I teach you how to cook!

Hi all users of DigitalPoint.

I'm an Australian chef, and I've been cheffing since I was aged 13. I'm almost 22 and have worked in around 10 restaurants.

I've learnt over my years some people find it rather difficult/annoying/expensive to cook quick and tasty meals in their house, and that usually refers to fast food.

So today, I'll be posting up recipes, images and other helpful items.




Lemon & Chive Risotto - BASIC

Ingredients:

- 200G arborio rice
- 1 brown onion
- 2 lemons
- 1 bunch chives
- 500ML chicken stock
- 150Ml white wine - cheap stuff is best
- Salt
- 2 Garlic Cloves
- Pepper (white)
- 100G Parmesan cheese
- Water
- 50GM butter

Method:

- Dice brown onion, and garlic very fine.
- Add diced brown onion, garlic to pot with vegetable oil / oil in general not olive it burns quick.
- Cook that down, try not to get much color as it'll look like you've burnt it in the risotto, as it's very white.
- Add your rice to the pot, cook out for another minute.
- Add your white wine, chicken stock.
- Cook down, you may need to add water / chicken stock, you want it thick, but not crunchy.
- Finely slice chives, and zest your lemon, if you don't have a zester grab your grater, grate pieces and then finely finely chop.
- Take off the stove, beat in your butter and cheese, lemon zest, chives.
- Season.

If you want it more cheesy, or buttery you know what to do.
**** THIS SELLS GREAT AT THE RESTAURANT ****

Helpful hint - you can make risotto batches at a time without butter and cheese / or herbs and freeze the rice down.

Salt & Pepper Squid

Ingredients:

- 200G squid fillets from your local fishery, or shopping center.
- 100G tempura flour
- Sea salt is best
- Kiwi Fruit - not sure if you can get in America, just use milk 100ml
- Sweet Chili Sauce - bottled is fine, if you want a recipe for sweet chili can do so but it's a time consuming one.
- 1L Vegetable oil / Cottonseed Oil

Method:

- Clean fillets if they are dirty give them a wash, usually are very clean.
- Soak in kiwi fruit puree / or milk, milk works just the same, or lemon juice is okay but stronger.
- Cut your squid thinly, you want little pieces, not diced, but whole pieces.
- Pour oil into a large pot, put on your stove top. Slowly bring it up to a hot temperature, if you have a thermometer you want around 200 degrees.
- Dry your squid off on paper towel / chux cloth.
- Add to your tempura flour, and straight into your hot oil.
- It will go crispy, take out and put back onto paper towel.
- Serve with sea salt, fresh lemon, sweet chili sauce.


If you have questions just ask

 

yammmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmiiiiiiii hmmmmmmmmmmm tasty Dear

 

that looks like a meal for the rich...
ever heard of the burger that cost $1000?

 

In my country only women cook. Men eat.

 

You've got my attention! I can eat steak for breakfast, lunch and dinner.

 

Absolutely, I do all the cooking in our house..mainly because the wife's pretty lousy at it.

 

I absolutely love it, nothing better than making a meal for the ones you love. Some countries are still in the Stone Age.

Fortunately, my wife is a great cook, although some stuff she doesn't cook (such as spicy food), so I do. I have to keep it mild though as she's not used to it much (yet).

 

Looks yummy! But, after devouring all that, I'm gonna have to take my herbal dietary supplements to ward off extra pounds

 

that looks great, keep them coming.

remember real men cook.

 

Great story! Looking forward to following your recipes! Good for you pursuing your dreams that's impressive!

 

hmmmm great looking i wanna eat it i'll try this recipes as soon as possible.

 

Its look like a good recipe, nice to learn from a veteran cook.
Waiting for more updates.

 

Its very excellent food. Everyone want to eat this. hahahaha.......

 

Hell yeah i cook all the time sarahk, 2 main reasons, 1. I find it relaxing and 2. It enables my wife to relax in the evening after a long hard day at school.