Carb-clever ‘carbonara’
Watching your carb intake but still want to indulge in good old Italian favourites? Abigail Donnelly shares a few clever tricks to help you knock some carbs out of your diet without feeling deprived
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Books for cooks at Woolworths
Whether you’re a rookie cook making pasta for the first time, or an expert on Italian cuisine, Woolworths has the book for you.
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Gluten-free raspberry cake with creme fraiche icing
Preheat the oven to 180°C and grease a 15 cm springform baking tin. Whisk the egg yolks and caster sugar together in a glass bowl over a saucepan of simmering water until light and fluffy, taking care not to scramble the egg. Remove from …
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Foods you need to eat more of in 2015
Say adios to dim sum and cronuts. As 2014 draws to a close, the movers and shakers of the food industry are predicting the top foods that will be on everybody’s lips come the new year. We round up some of the foods that will not only be h…
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Verjuice
The unfermented, acid juice of unripe fruit, primarily grapes. Also known as green juice, it has a sour-sweet taste and adds flavour to sauces, mustard, poached fruit desserts and other dishes. It is similar in taste to white wine, but…
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Roux
A cooked mixture of equal parts flour and fat, by weight, used as a thickener for sauces, soups and other dishes; cooking the flour in fat coats the starch granules with fat and prevents them from forming lumps when introduced into a liquid…
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Scald
Scald means to heat a liquid, usually a dairy product, in a saucepan until it almost boils. It used to be an essential step in breadmaking, since heating would disable or denature some proteins in milk that interfered with yeast fermentatio…
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Sesame oil
Pressed from sesame seeds, sesame oil is seen as a finishing rather than a cooking oil and is perfect for use in stirfries and in Asian sauces. It has been shown to lower cholesterol and blood pressure. KNOW YOUR OILS: Canola oi…
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Shimeji mushrooms
Very bitter when raw, shimeji mushrooms are ideal for cooking and develop a firm texture and a nutty, strong umami flavour that's delicious in soups, stews and sauces.
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Peanut oil
Derived from peanut kernels, peanut oil is suitable for stir-frying, sautéing, salad dressings and sauces. It helps to lower cholesterol and protects against heart disease, cancer, nerve disease and viral infections. KNOW YOUR OI…