The Professional Chef's way to produce garnishes, salads, straw potatoes, game chips, etc. Contains 5 different blades.Long favored by professional chefs, the traditional mandoline is still the best tool for creating precise, uniform slices of fruits or vegetables.Vegetable mandolin Now is available at amazon!!on BLACK FRIDAY! you will save so much.
Friday, December 2, 2011
Wildwood Flower for the Mandolin Cafe
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Potato Gratin With Gruyere and Creme Fraiche
If you have a mandolin slicer, or food processor, that works best for this recipe. If you do not have either of those pieces of kitchen equipment then a good sharp knife is going to be your best option. Make sure that they are uniform in thickness for even cooking.
3 pounds russet potatoes, peeled, cut into 1/8-inch-thick rounds
1 1/2 cups creme fraiche, stirred to loosen * Recipe at bottom on how to make creme fraiche. If you choose not to make it most grocery stores now have it available for purchase.
1 1/2 cups grated Gruyere cheese
2 tablespoons chopped fresh Italian parsley
Cooking Instructions:
Preheat oven to 400 degrees, apply plenty of butter to a 12x12 inch glass baking dish. You will then add half of potato slices in bottom of prepared dish, overlapping is okay, and needed. Sprinkle generously with salt and pepper, and spread half of creme fraiche over potatoes,and sprinkle with half of cheese. Top with remaining potatoes, overlapping slightly, and then sprinkle generously with salt and pepper. Spread with remaining creme fraiche to the potatoes and sprinkle with remaining cheese.
Bake gratin uncovered 30 minutes. Reduce oven temperature to 350 degrees , and continue to bake gratin until potatoes are tender and top is golden brown, about 45 minutes. You will remove from the oven let stand 10 minutes. Sprinkle with parsley and serve.
How to make Fresh Creme Fraiche:
In a medium saucepan over low heat, warm 1 cup of heavy cream to 110F degrees. You will remove from the heat source and stir in 1 tablespoon of cultured buttermilk. Transfer the cream to a large bowl and allow this mixture to stand in a warm place, loosely covered with plastic wrap, until thickened but still of pouring consistency. Stir and taste every 6 - 8 hours. This process takes anywhere from 24 to 36 hours, depending on your room temperature. The creme fraiche is ready when it is thick with a slightly nutty sour taste. Chill cream, in the refrigerator, for several hours before using. Creme fraiche may be stored in the refrigerator up to 10 days. I prefer to purchase it instead of making it, it is a long process and I just prefer to pick it up and use it the same day.
Thursday, December 1, 2011
Easy Violin Lesson For Everyone
Learning how to play the violin would demand time from those who want to learn. There are ways as to how one could learn such a classic instrument. Easy violin lesson could be done in so many ways, whatever is it that you prefer, whether online lesson or actual one-on-one lesson, it's definitely up to you. It may be a bit difficult at first but in the long run you will realize that it is just easy. This article would discuss some hidden information one must know about how to get started with violin and of course, facts that could be for future reference.
Violin is truly one of the famous musical instruments being used by people. Rich in history and equipped with class, it is one of the instruments that one aims to learn playing with. We see people playing it with so much finesse and we could not help but be amazed by how well they do it, their moves, the timing and the way they sway their head to the sound of it - lovely, just lovely.
Well, to give you a little background, the violin could be played in both solo and back up and that means it is a flexible instrument to play. Second, violin is an acoustic musical instrument that doesn't require electricity hence it could be played anytime and wherever you may be.It has an attractive and distinct sound that attracts its listeners and makes it stand out from the other instruments. And of course, the best thing about violin is the fact that it is very easy to practice unlike other instruments like viola, mandolin or cello.
A beginner must know the instrument well, like he or she must get acquainted with the design itself as it is quite a delicate instrument. Its shape consist a hollow box which is made out of wood with rounded ends center like the shape of a guitar however, violin is much smaller. It has four strings and a violin bow in tow. Similar to the guitar, its method of changing the tone depends on the finger that pushes on the string and pitch. You'd get a higher tone once you'd push the lower pitch and pushing the higher pitch equals to a lower tone.
Make sure you know the accurate details on how to get start with playing the instrument otherwise you won't progress. When playing it, the instrument should be held by the player's neck with the thumb and forefinger of the left hand. If you get to use it using the left shoulder, it must be supported really well to be able to produce consistency in the sound. Your left hand's tasked to control the tone of the violin by pushing on the strings and the right one would be the one in charge to carry the bow to produce a sound. Easy violin lesson is available for everyone who is willing and has the heart to do so.
Jacob do Bandolim - Alvorada (1955)
Composed by Jacob do Bandolim.
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Russell Brand - Losing my religion - BBC Radio 2 advert
BBC Radio 2 - Russell Brand advert - High Quality version Russell plays losing my religion on a spare mandolin (?) left lying about in the BBC hallway. To clarify, the song is by REM and it is called Losing My Religion
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Mandolin Playing
Glad to see people are still enjoying this. Ukulele video www.youtube.com and another here www.youtube.com Also a nice bit of rocking out by me and my brother here: www.youtube.com Additionally, my brother, who is far more multi talented than I, has a channel too, www.youtube.com you should check, he sings and has an awesome TV on the Radio cover he's done too. But don't forget me. Cheers y'all.
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