Tuesday, 22 September 2020

Pressure Cooker Whole Chicken Collagen Soup

 Ingredients: 

1 whole chicken -- approx 1.2 kg 

Water to cover chicken 

Place chicken in pot. Cover with water plus about 2cm. 

Pressure cook for 60 minutes. 

Release pressure. Mash roughly with potato masher. 

Pressure cook for another 30 minutes.  

Release pressure. Mash with potato masher again. 

Strain once through metal sieve. 

Strain once more with muslin cloth. 

Bring to a boil for 2 minutes. 

Let cool and store. 

Monday, 6 July 2020

Tuesday, 7 April 2020

Thing I do to help dry my pasta nests

Now, I know I'm no Pasta Grannie, but I wrote this for my dear friend Janice. 


  1. Use a lower hydration dough.
  2. Let the sheets dry a bit before cutting 
  3. Rest on unfinished wood. This works better than metal racks actually. 
  4. Keep the noodles short-ish: this keeps it from clumping too much. 
  5. Dust with rice flour -- I honestly do this much less now that I've gotten the hang of working with a drier dough.