Tips for cooking fish

February 27th, 2009
  • Fish on the Grill
    Fish on the Grill

    Wipe fish with a clean damp cloth and pat dry the cavity and skin.

  • Using a sharp knife cut 3 or 4 diagonal 3-6mm deep slits on each side of the fish. Cut slightly deeper toward the front fin of the fish. The slits will help the fish to cook more evenly throughout.
  • Brush the inside of the fish with olive oil and season the inside and outside with salt and pepper.
  • Cooking Sausages on the Barbie

    February 27th, 2009

     

    Must be bbq'd slowly

    Must be bbq'd slowly

    Whatever method you use they should be cooked right through, but still juicy. Cook them slowly to ensure that the skins do not burst. This is vital because the skin helps to retain moisture, once it bursts it cannot do this. A burst skin is either a sign of a bad sausage or a good sausage ruined by fast cooking.

    It can be difficult to turn sausages without piercing the skins. A pair of spring loaded kitchen tongs will make it easy to turn and reduce the risk of piercing them.

    Brine that turkey!

    February 27th, 2009
    Turkey Roast
    Turkey Roast

    Every year sometime around Christmas I’m guaranteed to get a few phone calls from friends and family asking “how to brine”  Why brine your birds some of you may be asking? Think of it as extra insurance for a juicy juicy bird, a properly brined and cooked bird will not need to be smothered in gravy, it will be juicy, and buttery with lots of flavour. If you’ve opted to bbq/smoke your bird this year, cooking it slow and low it’s very important to brine your bird, you don’t want your breast meat turning into sawdust do you?