Making a hard-boiled egg is almost as easy as boiling water, if you know the right process. Cooking eggs too long or too vigorously, on the other hand, can result in cracked shells, tough whites, and green-gray, sulfuric-smelling yolks. This Easter Weekend, make sure you get it right, lest you make your sons and daughters or...
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Best Basic Risotto Recipe
How to make an awesome risotto
Apr 27, 2011 4:15 pm
Photo: norwichnuts on Flickr
Best Basic Egg Salad Recipe
How to make the perfect egg salad
Apr 25, 2011 11:27 am
Photo: Dalboz17 on Flickr
If you are like us here at Food Republic, you are wondering what to do with all of those hard-boiled eggs leftover from last weekend's Easter festivities. We thought it was a perfect time to unveil our best basic egg salad recipe.
The best...
How To Make Hard-Boiled Eggs
4 steps to hard-boiled egg perfection
Apr 22, 2011 1:18 pm
Photo: dcosand on Flickr
Basic Charoset Recipe
Kick off Passover with this sweet treat
Apr 18, 2011 4:48 pm
Photo: Carly & Art on Flickr
Charoset is a simple fruit mixture that can be spread on matzo or eaten alone. This recipe includes the standard apples and walnuts, but there are many versions of this Seder favorite.
Basic Matzo Ball Recipe
A secret matzo ball soup recipe is not so secret
Apr 18, 2011 3:58 pm
Photo: Sleepyneko on Flickr
GM Nate was nice enough to offer to share his family matzo ball soup recipe, but when he asked his mom for it he was surprised to hear that her secret family recipe actually came from a cookbook. We took what she adapted from the 1949 cookbook Jewish Cookery by Leah W. Leonard, and made it Food Republic-friendly. Feel free to use this as a start and put your own spin...
Best Basic Bearnaise Sauce Recipe
A thick, tangy sauce for steak, eggs, or veggies
Apr 13, 2011 2:00 pm
Photo: buhny on Flickr
This thick, tangy sauce goes on top of steaks, vegetables, eggs, or even oysters. The hint of tarragon in Bearnaise sets it apart from other sauces, and a dash or two of hot sauce can give it a nice little kick.
Our recipe calls for the use of a blender, not only to save your wrist from the threat of Carpal Tunnel Syndrome that comes from trying to whisk this sauce, but also to...
Best Basic Pesto Recipe
A simple and delicious basil sauce
Apr 6, 2011 5:00 pm
Photo: sassyradish on Flickr
Pesto is the most classic way to use basil in Italian cooking—though this herb has many other uses. Still, you really can't go wrong with a whole bunch of meals once you can master this basic pesto recipe.
Swirl some pesto into al dente spaghetti and achieve a sort of food nirvana. Spread it on a ciabatta roll...
Best Grilled Cheese Sandwich
The basic grilled cheese—with a toasty twist
Apr 5, 2011 2:45 pm
Photo: FotoosVanRobin on Flickr
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