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Cookbooks, Food & Wine Rating: 4.5 / 5.0 (49 votes) Released: 2012-10-01
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DescriptionA faster, smarter way to cook everything!The test cooks at America s Test Kitchen spent two years reimagining cooking for the 21st century. Their goal was simple: to make quick recipes that would stand the test of time and become classics for a new generation of busy home cooks. How did they do it? By putting flavor first! After all, if a recipe doesn t taste good, it won t be made a second time. The America s Test Kitchen Quick Family Cookbook represents a fresh approach to quick cooking. More than 750 foolproof recipes deliver dinner (and more) in 45 minutes or less from start to finish no exceptions, no tricky timekeeping. And as always, the recipes have been tested again and again, so you know they work. What's the test kitchen's secret? Start with inventive cooking techniques and use convenience products in new ways. For example, the test kitchen reinvents Beef Stew (page 48) for Tuesday night by using tender but inexpensive sirloin steak tips. And forget simmering for hours. Once the meat is browned and the sauce is built, the stew is done. Secret ingredients in this case, soy sauce and anchovies build a deep flavor base in short order. Rotisserie chicken and prepared pie dough are not unexpected ingredients in Easiest-Ever Chicken Pot Pie (page 102). But the use of Boursin cheese instantly turns chicken broth into a creamy sauce packed with flavor. Throughout the book, convenience products such as precooked rice, frozen vegetables, puff pastry, and prepared cookie dough are put to novel use. Store-bought pizza dough isn t just for pizza: It s an easy springboard for soft New York style pretzels, a braided dinner loaf, or lightning-fast rosemary-olive focaccia. (See page 365 for all three recipes.) Appetizers and desserts have been retooled, too. Easy Melted Brie with Honey and Herbs (page 26) uses the microwave to cut total prep time to just 10 min- utes. Individual Chocolate Fudge Cakes (page 406) replicate the restaurant classic, but without the fuss. No mixer is required, and the fudgy center is created by pressing a square of chocolate into the cake batter before it goes into the oven. How easy is that? The America s Test Kitchen Quick Family Cookbook demonstrates that quick cooking and good taste are not mutually exclusive. With this book on hand, the question What s for dinner? will be easier than ever to answer and dinner will be faster than ever to prepare.
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