26 foil culinary hacks that come in handy on the farm

2024 Author: Malcolm Clapton | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 03:44

Thin sheets of aluminum will help keep it clean and tidy, bake any shape cake and even seal the bag.

1. Convert a regular container into a lunch box

If you need to stack two dishes in a container and don't want to mix their flavors, a foil divider is a great solution.

2. Shorten the baking sheet

If the baking sheet is too large for the amount of dough, make a foil rim in the right place. This is especially true for jellied pies.

3. Create an original baking dish

Would you like to bake a pie in the shape of a heart or a star, but there is no suitable shape in the house? Take your time to go to the store. It can be made from foil: first create a contour from the strips, and then attach the bottom.

4. Bake curly cookies

Homemade foil stencils can be used in place of standard metal molds. Create any shape and cut out its outline on the dough with a knife.

5. Decorate desserts without a pastry bag

Its analog can be made from foil: roll a cone out of it, fill it with cream or glaze, fold the top edge several times, and then cut off the sharp tip. Now you can decorate.

6. Keep the edges of the pie or pizza soft

If your oven turns crusts into shoe soles, wrap the perimeter and bottom of the baking sheet with foil. So these areas will not turn black and dry out.

7. Refresh stale bread

Sprinkle it with water, wrap it in foil and place it in the oven for five minutes at 180-200 ° C. After this procedure, you can cut or break the bread without crumbling.

8. Make tea

Let's say you have loose leaf tea that you want to brew in a mug. To prevent small leaves from floating on the surface, fold them into a small piece of foil and roll them into a bag. Pierce it in several places, tie a string, and pour boiling water over an impromptu tea bag.

9. Make a hot sandwich with an iron

Take two slices of bread, put cheese between them and wrap everything in foil. Place a heated iron on top and keep it on for 10 minutes. You will have the perfect sandwich: crispy bread and melted cheese.

10. Fry bacon

An analog of a lattice can be made from foil. Thanks to its fan-shaped shape, the fat will drain into the grooves and the bacon will remain appetizing and crunchy.

11. Cook juicy chicken in the oven

This can be done even if your oven is not equipped with a convection function. Roll a tourniquet out of foil, roll into a circle or spiral and place on a baking sheet. Place the carcass on top. Hot air will envelop the chicken from all sides - it will bake faster and more evenly.

12. Make a spoon out of a fork

If you find yourself in a situation where there are no spoons at hand, and the existing food cannot be eaten with a fork, wrap the fork with several layers of foil. In the area of the teeth, form a kind of spoon out of it.

13. Cook scrambled eggs on a grill or fire

And also potatoes, chicken, eggplant and many other dishes. All this can be baked on charcoal in an open "dish" or in closed foil envelopes.

14. Turn any frying pan into a non-stick pan

Just cover it with foil. It is also a great opportunity not to wash the dishes after yourself.

15. Steam without a steamer basket

The absence of a separate steamer in the kitchen or at least a special bowl for steaming can be compensated in two ways. Roll tight balls out of foil, place them on the bottom of a saucepan or pan of water, and place a plate of fish or vegetables on top.

Or put some water on the bottom of a saucepan, cover it with foil and poke a few holes with a toothpick. You can put a lid on top. This method is convenient for preparing crumbly rice or manti.

16. Save the stove from stains

And myself - from their tedious scrubbing. If you are going to cook a lot or for a long time, for example, to store for the winter, cover the hob with foil, cutting out holes for the burners. Then this "tablecloth" can be simply removed and thrown away.

17. Get rid of grease and burn without a metal sponge

The foil ball copes with complex dirt as well as a special hard brush. This simple tool is effective for cleaning the grill from carbon deposits. You just need to moisten the foil with water and rub the grate with it.

18. Extend the life of bananas

Wrap the base of the stem in foil and store the bundle in the refrigerator.

19. Preserve the freshness of celery

Its petioles will not lose their juiciness for up to four weeks. Just wrap them in foil and keep them in the refrigerator. It is better to wash the vegetable just before use.

20. Soften brown sugar

If it turns into stone, put it in foil and send it to an oven preheated to 150 ° C for five minutes. It will become crumbly again.

21. Gently grate the zest

It usually sticks to the walls and gets stuck between the tines of the grater so that you have to work hard to get enough zest. But if you attach a sheet of foil to the grater, you will quickly get the required amount of product, and the tool does not have to be washed.

22. Transfer liquid without loss

Fold a sheet of foil in half or three and fold it into a cone. This makes a great funnel.

23. Make cake rolls

Roll up the foil cone and wrap the dough around it. When the tubes are baked, take out the metal frame and fill them with cream.

24. Cool drinks faster

Just wrap the bottle in foil and put it in the refrigerator.

25. Bake neat buns

Make foil rings and place the dough in them. The finished buns will be the same shape.

26. Seal bags without a sealer

With this device, it is convenient to fasten the edges of plastic bags in which something free-flowing is stored. But you can do without a special device. Just take two sheets of foil, place the edge of the bag between them and iron with an iron.