15 kitchen gadgets that will make you cook like a pro

American columnist and film critic Harriet van Horn once said that "cooking is like love - it must be approached thoughtlessly or not approached at all." Today, this phrase is the motto of many great restaurants where chefs really love to cook. But in addition to professional knowledge and skills, they also use gadgets and kitchen utensils on a daily basis, thanks to which every dish is prepared easier. What do you need in the kitchen to cook like Gordon Ramsay or Julia from Julie & Julia?

Martha Osuch

“Kitchen Revolutions”, “Master Chef” or “Gordon Ramsay's Infernal Kitchen” - TV shows with food in the lead role that have become popular with the audience have made cooking fashionable and popular. Now everyone wants to be a chef and cook well, and achieving new heights in the culinary arts often involves buying new kitchen gadgets. Exactly - what kitchen accessories will help you cook like a professional or a professional?

1. A good frying pan is the foundation of a good scrambled egg

Without a frying pan, it is difficult to imagine the preparation of many dishes, not only scrambled eggs. Contrary to what it seems, choosing the right frying pan is not as easy as it seems. Its shape, depth, material and even the thickness of the bottom depend on what kind of food you want to cook on it. If the number of parameters is too much for you, choose a regular, universal aluminum frying pan. However, if you want to know the secrets to perfect scrambled eggs and brilliantly fried pork chops, look for the following when buying a new frying pan:

• pan depth (from pancake pan to Chinese wok);
• type of pan (for example, an egg pan or a grill pan);
• material of manufacture (durable titanium frying pan or light aluminum frying pan);
• pan coating (the immortal marble coating on the pan will last for many years);
• the bottom of the pan (the thicker it is, the longer it will heat up, but it will also stay warm longer after the end of cooking);
• others are pot size, dishwasher safe, or induction use.

2. Electric spice grinder

The electric spice grinder is convenient to use. Thanks to this, each dish will be properly seasoned, and you will save valuable time. The blades built into the device grind the spice grains, and the degree of grinding can be freely adjusted. On the store counter, we can see two types of electric grinders - millstones and impact. The first, stone mills, work similarly to hand mills - the device is based on millstones, and the fine grinding of spices allows them to preserve their intense aroma and taste. Impact mills grind spices into fine dust and, unfortunately, often heat up during operation, which impairs the taste of ground spices.

3. The perfect steak? Use a meat thermometer

A meat thermometer will allow you to cook a perfectly fried steak, juicy pork neck and any other type of meat that requires a minimum temperature during heat treatment. There is another advantage of this device - with the help of thermometers for meat, food toxic infections that are transmitted through food can be prevented. If you are cooking chicken, take the temperature of the breast or thigh (without touching the bones), and if you are cooking a juicy steak, take the temperature at the thickest point of the meat.

4. Kitchen scales measure products to the gram.

Keeping the right proportion of ingredients is the key to culinary success, especially if you are baking a cake. Use a kitchen scale to measure food so you can keep proportions accurate to the 1 gram. Kitchen scales will also work well during a diet, when the success of the struggle for a figure depends on each additional serving of food.

5. An egg cooker is a way to cook eggs of the perfect consistency.

Probably for both types of chefs - sometimes even the best chef needs help working hard at their job. An egg cooker is a small electric device that will cook eggs the way you like them - soft, medium or hard. At the same time, you do not need to monitor the cooking time with a watch in your hand, because the whole process is automated, and the device will notify you when the work is finished. You simply add water, set the egg cooker to the correct cooking time and enjoy a perfectly cooked egg.

6. Stone jug

The time saved by cooking eggs can be spent on more labor-intensive tasks, such as removing pits from cherries. If you are a fan of homemade jams and are just starting to cook them, thanks to the paving stones, you can easily get rid of the pits of cherries or cherries.

7. Slicer for… potatoes

The potato slicer is a fairly popular kitchen gadget. Using it, you can prepare potatoes in a truly masterly style - cutting them in half (so that they absorb the aromas of spices even better during baking) or completely, creating homemade chips. In stores you can find several types of potato and other vegetable slicers. Which one you choose - whether a spiral potato slicer or a typical French fries cutter - depends only on your plan for the next dish.

8. A lettuce dryer for wet leaves and sand

The curse of salad sandwiches is the need to wash the leaves and clean them of sand. Fortunately, there is a convenient way - a salad dryer. How to use it? Tear off as many lettuce leaves as you need from a head of lettuce, rinse them under running water, and then place them in a dryer. Remove excess water and sand from the leaves by hand and enjoy creative salad-starring dishes.

9. Electric knife - why is it worth it?

An electric knife is a kitchen appliance whose main task is to make our lives easier. You don't need to sharpen it or worry about cutting yourself while using it. The electric knife allows you to cut the hardest ingredients, and thanks to interchangeable blades (some models have several of them: for bread, for fruit, for frozen foods), traditional knives can be hidden deep into the drawer.

10. Form for tartlets

A dry tart can successfully replace a dinner for the whole family, and a sweet tart - enjoy the afternoon coffee. The secret of both dishes, apart from the perfectly shortcrust pastry, is the characteristic, round form with wavy edges. The ceramic tart pan does not react even with acidic products, it is safe for health and food-neutral.

11. Gauge unequal

Kitchen measuring cups are indispensable if we want to accurately measure the proportions of ingredients when preparing food. The type of measuring cup is best suited for the product being measured – teaspoon-shaped kitchen measuring spoons are good for measuring small amounts of bulky foods, while funneled kitchen measuring spoons are good for larger quantities of bulky foods and liquids. In kitchen supply stores, we can also buy special spaghetti scoops and kitchen spoons with measuring tape and LCD display.

12. A cookie machine that makes baking super easy

As fabulous and a bit abstract as it may sound, a cookie machine really exists and can make things a lot easier for us when making sweets. Moreover, the interchangeable nozzles of this gadget also allow you to decorate cakes and pastries, and even fill donuts with filling. Making the perfect butter cookies will now become your hobby.

13. Pizza drizzled with fragrant olive oil

If you can't imagine pizza without flavored oil, an oil dispenser is another kitchen gadget that you should definitely have in your kitchen. A glass bottle will not only perfectly present its contents with aromatic additives - chili, garlic, herbs or sun-dried tomatoes, but also has a tight cork, thanks to which dirt cannot get inside.

14. Who needs ice cream to cool off?

During the summer heat, nothing is more refreshing than ice cream in your favorite flavor. You can buy them in a store or prepare them yourself, in a special device for making ice cream. The set includes 2 cups with a capacity of 500 ml, so you can share your homemade ice cream with friends or family. You can also prepare sorbets and frozen yoghurts in the device.

15. Use a pressure cooker when your culinary enthusiasm is temporarily waning.

Let's make an appointment - everyone has a bad day sometimes and needs a break from duties. If you sometimes want a minute for yourself, but in the future you have to cook dinner for the whole family, use a pressure cooker. This appliance cooks meals up to 70%. faster than traditional cooking and preserves the natural nutrients of the individual components of the dish.

Summation

Kitchen gadgets and modern kitchen accessories have one task - to make our lives easier and improve the quality of the food we cook. Kitchen inventions are also used by professional chefs. We hope that fans of the culinary arts will find at least one gadget on our list that will make cooking easier and faster. Enjoy your meal!

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