Diy Essentials Homemade Potato Starch Recipes

DIY ESSENTIALS: HOMEMADE POTATO STARCH

Steps:

• 1. PREP/PREPARE
• 2. You will need a large-hole grater, or you could use a food processor fitted with a grater attachment, plus two large bowls or pots.
• 3. Gather your Ingredients (mise en place).
• 4. Clean and peel your taters.
• 5. Grate the taters.
• 6. Place in a large pot or bowl, and pour in some warm water (just enough to cover).
• 7. Chef's Note: If you grated the taters in a food processor, you will see a bunch of white stuff in the bottom of the bowl. That is starch. Swirl with a bit of warm water, and dump it into the pot with the taters.
• 8. Swirl the taters with the water, and then dump them through a strainer, with cheesecloth into another bowl.
• 9. Chef's Note: If you have a strainer with a fine mesh, like a Chinoise, you will not need the cheesecloth.
• 10. You can leave the taters in the original pot, but use your hand to squeeze the taters to extract as much water as possible.
• 11. Put the pot with the taters down, and cover with more warm water, wait 5 minutes, and pour off the water in the other bowl with the starch. The starch will cling to the bottom of the pot.
• 12. Repeat this process of water, strainer, squeeze 3 or 4 more times, until the water is clean, and you can see the starch sitting nicely on the bottom of the second bowl.
• 13. Carefully pour off the last of the water; exposing the starch on the bottom of the bowl.
• 14. Scrape out onto a piece of parchment paper.
• 15. Allow to dry (I let it sit out overnight); however, you could use a dehydrator, or an oven on low heat.
• 16. Put the dry starch into a small grinder, and grind to a fine powder.
• 17. Place into a tightly sealed container, and store in a cool/dry place until needed.
• 18. PLATE/PRESENT
• 19. Use in any situation that calls for potato starch, or you could use it as a substitute for corn starch, or arrowroot powder. In this image I made potato pancakes using potato starch in place of flour. Very crispy. Oh, and I did use the grated potatoes from this recipe to make them. Enjoy
• 20. Keep the faith, and keep cooking.

DIY ESSENTIALS: SPAM, SPAM, SPAM

Steps:

• PREP/PREPARE
• The meat ratio in this recipe is 5/1... 5-parts pork 1-part ham
• The type of ham you use will influence the overall taste of the final product. I choose hickory smoked over things like honey-cured, because I felt that gave the recipe a good depth of flavor and complimented the pork shoulder.
• You can use potato starch (my choice), or you could use corn starch, or arrowroot powder.
• Gather your ingredients (mise en place).
• Place a rack in the bottom position and preheat the oven to 250f (120c).
• Cut the pork and ham into cubes.
• Grind using a medium plate.
• Chef's Note: If you do not have a meat grinder, you can have your butcher do it for you. Or, you can purchase it pre-ground. In my opinion, freshly ground is the best way to go.
• Mix the remaining ingredients into the cold water.
• Add to the meat and mix with your hands. It should resemble a thick paste. YUMMY!!!
• Add to a bread pan loaf, tightly cover with foil, and place into the preheated oven for 2.5 - 3 hours, or until an instant-read thermometer reads 155f (68c).
• Chef's Tip: To make it easy to remove the Spam loaf from the pan, I line it with some parchment paper.
• Remove from the oven, place a foil-wrapped brick on top, and place into the fridge overnight.
• PLATE/PRESENT
• Remove from fridge and use like "normal" Spam. Enjoy.
• Keep the faith, and keep cooking.