Freeze-Drying & Fruit Snacks
What Is Freeze-Dried Corn? An Alternative Crunch
Comparing two mechanisms of crunch, using sweetcorn, production without oil, nutrition, uses, portions and storage.
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- Smoked Meats & Delicatessen
Smoked Striploin: Lean and Fibrous by Nature
Where striploin sits, the function of the fat cap, comparison with ribeye, the limits of smoking, slicing, service, nutrition and storage.
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- Frozen Bakery & Patisserie
Cheese Bosnian Börek: A Tray Börek for a Crowd
The water problem in cheese, how the spiral drains, choosing cheese, salt, rolling, tray layout, baking and storage.
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- Smoked Meats & Delicatessen
Smoked Ribs: What the Fat Contributes
The anatomy of ribs, the function of layered fat, low and slow cooking, smoking time, the tenderness test, service and storage.
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- Turkish Desserts & Baklava
Walnut Baklava: The Classic Choice of Anatolian Tables
Walnut against pistachio, how fat affects the syrup, the risk of rancidity, ratios, roasting, syruping and storage.
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- Canned & Ready Meals
Tinned Chicken Luncheon Meat: The Advantage of Shelf Life
How sterilisation works, storing without a cold chain, the difference in texture, labels, uses, emergency stocks and storage.
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- Frozen Bakery & Patisserie
Savoury Potato Biscuits: Achieving a Melting Texture
The chemistry of a melting texture, the starch potato contributes, ratios, choosing fat, mixing time, shaping, baking and storage.
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- Breakfast, Jam, Tahini & Halva
Blackberry Jam: An Intensely Aromatic Breakfast Classic
How blackberry behaves in jam, the question of seeds, pectin, colour chemistry, acid balance, uses, fruit content and storage.
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- Gluten-Free Eating
Gluten-Free Lemon Cake: A Fresh Alternative
The acid effect of lemon, calculating the raising agent, zest against juice, the flour blend, moisture, syrup, baking and storage.
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