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How to Make

In the “How to Make” category, you will find step-by-step instructions for a variety of useful kitchen techniques and staples. We’ve got simple tips for how to freeze extra fruit or make a smoothie without a recipe to more complex recipes, including making your own yogurt. Browse through our collection and discover new kitchen tips and tricks to enhance your culinary skills.

Squiggles of melted chocolate on a piece of parchment with a piping bag lying beside.
Three links of butifarra fresca stacked on top of each other

Butifarra Fresca ~ Homemade Spanish Sausage

18 hrs

Four small jars of blueberry jam, one is half gone with a spoon in it.

Small Batch Blueberry Jam

45 mins

Two pieces of buttered toast, one with strawberry jam, on a white plate with a spoon and jar of jam in the background.

Small Batch Strawberry Jam

40 mins

A pot of homemade tagliatelle with grated Parmesan on top and a wooden spoon in the pasta.

Homemade Tagliatelle

2 hrs

A strainer filled with homemade yogurt with cheesecloth on top.

How To Make Homemade Yogurt

7 hrs

Squiggles of melted chocolate on a piece of parchment with a piping bag lying beside.

How To Decorate With Melted Chocolate

30 mins

A cook demonstrating how to grill asparagus with several rafts of asparagus spears connected with wooden skewers.

How to Grill Asparagus

20 mins

A woman with a Vitamix filled with spinach, mango, and milk

How to Make a Perfect Smoothie

15 mins

A skillet with caramelized onions and a spatula moving the onions.

How to Caramelize Onions

1 hr 25 mins

An assortment of pickled stone fruits in jars stacked on top of each other.

How to Preserve Stone Fruits

45 mins

A glass of cold brew coffee with a French press and jar of cream in the background.

How To Make Cold Brew Coffee

1 d

frozen cubes of green herbs in olive oil on a cast iron pan.

How to Freeze Herbs

6 hrs 5 mins

Medium-rare sliced standing rib roast on a cutting board

How To Make Standing Rib Roast

3 hrs 15 mins

An elaborately decorated gingerbread house

How To Make A Gingerbread House

4 hrs

Links of sausage made using the how to make chorizo method.

How To Make Chorizo

1 d 3 hrs

A white plastic ice cube tray filled with frozen stock cubes.

How To Freeze Stock

45 mins

A pile of white chocolate curls

How to Make Chocolate Curls

5 mins

2 roasted red peppers on a cutting board with a large knife, and scraps of charred pepper skin.

How To Roast Bell Peppers

25 mins

A pile of dried orange peel rings on a silver plate.

How to Make Dried Orange Peel

3 d

A tin cup on its side with homemade maple sugar spilling out

How to Make Maple Sugar

45 mins

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