Pasta, Dried Beans & Grains: Martha Stewart's Cooking School,

Pasta, Dried Beans & Grains: Martha Stewart's Cooking School, Lesson 5

Lesson 5 is a culinary master class in the techniques essential to cooking pasta, dried beans, and grains, with 9 video demonstrations to guide you on making fresh pasta, delicious macaroni and cheese, perfectly cooked risotto, and more, along with 19 recipes and dozens of color step-by-step photographs.Making fresh pasta is easier than you might think, and in this lesson youâ€™ll learn how to prepare and cook all the basic pasta shapes, including spaghetti, ravioli, and gnocchiâ€”from mixing the ingredients and rolling and cutting the dough to properly cooking and storing the pasta. This lesson also covers cooking with dried beans and grains, with easy techniques for soaking beans, making fluffy white rice, building flavors with sautÃ©ed aromatics, and cooking perfect polenta. Video demonstrations by food editor Sarah Carey will show you how to make pasta, gnocchi, and risotto from scratch. Then, practice your skills with 19 tempting recipes and variations such as Ravioli with Butternut Squash Filling, Tortellini en Brodo, Gnocchi with Basil Pesto, Indian-Spiced Split Pea Soup, and a rustic Cassoulet. Lesson 5 includes the Basics, where youâ€™ll learn about the equipment, knife skills, ingredients, and routines that will enable you to cook with confidence. Color photographs and video demonstrations teach you how to chop an onion, mince garlic, prep and chop fresh herbs, zest and suprÃªme citrus, and more.

Country	USA
Author	Martha Stewart
Binding	Kindle Edition with Audio/Video
EISBN	9780307953544
Format	Kindle eBook
Label	Clarkson Potter
Manufacturer	Clarkson Potter
NumberOfPages	512
PublicationDate	2012-10-02
Publisher	Clarkson Potter
ReleaseDate	2012-10-02
Studio	Clarkson Potter

Pasta, Dried Beans & Grains: Martha Stewart's Cooking School, Lesson 5