Desert Recipes
You’re in for a rude awakening if you think desert recipes is some kind of cake. And that doesn’t mean healthy alternatives to after dinner snacks either. It’s easy to get a little mixed up. The often sweet end to a meal is a dessert, while a desert is an often sandy and hot but always dry area. Read on to learn tips about cooking in the hot desert.
The desert has one element that makes it ideal for cooking food. That element is the sun. Temperatures in the desert can top 150°F, that’s good for cooking. If harnessed, it can mean cooking without modern appliances like microwaves, stoves or even gas or charcoal grills.
Solar cookers can be anything from a fancy, modern store bought model to something as simple as a pizza box with insulation and reflective material (such as tin foil.) The temperature in such cookers can reach near 300F, which is fine for cooking almost anything that can be found in desert recipes. Hotdogs, steaks, soups, even spaghetti can be cooked here. Don’t forget two things, however. The first is that this is a slow cooking method. It takes all day to cook. Plus the solar cooker will likely have to be realigned throughout the day as the sun moves. The second is that it doesn’t work at night or on cloudy days – any time there is no sun.
Solar cooking has some unique advantages too. Slow cooked food is melt in your mouth moist. Because the cooking is so slow, there’s no need to worry about burning it. Need proof? Try leaving some French fries in hot oil for an extra 10 seconds after they’re cooked. Plus cooking over a longer period means more time to savor the aromas. Cooking isn’t just cooking and eating, it’s presentation and experience too. Don’t let people tell you solar cookers don’t brown foods. They do.
Is it time for the desert recipes? There’s everything from spaghetti squash with sausage to good old eggs and bacon Use Google search to find more.
It may seem impossible to cook desert recipes with just the power of the sun. But it works.
