12 hacks to transform a simple meal into a gastronomic delight
Do you suck at cooking? Doesn't matter if you - in this day and age presentation is everything!
Even if your culinary skills are limited to boiling pasta or grilling a burger, you don't have to be a Michelin star chef to treat your friends and family to a deliciously tempting meal. Food plating's taking kitchens by storm - just ask any impoverished student...
Here are 12 hacks to transform the simplest of recipes into a taste bud-tickling dish!
1. Chicken Nuggets = Chicken Medallions with a Shooting Star Tomato and Mayonnaise Coulis
2. Hotdog and Cheese Sandwich = Double Sausage and Cheese Tower with Finely Sliced Gherkins and a Horseradish and Tabasco Sauce.
3. Chicken, Fries and a Slab of Cheese = Chicken Escalope topped with French Camembert and Curly Fries
4. Fusion food where Sausage, Bacon and Noodles = Pigs in Blankets with a Chinese Noodle Garnish
5. Sausage, Pasta and Mustard = Finely Sliced Sausage with Maccheroncelli topped with a Smooth Mustard Sauce
6. Tomato Soup served in a Sliced Bread Bowl
7. Hotdog and Pasta = Surf 'n Turf With A Twist
8. Leftovers = Mini pizza with a Nacho Sail and Tomato and Mayonnaise Sauce
9. Noodles and Rice = Sautéed Noodles and Rice à la Petronas
10. Peanut Butter, Cookies and Chocolate = Dark Chocolate Cookies with a Peanut Ganash and Chocolate Kisses
11. Hotdog, Cheese and Ketchup = Hot Dog and Melted Cheese Wrap
12. Buttered Pasta = Biciclette Imburrato (it's all in the presentation!)
By Straker Julia
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