How to Turn Corn Tortilla into Homemade Tortilla Chips

Restaurant and store-bought tortilla chips can not compare to fresh and more crunchy homemade tortilla chips. Tortilla chips are fast and easy to produce and you can use them in any recipe calls for tortilla chips. Fry or bake up some and enjoy it plain, with salsa and dips, or in a batch of nachos.

  What you need:

• 1 quart. oil for frying
• 1 (12 ounce) package corn tortillas
• Salt to taste
• a large pot
• skimmer
• Cutting Board
• Knife
• Bowl

Directions:

1. Cut tortillas into wedges or strips.
2. Line a bowl with paper towels (to absorb excess oil).
3. Heat oil in large saucepan to about 375 degrees.
4. Fall of the tortillas in oil in small quantities. Brown.
5. Remove chips from the oil in a slotted spoon. Transfer to a bowl to cool.
6. Sprinkle with salt while still hot.
7. Repeat steps 4-6 with the remaining tortillas

How to Make Homemade Orange Peel Oil

Orange peel contains volatile oils with various chemical components such as terpenes, sesquiterpenes, aldehydes, esters and sterol 3. Details of orange peel oil chemicals composition are as follows: 

         

Chemicals Composition of Orange Peel Oil:

   

Orange peel oil can be used as a flavor of the beverage products, cosmetics, and sanitary. The price of citrus oil extracts are relatively expensive.

Orange peel oil extraction process can be done with a simple method by using simple and unexpensive equipments.

Things You'll Need:

Orange peel

5% NaHCO3 solution

Anhydrous Na2SO4

Chopper.

This tool is used to chop the orange peel. The simplest tool is a knife and cutting board. For large capacity, it should to use a chopper machine.

Squeezer for orange peel.

This tool is used to squeeze the orange peel so that the water contained go down. There are two types of tools that can be used, which is threaded and bleeder hydraulic squeezer.

Centrifuge.

This tool is used to separate water and oil fractions of the orange peel extract.

Decantation Bottle.

This tool is used for decantation, the separation of oil and water fractions in the emulsion.

Instructions:

1. Preparation

Softening. Clean orange peel thoroughly, then soaked in a solution of NaHCO3 3% for 10-14 hours. Each kg of orange peel soaked with 1 liter of solution of NaHCO3.

Chopping. After soaking, chop the orange peel to size 0.3 to 0.5 cm.

2. Extortion

Wrap orange peel that has been chopped with thick calico fabric, then squeeze with a screw or hydraulic pressing tool. At first press it at pressure of 200 kg per cm2, then increase the pressure gradually to 400 kg per cm2. During the extortion, spray with cold water. Do the extortion twice. The yield obtained in the form of oil in water emulsion called oil emulsion.

3. Oil Separation

Decantation.

Fill emulsion into decantation bottle (the fraction of water and oil emulsion separator). Then store the emulsion in a refrigerator (4 - 7 oC) for 10-24 hours. Remove the fraction of water that is at the bottom. Disposal is as follows. Open the inlet channel, then open the outlet faucet to let all the fractions of water flowing out.

Centrifugation.

Transfer the fraction of oil left in the decantation bottle into centrifuge bottle. Then centrifuge at a speed of 4000-6000 rpm for 15 minutes. The remaining fraction of water will be at the bottom of the fluid in a centrifuge bottle, and the oil fraction is at the top. Oil fraction is referred to as orange peel oil.

Water Binding 

Add anhydrous Na2SO4 into orange peel oil, then stir. Each liter of oil was add with 1-3 g of anhydrous Na2SO4. Then filter the oil to separate from Na2SO4 . The  adding of Na2SO4 is intended to bind the water that can not be separated by decantation and centrifugation.

4. Storage

Store the orange peel oil in a dark colored glass bottle, close tightly and place it in a cool room.

5 Steps to Make Easy Homemade Strawberry Jam

The difficult thing in making strawberry jam is to strip off all strawberries. But it's worth the time! Unlike jams bought from store, homemade strawberry jam recipes have no preservatives and can be sweetened to taste, so makes the recipes both delicious and nutritious. This strawberry jam recipes yields eight (8 ounces) half pints.

Things to Prepare:

1 / 4 cup lemon juice

1 package powdered fruit pectin (thickening)

3 cups sugar

5 cups strawberries, washed and chopped

Bowl (large)

Ladle

Pan

Sterilized jars

5 Steps to Make Easy Homemade Strawberry Jam:

Wash and hull the strawberries, mashed in a large bowl, one layer at a time.

Mix strawberries and lemon juice in large saucepan. Gradually stir in pectin, bringing the mixture to a boil.

Add sugar, stirring to dissolve. Return mixture to a boil, stirring constantly for one minute. Remove from heat.

 If necessary, skim foam from the mixture. Pour using ladle into sterilized jars. Wipe the rim of the jars before sealing. Process in a hot water bath for 10 minutes.

Remove and let cool for 12-24 hours. This allows time for acclimatization. Jam can be eaten when it is cooled and thickened, and lasts up to one year if stored in a cool place.

NOTE:

During the boiling process, it can be added up to 1 / 2 teasp. margarine or butter to reduce foaming.

You can combine other fruit of berries for fruiter taste, such as blueberries or raspberries.

If the mixture does not thicken, make it as a delicious topping or preserves for cakes or ice cream.