Caribbean Cooking Tips
When you decide to make a commitment to a particular cooking style, you will want to be sure that all those hours spent in the kitchen pay off. There can be nothing more heart breaking than cooking a beautiful Caribbean meal only to discover that your ingredients have gone bad. Equally as heartbreaking is storing delicious Caribbean leftovers improperly, which will force you to throw away delicious food. There are a few ways to care for some popular Caribbean ingredients, so you may want to keep this list of tips tacked up on your fridge for quick access.
· Fresh Coconut: did you know that you can purchase an entire coconut, use a small portion of it, and freeze the rest in a freezer safe bag? Coconut will keep for quite awhile in the freezer, and when you want to use it again simply run it under some water until the coconut meat is completely thawed.
· Mango: sometimes a recipe may call for two and a half mangoes, but if you buy a bunch and you want to keep them, simply sprinkle the mango slices with sugar, and allow the sugar to dissolve. Then, place the mangoes inside of an air tight container and freeze. Mangoes can last for quite awhile this way, and when you want to use them again simply allow them to thaw on the counter for a few hours.
· Rice: rice is a tricky thing to store, but it is abundant in many different types of Caribbean cuisine. To keep rice properly, make sure that you keep it inside of an air tight container once it has been cooked. Otherwise, rice will keep best if it is stored inside of a metal or tin jar with a tight lid (prior to cooking).
· Spices: don’t you just love the taste of fresh spice? Well, Caribbean cuisine would not be possible without spice, so you will want to keep your spice for no more than six months tops. After six months, spices can become rancid, so keep testing them for freshness.
Follow these steps and you will be creating great Caribbean food in no time at all. So many people think that buying exotic ingredients means wasting a lot of food, but as you can see, food is easy to store if you only know how to store it properly.
· Fresh Coconut: did you know that you can purchase an entire coconut, use a small portion of it, and freeze the rest in a freezer safe bag? Coconut will keep for quite awhile in the freezer, and when you want to use it again simply run it under some water until the coconut meat is completely thawed.
· Mango: sometimes a recipe may call for two and a half mangoes, but if you buy a bunch and you want to keep them, simply sprinkle the mango slices with sugar, and allow the sugar to dissolve. Then, place the mangoes inside of an air tight container and freeze. Mangoes can last for quite awhile this way, and when you want to use them again simply allow them to thaw on the counter for a few hours.
· Rice: rice is a tricky thing to store, but it is abundant in many different types of Caribbean cuisine. To keep rice properly, make sure that you keep it inside of an air tight container once it has been cooked. Otherwise, rice will keep best if it is stored inside of a metal or tin jar with a tight lid (prior to cooking).
· Spices: don’t you just love the taste of fresh spice? Well, Caribbean cuisine would not be possible without spice, so you will want to keep your spice for no more than six months tops. After six months, spices can become rancid, so keep testing them for freshness.
Follow these steps and you will be creating great Caribbean food in no time at all. So many people think that buying exotic ingredients means wasting a lot of food, but as you can see, food is easy to store if you only know how to store it properly.
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