Every week during Hell's Kitchen on FOX44, the talented staff and students from the Louisiana Culinary Institute will provide you with a new & useful Kitchen Tip!

Watch for a NEW KITCHEN TIP from the experts at the Louisiana Culinary Institute every week during Hell's Kitchen on FOX44!

Patrick Ayres Student Chef

Peeling and seeding a tomato

• Cut a small x in the back of the tomato
• Boil for :30 seconds
• Place in a ice bath for :5-:10 seconds
• Peel each corner
• Squeeze out seeds

Meredith Beck-Wiggins Student Chef

Hulling and freezing strawberries

• Insert a straw into the narrow end of the strawberry until the stem pops out
• Freeze on a cookie sheet  about an hour – or until Frozen
• Place into a zip lock bag

Lauryn Leger Student Chef

Easy Pastry Shells

• Using a pasty cutter – cut bread on a hard surface
• Lightly baste each side with butter
• Press into a muffin pan
• Bake at 350 degrees for 10-15 minutes, until lightly brown.

Chef David Tiner Chef Instructor

Pitting an avocado

• Run knife around avocado
• Remove half
• Insert knife into pit and turn
• Remove pit
• To keep the avocado from turning black leave the pit in

Chef Patrick Mahon Chef Instructor

Juicing a lemon

• Take lemon in your hand a firmly roll on a cutting board.
• Cut in Half
• Squeeze with cut side up into a bowl.
• Holding the lemon cut side up will reduce the number of seed in your juice.

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