Learning Italian language

There will always be an Italian in the kitchen and if they are 5 italians for sure they will always speak their languages as if  you are in Italy if you are working with them.  The first italian  word you will learn for sure are the bad words, the same for any other languages as bad words as their  expression is easy to adapt and understand and imitate  by others. its just good that i have control in saying those word.

Come is how, how are you is come va, bene is good, bela and belo is nice, quanti is how much, dove is where, rice is resso,  telephone is telefono, small is picolo, big is grande  and so much more.
I can  construct a words and sometimes I talk to them in italians  but I do not understand when they replied so I ask  what is that in English,  Non credo ha ha ha ha.  Ciao ragazzi.

It’s been long time.

The last time i made my post was July and its been long time, I felt that i missed so many things to write in here. My blog may not be the most visited ,I do not even think that people have interest reading my stuffs.

Anyway.. our kitchen is very busy for this 5 months. Its like when i get home i just need to relax set on the sofa, lay  on the bed and fall sleep afterwards. yea I have time to check and post something on Facebook but to write in my blogs is something different. I wish I have the same I mean i wish i like more the blogs. Coz you know what I always thinking of writing things in here everyday, but nice thinking were only happening while im on the bus going and coming from work. and when I get home i just want to relax and feel lazy to  think and write.

Today I am off and have no plan so I have this time to write in here now. I hope I do it continuously. Yesterday was my PH(public Holiday) I went to the beach swimming for an hour, I ate in Chowking Dubai  and i go back home.

I organized the files in my computer, pictures, documents, music, my videos etc. and now everything is easy to find. This way it will be easy for me to write upload on my blogs.

Thank you.

Welcome to Italian Kitchen

I am now working in Italian Kitchen.. A fine dining restaurant with Russian, South african, Bulgarian, Filipino, Brazilian, Indonesian, Purtugues and Italian servers. I am happy working with this people they are all positive when it comes to service.

In this kitchen for sure I will learn a lot of  food preparation or cooking techniques. As we all know Italian cuisines is one of the most popular and said to be the best. Pasta as their specialty for sure are so many vareities that i am excited to learn. I heard about these raviole. Gnoche, truffle mushroom etc. I will give you updates what are those and how they are prepared and used in the Italian kitchen.

If in case the chef decided to move me from there for sure I will be very sad. as Italian is my second beloved people.

Dried Grapes, Muscatel

We have a lot of grapes inside the fruit fridges, Most of the time some of them are getting spoil and its difficult to preserve as fresh for long  period of time. Because of this the chef decided to use the grapes that is about to spoil to use and make a dried grapes muscatel. We use this dried grapes in a Chess platter. We are serving the chess platter usually with 5 different chesses, mustard, bread crackers, nuts and this muscatel.

Since then we never had a spoil grapes.. Muscatel can last for up to a month or more. Its easy to make dried grapes.

Select the grapes that is about to spoil, that is something soft
Put it in a tray,
Spread olive oil on the grapes.
Put salt and sugar
Let it dry under the heating lamp or under the heat of the sun.
When its dry already take and keep it in a nice covered container.

 

Mayonnaise

As we all know mayonnaise is commonly served as a spread in a sandwich and a dressing in the salad. Most people also are using Mayonnaise as a base in making another sauce like tartar sauce, cocktail sauce, etc.

I know most of us are used to the mayonnaise that can be bought in the Grocery, But do you know that making mayonnaise is very easy. We just need a few basic ingredients, a mixing bowl, whisk or fork for stirring.
Here is how:

we need the following:
5pcs egg yolk
1 cup of oil
2 tbsp mustard (optional)
salt
white pepper
water

Put the egg yolk and mustard in a mixing bowl mix it by whisk or fork then while mixing add the oil slowly until you get a nice consistency. Add some salt and pepper to your desired taste. Add a little water if in case the mayonnaise is too thick.
Sometimes the process makes difficult if we didn't mix the ingredients nicely because it breaks. like the oil separate with the water and this is not nice.

We can also use electronic blender but make sure you have control with the speed of the blending.

How to make Sushi

Sushi is made from Japanese rice cooked and flavored with vinegar salt and sugar, rolled with seaweed and topped with vegetable, fruits, sashimi etc.
There are different types of sushi.
Nigirizushi
Makizushi
Oshizushi
Inarizushi
Sukeroku
Chirashizushi
Narezushi
Western-style sushi
And Western style sushi comes in different varieties. like California maki,Philadelphia roll etc.

This Types of sushi differ from the way of preparation to the filling they put on it. But the basic is the rice and its flavor. Nori sheet and bamboo mat are very important in sushi preparation.

a. cook the rice as normal rice cooking
  1kg Sushi rice
  1 L of water
b. boil the following just to dissolve the sugar and salt
  150 ml vinegar
  125 g sugar
  30 g salt

Once the rice is cooked, add the mixture b to the rice. Make sure not to broke the rice while mixing.
Cool down the rice and its ready to roll.

Yorkshire Pudding

Roasted beef is the best if you eat it together with a Yorkshire pudding. This is the guest said one time I was in the carving station one Friday Brunch (breakfast and Lunch buffet) in my previous hotel.
Its very easy to make as a matter of fact we do it like 5 minutes before the buffet start. This is how to make it.

Mix 500ml milk, 1 cup of flour and 5 pcs. egg.
preheat the oven to 170 degree and put the molder inside with oil on it.
Pour the Mix( Yorkshire batter) into the molder and let it cook for around 10 minutes. depending on your desired color.

Yorkshire pudding originate in Yorkshire England, Yorkshire Pudding was originally used as a first course filler for poor people who could not afford much meat. Years ago, when the meat was cooked on a spit or trivitt, the batter was put underneath and the fat and meat juice dripped onto the batter. If there wasn't enough meat to go around the children would get Yorkshire pudding and gravy as their main meal. Now the dish is almost always served with a roast beef main course to form part of a 'traditional English dinner'. In its home county, it is often served on its own filled with onion gravy so that it acts as a form of edible soup bowl. This practice probably originated with people who could not afford crockery either.