Cooking with Spices

Name: Cooking with Spices
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Learn how to add Bold & Delicious Flavor to Dishes

Created byVanessa LaBranche

Last updated 4/2018

English

What you'll learn

Effectively use cooking techniques to create delicious meals using a variety of spices for future meal planning.

Course content

7 sections • 32 lectures • 1h 39m total length

Introduction1:07
Introduction video for Cooking with Spices course.
Overview of Course1:22
After reading this section, you will get a basic understanding of what this course covers in detail.
What are spices? An Introduction1:12
General overview of spices.

Flavorprints of Latin American, Indian, Creole (West African influenced) China &0:32
Flavorprints are ingredients that are commonly used in a cuisine.
Flavorprint: Latin American1:55
Flavorful ingredients used in Latin American cuisine.
Flavorprint: India2:31
Flavorful ingredients used in Indian cuisine.
Flavorprint: Jamaica0:37
Flavorful ingredients used in Jamaican cuisine.
Flavorprint: China0:34
Flavorful ingredients used in Chinese cuisine.
Flavorprint-Creole West African0:57
Flavorful ingredients used in Creole cuisine.
(Activity) What are Spices? Create a Recipe of your own1:45
Quick video explaining what spices are and suggestions for using in a recipe.

Spice Pastes & Spice Rubs1:54
Description of the difference between spice pastes and spice rubs.
Recipe-India-Madras Curry Paste2:33
Demonstration on how to make curry paste to be used in upcoming recipe of “Beef Madras”
Recipe-Latin American-Sofrito1:52
Demonstration on how to make sofrito. Used for upcoming recipe for “Arroz con Pollo”
Recipe (Latin American) Annatto Oil2:43
Visually appealing red oil used in upcoming recipe of “Arroz con Pollo”
(Activity) Make one of the spice pastes listed in this section. S0:06
Experiment with making one of these spice pastes at home.

(Chinese) Recipe -Stir Fried Noodles with Shrimp & Szechuan Paste6:38
Demonstration of recipe.
Recipe (Creole-origins of West Africa) Shrimp & Sausage Gumbo,8:37
Demonstration of recipe.
Arroz con Pollo (Latin American)9:23
Demonstration of recipe.
Beef Madras-(Indian)8:20
Demonstration of recipe.
Recipe (Jamaica) Jamaican Beef Patties, Peas & Rice, Jerk Rubbed Chicken19:28
Demonstration of recipe.
Jamaican Rice & Peas6:03
Demonstration of recipe.
(Activity) Test one of these global recipes at home with these techniques0:07
Student should test making recipe at home.

Requirements

Students will need to have basic cookware and have most ingredients on hand to execute the recipes.

Description

Welcome to Cooking with Spices-Learn how to add Bold & Delicious Flavor to Dishes! In this course, you will learn a variety of cooking techniques, such as "sauteing" "toasting" and other helpful techniques used to create tasty dishes of various cuisines using spices. Before leaping into the course and so that you understand upcoming cooking lectures, there is helpful background information about spices and the foundation of how they are used in each cuisine which I call "flavorprints." After each lecture its encouraged to try something that is covered in that section. Some dishes to look forward to making are Arroz con Pollo (Spanish Chicken & Rice) Shrimp & Sausage Gumbo & Jamaican Style Peas & Rice.

Who this course is for:

This course is for home cooks of all levels and who are looking for new ways of creating dishes with spices. This class is not for home cooks with no basic cooking skills.

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Course content

Welcome to the World of Spices: How to use Spices in Cooking for Optimal Flavor3 lectures • 4min

The World of Spices: "Flavorprints"7 lectures • 9min

Ground or Whole Spices: The choice is yours!4 lectures • 8min

Proper Culinary Techniques when using Spices4 lectures • 11min

Spice Pastes & Spice Rubs. What's the difference?5 lectures • 9min

Lets Get Cooking! Using spices for Flavor7 lectures • 59min

Conclusion2 lectures • 1min

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