22
TIPS AND HINTS FOR ICS
EN
PPiizzzzaa
To prevent cheese or tomato sauce from dripping in the oven, you can place a piece of
parchment paper between the grid and the pizza.
TTaarrttss // QQuuiicchheess
Avoid glass and porcelain dishes: because they are too thick, they extend the cooking time
and the bottom of the crust is not crispy. With fruit, the bottom of the tart risks becoming
soggy: just add a few spoonfuls of fine semolina, crushed biscuit crumbs, almond powder or
tapioca, which will absorb the juice during cooking. With high-water content or frozen
vegetables (leeks, spinach, broccoli or tomatoes) you can sprinkle a tablespoon of cornmeal.
FFiisshh
When buying it, it should smell pleasant and not too “fishy”. The body should be firm and rigid
and the scales should be firmly attached to the skin; the eyes should be bright and rounded
and gills will appear shiny and moist.
BBeeeeff // PPoorrkk // LLaammbb
You
mmuusstt
take all meet out of the refrigerator well before cooking it: cold-hot temperature
shocks toughen meat; this way you will produce a roast beef that is golden outside, red inside
and warm in the middle. Do not salt before cooking: salt absorbs the blood and dries out the
meat. Turn the meat using spatulas: if you pierce the meat the blood drips out. Always let meat
sit after cooking for 5 to 15 minutes: wrap it in a sheet of aluminium and place it just inside a
warm oven: This allows the blood drawn toward the outside during cooking to return to the
middle and moisten the roast.
Use earthenware roasting dishes: glass promotes grease splattering.
Do not cook in the enamelled drip tray.
Avoid piercing the leg of lamb with cloves of garlic as the lamb will lose its juices; instead, slide
the garlic in underneath the skin, or bake the unpeeled garlic beside the leg and crush it when
it has finished cooking to flavour the gravy; sieve it and serve very hot in a gravy boat.
