Smoking Points

After a quick little research, here are some of the most common cooking lipid smoking points.

Fat	Smoke Point	Quality
Avocado oil	520°F	Refined
Safflower oil	510°F	Refined
Mustard oil	489°F
Ghee	485°F
Olive oil	468°F	Extra light
Soybean oil	460°F	Refined
Coconut oil	450°F	Refined
Corn oil	450°F	Refined
Peanut oil	450°F	Refined
Sesame oil	450°F	Semirefined
Sunflower oil	440°F	Refined
Hazelnut oil	430°F
Almond oil	420°F
Grapeseed oil	420°F
Macadamia oil	413°F
Olive oil, high quality	405°F	Extra virgin
Canola oil	400°F	Refined
Walnut oil	400°F	Semirefined
Castor oil	392°F	Refined
Avocado oil	375-400°F	Un-Refined, Virgin
Lard	370°F
Vegetable shortening	360°F
Corn oil	352°F	Unrefined
Coconut oil	350°F	Extra Virgin (Unrefined)
Safflower oil	320°F	Semirefined
Butter	250–300°F

Cast Ironed Steak Tips

 Not that any of us need to perfect our steak cooking, but a couple of good points come out of this video. One thing I learned is that beef has it's mildest flavor when it's raw - it makes sense, I've just never thought about it before.

Also, he uses Grapeseed oil, which I know has a super high smoke point. 

Cooking a Steak Right

Soda Bread

I haven't made this in a while, but it's so good when it's cold outside. And, if done right, it's not as super dense as most soda bread's. I always shave orange peel into mine and will sub in different nuts and dried berries. Warm it up with a pat of butter and call it a day..

Recipe: Skillet Irish Soda Bread Served With Cheddar and Apples

Time: 1 1/2 hours
Butter for greasing pan plus 1/4 cup unsalted butter, melted
3 cups all-purpose flour
2/3 cup sugar
1 tablespoon baking powder
1 1/2 teaspoons salt
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 3/4 cups buttermilk
2 eggs, well beaten
1 1/2 cups raisins or currants
1 tablespoon caraway seeds
Good aged Cheddar cheese, for serving
Tart apples, cut into slices, for serving.
1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease a 10-inch oven-proof skillet and line with parchment or waxed paper.
2. In a bowl, whisk together the flour, sugar, baking powder, salt and baking soda. In a separate bowl, combine the buttermilk, eggs and 2 tablespoons melted butter. Add wet ingredients to dry and stir until just combined. Do not overmix. Stir in the raisins or currants and caraway seeds.
3. Pour batter into skillet. Brush top with remaining butter. Bake until golden and firm to touch, about 1 hour. Cool 10 minutes before slicing and serving with Cheddar and apples.
Yield: 1 10-inch loaf.



Soda Bread Recipe

Simple