HOW TO MAKE CONFECTIONERS SUGAR

Why spend big bucks buying confectioners sugar when you can make it yourself in 1 minute for half the price?

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How to make confectioners sugar
Course Dessert
Prep Time 1 minutes
Servings
Ingredients
Course Dessert
Prep Time 1 minutes
Servings
Ingredients
Instructions
  1. Put the sugar and corn starch in a blender and blend for 1 minutes.
Recipe Notes

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SHRIMP WITH SNOW PEAS IN GINGER GARLIC SAUCE

A Chinese stir fry of salty shrimp, sweet snow peas and a tangy garlic-ginger sauce.

Snow peas, along with sugar snap peas, are notable for having edible pods that lack inedible fiber (in the form of “parchment”, a fibrous layer found in the inner pod rich in lignin) in the pod walls. Snow peas have the thinner walls of the two edible pod variants. Two recessive genes known as p and v are responsible for this trait. p is responsible for reducing the schlerenchymatous membrane on the inner pod wall, while v reduces pod wall thickness (n is a gene that thickens pod walls in snap peas).

The green shoots can also be cut and served as a vegetable as is done in Chinese cooking, especially stir-fried with garlic or shellfish such as crab.

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Shrimp with Snow Peas in Ginger Garlic Sauce
A Chinese stir fry of salty shrimp, sweet snow peas and a tangy garlic-ginger sauce.
Cuisine Chinese
Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 5 minutes
Servings
people
Ingredients
Cuisine Chinese
Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 5 minutes
Servings
people
Ingredients
Instructions
  1. Mix all the corn starch and vermouth in a large bowl, then add the shrimp. Toss to coat. Let sit for 15 minutes.
  2. Heat a wok over high heat for 1 minute. Add the oil and let it get hot, about 30 seconds. Add the ginger and garlic and toss to combine. Stir-fry for about 30 seconds.
  3. Add the shrimp and all the marinade to the pan (scrape out all the marinade with a rubber spatula). Add the snow peas, soy sauce, hoisin sauce and chicken stock. Stir-fry until the shrimp turns pink, about 2 minutes. Add the green onions and stir-fry 1 more minute. Turn off the heat and add the sesame oil. Toss to combine once more and serve with steamed rice.
Recipe Notes

Any protein can be substituted for the shrimp. © Galley Chef All Rights Reserved

STRAWBERRY RHUBARB PIE

This is the perfect pie crust.  It’s light, buttery, and flaky.  The sweet strawberries come together with the tangy rhubarb for the perfect bite.

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Strawberry Rhubarb Pie
Sweet and tart with a buttery flaky crust.
Course Dessert
Cuisine American
Prep Time 30 minutes
Cook Time 50 minutes
Servings
slices
Ingredients
For the crust
For the filling
Course Dessert
Cuisine American
Prep Time 30 minutes
Cook Time 50 minutes
Servings
slices
Ingredients
For the crust
For the filling
Instructions
  1. In the bowl of a food processor add the flour, salt, sugar and butter and pulse until butter is the size of a pea. Add the cold water 1 tablespoon at a time while pulsing until mixture comes together and forms a ball. Divide in half and wrap in saran wrap and refrigerate.
  2. Mix all the filling ingredients in a large bowl Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.
  3. Roll the dough out on a floured surface with a rolling pin. Place it on the bottom of a pie pan. After rolling the 2nd dough out, slice it into 1/2 strips to make the lattice work for the top of the pie. Brush with beaten egg and sprinkle with a tablespoon of sugar. Bake for 50 minutes.
Recipe Notes

Feel free to use all strawberries or all rhubarb when making this pie. If you use all rhubarb, you might want to add a little extra sugar to sweeten it up. © Galley Chef All Rights Reserved