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    Cooking Tips and How Tos

    Some of the recipes featured here demonstrate useful cooking techniques that can be applied to other ingredients once mastered - for example braising. Or the best, tried and true method of preparing a certain ingredient such as steam frying snow peas. Yet others explain the best way to address a specific protein such as bavette steak.

    • German potato dumplings garnbished with parsley are served on a white speckled plate against a grey slate background.
      Bavarian Potato Dumplings
    • A whole chicken is shown soaking in a large bowl with smoked chicken brine falvored with spices and brown sugar.
      How to Brine Chicken for Smoking
    • Grilled chicken drumsticks are shown on a round platter lined with brown butcher paper.
      Grilled Chicken Drumsticks
    • Crispy baked chicken leg quarter plated with roasted veggies.
      Baked Chicken Leg Quarters
    • Chuleta pork cutlets are shown on platter garnished with cilantro leaves.
      Chuletas Fritas
    • Thick cut pork chops are shown perfectly cooked with a golden brown sear on a white oval platter drizzled with pan sauce and garnished with fresh parsley
      Thick Cut Pork Chops
    • Sirloin tip steak sliced against the grain is shown plated next to avocado slices on a white serving dish over a cutting board.
      Sirloin Tip Steak
    • Pork neck roast is being carved with a knife onto a platter.
      Coppa Pork Roast
    • Smoked pork steak are shown on a platter with barbeque sauce and boiled corn.
      Smoked Pork Steaks
    • Brined pork chops are shown in basic brine with salt and sugar in a clear bowl.
      How to Brine Pork Chops
    • Boneless pork chops are shown in cast iron skillet smothered with cream of mushroom soup and garnished with parsley.
      Pork Chops with Cream of Mushroom Soup
    • Smoked pork chops thick cut and bone-in with visible grill marks are shown onto a white platter with corn on the cob pieces.
      Smoked Pork Chops
    • Fried pork chops are shown arranged in an oval light grey serving dish.
      Fried Pork Chops Recipes
    • Golden brown baked pork chops are shown arranged in a white oval platter garnished with cilantro.
      Oven Baked Marinated Pork Chops
    • Pork skewers are shown threaded with onions and lemon halves on a black serving plate.
      Marinated Pork Skewers
    • Oven baked pork steaks are shown served on a silver platter with fresh thyme as garnish.
      Marinated Baked Pork Steaks
    • Pan seared pork chops in cast iron skillet. Stove top only recipe.
      Cast Iron Skillet Pork Chops
    • Pork ribeye roast with herb and spice crust is shown partially sliced into boneless chops over a white platter and being drizzled with a pan sauce.
      Pork Ribeye
    • German pork roast with crispy skin is shown being carved with a sharp knife over a white board. Crackling pieces falling on the side.
      Schweinebraten (with Amber Lager)
    • Bavarian cream served in a glass topped with fresh raspberries and mint.
      Bavarian Cream
    • Honey cake with almond flour and polenta and thyme infused honey syrup
      Honey Cake
    • Apple bread pudding is shown in a round ceramic baking dish, dusted with powdered sugar and with apples in the background.
      Apple Bread Pudding
    • Quick pickled strawberries with thyme and black peppercorns.
      How to Pickle Strawberries
    • Austrian plum cake (or German Zwetschgenkuchen) a slice in front of the whole cake.
      Zwetschgenkuchen
    • German desserts - an image grid showign four very popular ones.
      German Desserts
    • Croissant French toast stuffed with raspberries and served topped with raspberries and drizzled with maple syrup.
      Raspberry Blonde Croissant French Toast
    • Pumpkin bread is shown onto a wooden cutting board with one slice placed horizontally and with honey butter on top.
      Pumpkin Ale Pumpkin Loaf
    • Hops Salted Caramel Sauce
      How to Make Hops Salted Caramel Sauce
    • German donuts with a dusting of powdered sugar are shown arranged onto a wooden cutting board with the Bavarian flag pattern on a paper napkin in the frame.
      Bavarian Donuts (Bayerische Ausgezogene)
    • Six smoked turkey legs with crispy skin are shown on a tin platter next to grilling tongs.
      Smoked Turkey Legs
    • Slices of pan seared bread cheese are shown partially stacked over a fresh green lettuce salad, plated in a white salad plate over a dark wooden board.
      Bread Cheese
    • Mushroom strudel with goat cheese and phyllo dough is shown plated with mixed greens salad.
      Savory Mushrooms & Goat Cheese Strudel
    • Smoked cream cheese
      Smoked Cream Cheese
    • Pub cheese - cheddar dip with beer and spices.
      Pub Cheese
    • Beer cheese fondue - the perfect dipping sauce for beer lovers.
      Beer Cheese Fondue
    • A selection of Irish cheeses, dried fruit and Guinness bread are shown arranged as part of a charcuterie board.
      Irish Cheese Board
    • Juicy smoked chicken thighs - cross section showing moist meat and crispy skin.
      Smoked Chicken Thighs
    • Top tender steak is shown sliced thinly over a wooden cutting board.
      Top Round Steak
    • Bratwurst cooked on the stove is shown nestled in bread buns with sauteed onions and peppers and mustard.
      Bratwurst Sausage
    • Torta Mexican sandwich is shown in a cross section cut with adobada meat and traditional garnishes.
      Torta Mexican Sandwich

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