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Questions tagged [recipe-changing]

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I’m doubling lemon juice in a no-bake pie recipe to make it extra sour. What can I add to make it less goopy?

Every year my partner makes a lemon pie, and every year her guests want it to be more sour than the last. Last year we put in way more lemon juice than the recipe called for, but it came out a goopy mess. What can we add to get the pie to hold its…
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Can I change a recipe sequencing (parallelising consecutive steps)?

This highly-rated recipe for Penne al'arrabiata calls for frying chilli, garlic and the basil leaves, then removing them from the pan, adding chopped tomatoes, then adding back chilli, garlic and the basil leaves. What will I lose if I fry them…
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Can I Use Less Oil In Shrimp Fried Rice?

I want to try making this recipe for my family - however, my wife has a sensitive stomach and I'm worried that the 4 tablespoons of oil this calls for will be excessive. Can I instead use 2 tablespoons of oil to achieve the same result? Will it be…
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Challah dough bread machine recipe issues

I just got a 2lb kitchen in the box bread machine. I want to be able to make small batches of challah and found this recipe online that seemed a good size fit for my machine. 1 1/3 cups water 1 tsp salt 1/2 cup sugar 1/4 + 2tsp oil 2 eggs 5 cups…
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Replacing rhum in baba au rhum

I have some baba and would like to make baba au rhum. However I don't have rhum at home, and would like to use some other liquors. How should I go about picking the replacement? Which aspects should I consider?
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Substitute for Beer in a savory flatbread recipe to make it halal

Several recipes for savory flatbread call for light beer as an ingredient. What would be an acceptable Halal substitute that would preserve the taste and texture of the bread? The bread is typically fried in a pan rather than baked in an oven, and…
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Where did the soy and mustard taste go? A lentil shepherd's pie mystery

everyone. I love the website Budget Bytes and the Winter Lentil Stew there is a favorite (link here: https://www.budgetbytes.com/vegan-winter-lentil-stew/), thanks to the addition of mustard and soy. I wanted to incorporate that flavor into a lentil…
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Can you make Soya milk with Soya Chunks?

I want to make soya milk, like it is done in this recipe. The recipe calls for soya beans, but my INDO-PAK shop sells Soya Chunks, but not the beans. Was wondering if Soya Chunks is acceptable and what variations in the recipe should be used when…
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How should I modify roasting time in this roast goose recipe?

I have an 11½-lb goose that I would like to roast. I'm planning to use a technique from Cook's Illustrated magazine, which calls for a 10- to 12-lb bird, and for which the roasting proceeds as follows: Stuff and truss goose Roast breast side down…
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How to turn cookie recipe into brownie recipe?

What alterations should I make to my favorite cookie recipe (red velvet w/cream cheese chips) to turn it into a chewy gooey red velvet brownie w/cheese cake filling recipe?
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Is there any notable difference to take into account when roasting Cicer arietinum vs. Pisum sativum?

I recently got a freebie bag of snacks that according to the ingredient list included Pisum sativum ('doperwt' in Dutch). But since buying these snacks in the store seems pretty overpriced compared to the price of a can of Pisum sativum, some spices…
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Is it safe to use raw eggs in icecream as in the Dukan recipe?

I've seen Dukan's icecream recipe on several sites and nowhere they say to boil or otherwise cook the eggs, only to mix the yolks with the sweetener, and to whip the whites. I thought it isn't safe to raw eat animal derived food frozen in a home…
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