Meat Glazes Making Your Dinner Special

Glazing is one of the best things to happen to meats. It not only makes any roast look picture perfect it imparts a better taste to sometimes bland tasting meats. Glazes are one of the fanciest yet easiest techniques to do. The best thing is you can turn a potentially bland dinner into a gourmet offering just by a simple glaze.

Glazes are pretty simple to make. A standard one is taking the juice from any roast beef and then simmering it with five cups of beef stock. This will take up to three hours to reduce it to three quarters of a pot. The glaze will be ready when it is thick enough to cat the back of a spoon.Use a pastry brush to spread it on your roast. If you're glazing lamb or chicken you can add herbs to this to make it more flavorful as well. However remember to strain the glaze through cheesecloth . This enables the meat to have a very smooth clear looking coating and gets rids of the herbs..

Honey and red wine are also used for glazing. The first is primarily for hams to balance the meat's saltiness. The second is usually used with meat loafs to give this ordinary dish some oomph. Barbecue ribs are always glazed usually with a mix of prepared sauces along with ketchup and a dash of HP or Worcester sauce thrown in. Jame and marmalade can also be used for glazes, primarily if you're cooking pork, ham or duck.

If you want to rev up your roast . then add a glaze. It not only makes the dish look better but also gives it a better flavor. The best part is that glazing is easy and can be done anytime during the roasting process. It doesn't take much effort to create this wonderful finish.