Thermapen Recipes

Father's Day is just around the corner, and it's time to start thinking about the perfect gift for the occasion. If your dad is a foodie and loves to cook and barbecue, you're in luck! We have put together a list of the five best Father's Day cooking and BBQ gift ideas for 2025.

Have you ever removed your meat from the heat at the perfect temperature, only to find it looks overdone once you slice into it? The reason for this is carryover cooking, a process that means food continues rising in temperature, even after it’s off the heat.  In this blog, we’ll take a look at why this happens, what you need to know, and how to apply this knowledge to ensure perfect results every time.

There’s nothing like tender smoked pork belly piled into soft tacos, especially when topped with tart homemade pickled onions and sweet candied jalapeno peppers (cowboy candy). Don’t forget to prepare your onions and peppers a day ahead—leaving them in the fridge overnight will really help the flavours pop.

Beer-battered cod fish tacos recipe with quick pickled onions and a stangy sriracha mayo.

Getting your steak spot on can be tricky—each cut varies in size and fattiness, making every cook different. They also typically cook very quickly; your steak can go from perfection to cremation in an instant.  Thankfully, there’s an easy way to know exactly what’s going on inside your steak as it cooks: meat thermometers. With a super speedy probe and a little temperature knowledge, you’ll easily whip your steak off the heat at the optimal moment, every time.  Read on for everything you...

Fettuccine alfredo has been adapted by Italian Americans from a dish that was simply just butter and parmesan to a new dish including steak and mushrooms.

Chipsi Mayai is a classic East African dish made of crispy fries and a fried egg, often enjoyed as a comforting, hearty meal. This recipe takes the traditional concept up a notch with tender, brined chicken lollipops, a creamy cheese sauce, and a kick of buffalo and peri peri sauces. It’s a fun and flavourful twist that elevates the simple, satisfying nature of Chipsi Mayai into a meal that’s perfect for sharing or indulging in something a little different.

This fresh and fruity Christmas tree pavlova recipe is the perfect centrepiece for your festive celebrations. It’s the light but flavourful dessert everyone needs to cleanse their palettes after a rich meal, but its striking Christmas tree shape keeps it looking suitably festive and celebratory.

This ‘marry me’ chicken pasta recipe by 2021 MasterChef runner-up Mike Tomkins is guaranteed to hit the spot. Creamy, cheesy sundried tomato pasta topped with juicy, buttery skin-on chicken supreme is an absolute winner, every time.

A classic British sticky toffee pudding recipe made deliciously gooey by cooking it to the perfect temperature. 

Gooey dark chocolate brownies filled with crushed bourbon biscuits. This bourbon brownie recipe will be a treat for any lover of these traditional British biscuits, especially with the perfectly fudgy centre.

To find out the scientific secrets behind cooking the perfect turkey, we carried out the ultimate temperature experiment. Here we’ve summarised our findings on the resting front, but you can read the experiment blog to learn more about the full process. Read on to find out how long to rest a turkey for the best results.