The approaching bank holiday weekend has got many of us fired up over the promise of good weather and a satisfying barbeque.
However, with over half of us (54%) intending to take advantage of the last BBQ of the season, the Food Standards Agency (FSA) are encouraging enthusiasts to ensure food standards don’t slip when cooking outside.
It’s week 3 of the Great British Bake Off and for all of you keen home bakers, Wednesday night would have consisted of being gripped to your television screen as you watched the 10 remaining contestants battle it out to bake the best loaf. As with every week we saw some marvellous triumphs along with some disasters, so we have put together a simple recipe on how to make a loaf with a twist to ensure nothing goes wrong in your kitchen.
With the August bank holiday just a few days away there will undoubtedly be quite a few of us dusting off our BBQ's and enjoying a nice beverage, so why not make your day even better by taking some smokey sausages from the BBQ and making a beautiful sandwich out of some homemade beer bread. This particular type of bread is quick and easy to make as it requires no proving or kneading. Besides being great for BBQ'S, the tasty loaf will make a fantastic addition to cheeseboards, bread starters and as a side with pastas and soups. Check out the equipment list for all of your bread baking essentials from Nisbets.
Under the Children and Families Act
2014, a legal duty has been placed on all state-funded schools in England, (including academies and free schools) to offer a free hot school lunch to all pupils
in reception, year 1 and year 2. These new rules will come into force from the
start of term in September 2014 and with the new academic year just around the
corner, it is imperative that your school kitchen is ready and stocked with
all the correct equipment to facilitate this big change.
New to the Nisbets product range is our selection of Excalibur Food Dehydrators. Growing rapidly in popularity, food dehydrators have a wide variety of uses. The Excalibur Dehydrator removes water from food by a continuous circulation of thermostatically-controlled warm air and is ideal for use with a range of ingredients.
The uses range from creating your very own yogurt to dehydrating marinated slices of beef, chicken, fish or even venison in a combination of sauces and spices, that can be easily transformed into homemade jerky. You can even dehydrate bitter chocolate for flash frying. This not only makes for a chocolate experience with a completely different texture, but also adds the perfect finishing touch to an already tempting dessert.
The Food Standards Agency has
recently released guidance on how to comply with new legislation regarding the
correct, legal use of vacuum packing machines. This new legislation has been
brought into effect in the attempts to control the threat of E-coli. Renowned
for being an exceptionally dangerous bacterium, E-coli has the ability to
survive a multitude of harsh conditions, from freezing temperatures to salty,
dry and even acidic environments.
The FSA states that if E-coli is
consumed, even in low doses, the bacteria can cause serious illness and even death.
Even if the sufferer recovers from infection, some cases are left with
permanent kidney or brain damage. It is thus extremely important for commercial
and professional caterers to take all the steps necessary to ensure the highest
standards of hygiene are reached. One of the most effective ways to do this is
through the control of cross contamination between raw and ready to eat foods,
which the FSA states will also help control and reduce the risk of other
foodborne bacteria, such as Salmonella.
With temperatures soaring across Britain over the past few weeks, it is no wonder that the spotlight has been firmly placed on the highly innovative, exceptionally versatile Buffalo Ice Cream Maker.
Many commercial, and even domestic, ice cream makers do not include a removable bowl, thus making the ice cream making process difficult, and on some level even tiresome. A static bowl not only requires that you empty, clean and then dry it before the next batch, but also limits you to a certain output for a certain amount of time.
