and tie a knot at the end. Then, take some of the ground meat and feed them onto the sausage grinder. This will fill the casing. Leave about four inches of casing at the end so you can still tie it in a knot.
Things to Try With Your Kitchenaid Meat GrinderIf you still don't have a home meat grinder, ask yourself one question: why? Meat grinders are a great tool for any kitchen, and can be used for a lot of different dishes. Grinding your own meat has its benefits. Firstly, you know what you're putting into your ground meat. Sometimes, prepackaged ground meat can come from any number of animals. Since it's all ground up when you buy it, you can't always be sure of the quality. Sometimes, you get beef mixed with pork or chicken. Also, it gives you a lot more options when it comes to seasoning and flavoring the meat. Simply mixing different kinds of meat will give you unique taste combinations. You can even control the amount of fat you put into the grind. You can add spices to make your ground meat taste better as you have total control over your meat.
A manual home meat grinder is a cheap way to grind your own meat. However, they can be quite hard to operate. If you have a stand mixer, you can always get a KitchenAid meat grinder attachment. This enables you to grind meat using your KitchenAid meat grinder and stand mixer.
It's always important to take care of your meat grinders, if you want them to last you a long time. All you need to do is remember a few tips while using your grinder. Remember, if you take care of your grinder, it'll take care of you.
It's always important to keep all of the meat you grind cold. Warm meat tends to leak, and the fat gets too soft. This is not good for the texture of the meat. A great way to keep this from happening with warm meat is to chill the entire grinder before using it. Also, make sure that you only feed small pieces of meat into the grinder. People complain that their grinders tend to smear, but this is mostly because they are feeding big chunks of meat. This could dull the blades so it's always best to cut them in small, bite-sized chunks first.
Make sure that your grinder does not smearing. This happens when your ground meat results in a wet mass instead of separate strings. To prevent this, simply put your grinder on the reverse function.
One of the most important things when it comes to taking care of your home meat grinder is to keep the blades as sharp as when you first bought them. They need special care, because they are what make the entire grinder work. If you use a dull blade on meat, it will result into ground meat that has a horrible texture. A great way to make sure that the blades do not dull is to use it as often as possible. As you use your home meat grinder, the blade and plate tighten and rub against each other. This keeps both blades sharp. KitchenAid meat grinder gets better with every use, as long as they are maintained properly.
How to Maintain Your Home Meat Grinder