what culinary mistake did u make that turned out to be a success/better than original??

Question

it can also be an intentional mistake (as in improvise)

Answer 1

My husband and I came up with this great stuffed bread by accident. I made my usual dough recipe (which was an accident to begin with!), and he tried to replicate a stuffed bread he had 2 years ago. All he knew was there was pepperoni and cheese of some kind in it. So we dragged out all the cheeses and decided on feta, cheddar, Parmesan-asiago-Romano blend. Then I realized I had a tub of pesto and thought what the heck?! We cobbled that bread together by folding it like a package and baking it. It tasted good, but wasn't the greatest.

So this last time we did all the same, but added a chopped jalapeno, a can of green chiles, and a can of sliced black olives, and *rolled* it up and sealed it and baked it.

Oh my God it was such a hit over Thanksgiving dinner with the family! And when it was cut, the middle looked just like stromboli. Tasted good, looked good, and now we'll probably never change it!

It was a crazy combination of stuff around the house, but it worked finally!

Answer 2

I was deep into the best cookie recipe I've ever developed, at almost the last ingredient and realized I was out of orange oil. I can only get that oil through mail order so I was pretty upset because it's an important ingredent. I had lemon oil so I used that instead - it had a very distinct effect on the recipe. Everyone always likes those cookies, but the dozen or so people who tasted that batch all said they were the best cookies they'd ever had and I should market them. The change became a permanent one, the recipe is now a secret and I sell those cookies at Christmas!
Best wishes!

Answer 3

I once misread a fruit cake recipe where you were supposed to soak the fruit in beer overnight and then just fold the fruit into the cake but I put all the beer in as well. The cake turned out wonderfully dark and moist and rich and I make it like that normally now (although with a bit less beer as the original one was so liquid it seeped out of the cake tin and made a right mess of the oven!)

Answer 4

This wasn't exactly a mistake.

My Mom makes an awesome macaroni and cheese casserole, southern style.

I had an OK Lobster Macaroni and Cheese at the O-Bar in West Hollywood.

Charles C in Compuserve's Cooking Forum posted a Rich Macaroni and Cheese.

I combined all three, and they are almost as good as my Mom's!

Answer 5

As a veggie I was concerned about cooking Beef in port for my friends following the recipe in a dairy product book. I dutifully ordered the correct meat and prepared it however I picked up the wrong decanter and covered it in sherry. Everyone said that it was the nicest and richest casserole, months later I prepared it using the port. This time everyone reported that it tasted ok but was no where near as nice as the previous one. The lesson is that Cheap sherry beats expensive port anytime

Answer 6

bake a chicken in the oven, super easy just clean it, put in a pan with some chicken broth, put the dry rub and seasonings on the chicken, maybe add a little melted butter for flavor, pop in the oven for 1 and 1/2 hour at 400 degrees. Cooks itself. Maybe add some mashed potatoes and asparagus or broccoli and you got a great family meal (under 10 bucks too)

Answer 7

Well I used to make these killer S&P potatoes. I would dice up the potatoes lightlt fry them in oil, and douse them with salt and pepper! mmmmmm soooo good!

Well one time when I was making them with one of my friends, We put chili powder instead of pepper 9how that happend I will never know) but they turned out really awesome!

Answer 8

i accidentally added a dash of cloves instead of nutmeg to my rice pudding and didnt even realize til somebody tasted it and said, "hey whats in here" it actually tastes very good and gives my rice pudding a bit of extra zing. i use it all the time now, but be careful with it, you only need a pinch or two in a large pot of pudding.

Answer 9

Mixing liquid chocolate with double cream until it was thick then using it as a layer on sponge sandwich.
RoyS

Answer 10

forgot to put sponges in a trifle but i hate the sponge anyway and afterwards everyone else said how much better it was without the sponges. Apparently no one else seemed to like the sponges...!