martes, 8 de noviembre de 2011

recipe : Caramel Flan

INGREDIENTS

  • Water
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 1 (14-ounce) can sweetened condensed milk
  • 14 ounces milk at room temperature
  • 3 large eggs, at room temperature
  • 2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract
  • 1/4 teaspoon salt
PROCEDURE

  1. 1
    Adjust oven rack to middle position and preheat oven to 325°F. Place clean kitchen towel in roasting pan. Set 9-inch round baking pan on top of towel. Set tea kettle or pot of water to boil.
  2. 2
    Meanwhile, combine sugar and 1/4 cup water in medium heavy-bottomed saucepan. Cook over medium-high heat until the sugar is dissolved. Dampen a clean pastry brush and brush down any sugar crystals from the sides of the pan. Boil, swirling the pan occasionally, until the sugar turns deep amber, 10 to 12 minutes. Immediately pour the caramel into the baking pan and swirl to coat to the bottom. Allow it to set, 5 to 10 minutes.
  3. 3
    Place the sweetened condensed milk, milk, eggs, vanilla, and salt in a blender and blend until thoroughly combined, about 1 minute. (Alternatively, you may whisk the ingredients together by hand in a large bowl). Pour the flan mixture over the set caramel.
  4. 4
    Open the oven door and set the roasting pan and flan in the oven. Carefully pour hot water into the roasting pan—water should reach halfway up the sides of the flan pan. Bake until flan is set, but still a bit wobbly, about 1 hour.
  5. 5
    Remove cake pan from roasting pan and cool on rack, about 15 minutes. Chill completely in refrigerator, 2 to 3 hours. Run a knife along the flan edges and invert onto serving plate. Serve.

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lunes, 19 de septiembre de 2011

CONDITIONALS

                                                     

The conditional is used in English when you have to form sentences that are related and affect each other.

In English used 4 types of conditional depending on the situation. Here we show the differences between different types of conditionals in English:

ZERO CONDITIONAL

The zero conditional is used when the condition and consequence are always true. It is used for example in scientific facts or situations that we know with certainty to be true.

structure :


IF
   condition         result
If
present simple   present simple


examples:

-if you go out without an umbrella, you get wet
-If I work too much, I get tired. 
-If you freeze water, it turns into ice.
-If people eat too much, they get fat.
-If babies are hungry, they cry.

FIRST CONDITIONAl


The first conditional talks about the possible actions or events that may occur or not. the
starting with the if conditional sentence and is usually in this simple, while prayer
principal usually goes in the future with "will" and describes what will happen if the condition is true or not
comes to pass.

structure:

IF
   condition         result
If
present simple
futuro con will

examples:
-If it rains today, I'll stay at home.
-If you feel sick, you must stay in bed.
-I won't go, If it rains.
-If he doesn't do his homework, he can not go to the party.
-If he studies, he will pass the exam.

second conditional


The second conditional  is a structure used for talking about unreal situations in the present or in the future.
We always talk about conditions that exist at the moment and not something that happened or could happen in the past.

Structure:
     if               condition                         result
     if             past simple             would + base verb



Examples:
-I would buy a big house if I had a million dollars.
-If they won the lottery, they wouldn't work any more.
-If I had more money, I would buy a nice apartment.
-If I win the baloto, I would buy a house.
-If I were president, would fix the country.

third conditional

We can use the Third Conditional to talk about 'impossible' conditions, impossible because they are in the past and we cannot change what has happened.

structure:

IF
               condition                         result
If
              past perfect       would have + past participle

examples:
-If I had won the lottery, I would have traveled around the world.
-If I had understood the lesson, I would have approved the test.
-if I had made ​​the task of English, I would have won the matter.
-if I had graduate, I would have gotten a good job.
-If I hadn't forgotten his number, I would have phoned him.