Italian Cooking Tips and Advice

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Ham Cooking Tips Soak country hams prior to cooking to reduce their saltiness. To remove rind easily off from a cooked ham, slit the rind lengthwise down the ham before cooking and cook with the slit side down.

Light Tips for Pasta Dishes Prepare dishes flavored with vegetables and herbs rather than meats and cream sauces. When possible, use low-fat cheese, such as ricotta or cottage cheese in place of other cheeses.

Tenderness Tips Avoid freezing whenever possible to eliminate moisture loss that occurs during thawing. The moisture loss in thawing results in less tender meat. Keep pork from drying out in the refrigerator by keeping it tightly wrapped.

Tenderness Tips Avoid freezing whenever possible to eliminate additional moisture loss during thawing, which results in less tender meat. Keep chicken from drying out in the refrigerator by keeping it tightly wrapped.

Cooking with asparagus can range from recipes prepared in the oven, on the stove top, on the grill or even in the microwave. Utilizing various cooking methods can offer diverse and appetizing flavors all from the same bunch of asparagus.

Decorating tips are the nozzles on the end of a pastry bag that the frosting or filling is forced through to apply it to cakes, cookies, or pastries.

A type of artisan country bread made by Italian bread makers that is a popular all-purpose bread in Italy.

A plastic bag used for steam cooking food in the microwave. These sealable bags have special slits cut into them to allow venting during the steaming process.

Originating in the U.S., this term describes the combining of two types or styles of food preparation and cooking into one fused result.

Translated, a Torta means tart in Italian, which describes a small tart-like food that may be baked or made with cold, refrigerated ingredients that do not require baking.