Tuesday, July 29, 2008

Thanks Alton!

A good marriage is full of compromises. So, Aaron watches 'Dancing With the Stars' and 'Jon and Kate Plus Eight' with me sometimes and I watch Nascar or 'Good Eats' with him. I can't stand the host of 'Good Eats,' Alton Brown, but I do have to thank him for a little tip we employed tonight.

We made the "batter" for our homemade ice cream tonight so it can chill overnight. (The Kitchen Aid attachment arrived today and is spending the night in our freezer so we can make ice cream tomorrow night!!) The recipe we made - French Vanilla Cookies and Cream - calls for 8 egg yolks. Getting rid of 8 egg whites seemed like a waste, but we have no immediate need for them. That's where Alton comes in...
He suggests putting your egg whites in an ice cube tray and freezing them. Then, if you have a recipe that calls for just egg whites, you can pop them out, defrost and Voila! you're set!! We ended up with 10 "egg cubes" from 8 large eggs, but we figure it's pretty close. Now we just have to wait for a recipe that calls for egg whites...

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

That's a brilliant idea. I always add 1 or 2 egg yolks to my pasta with fresh Parmesan cheese and feel bad tossing the white. i will totally do this next time.