We are talking about desserts and please you’re in for a rude awakening if you think desert recipes is some kind of cake. No it’s not a healthy after dinner riposte either. If that’s what you expect, there is some confusion.
The often sweet end to a meal is a dessert, while a desert is an often sandy and hot but always dry area. This article is about desert cooking.
Continuing to talk about dessert recipes it is clear that a desert is practically ready-made for food preparation because of one important element. That’s the sun. Temperatures in the desert can top 150 F, that’s good for cooking. That heat can be used in the place of an oven, microwave or other modern cooking appliances.
There are expensive solar cookers as well as homemade ones. Such cookers can reach up to 300 F, perfect for many desert recipes, yes there is a great deal to desserts recipe ! Everything from eggs stakes can be cooked on this. There are two issues to consider. Number one this is a slow cooking technique. It takes all day to cook. It takes constant realignment of the solar cooker to keep the sun focused. The second is that it doesn’t work at night or on cloudy days any time there is no sun.
There are positives to solar cooking as well. When food is cooked slowly it retains moisture. And it really isn’t possible to burn anything because there are hours of leeway in cooking times rather than minutes or even seconds with other cooking methods. Need proof? Try rice on the stove for an extra minute. Also longer meal preparation time means more time to look forward to that great meal. Anticipation can make the meal taste better when it’s finally time to eat. Contrary to what many people believe solar cookers can and do brown foods.
Do you want to hear some desert recipes? As mentioned before there are a variety of recipes for everything from eggs to pastas and even casseroles These and others can be found with a quick Google search.
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