Thermapen Recipes

Pork doneness is a bit of a controversial topic. UK food guidelines are clear — it should be well done all the way. But with medium-rare pork popping up in restaurants and on TV shows, the rules can be confusing.

Mike Tomkins' Neapolitan pizza recipe features some temperature guidance for your dough, to help you create a consistently perfect crust every time you recreate this pizza. You can use your Thermapen to check your water and dough temperatures, but you'll also need an infrared thermometer, like the Pizza IR, to make sure your pizza oven is nice and hot, ready for your pizza.

When meat is removed from the oven, it continues to rise in temperature for some time afterwards. This is called carryover cooking. With red meat like lamb, this impacts whether you get the rare, medium or well-done result you’re looking for.

This carrot cake traybake recipe is made extra special with an easy Swiss meringue buttercream topping. If you like your carrot cake with walnuts, this is the recipe for you. My Kitchen Drawer topped her carrot cake traybake with the delicious crunch of chopped walnuts and some extra grated carrot.

Enjoy the authentic flavours of Puglia with this Focaccia Barese recipe by chef Mike Tomkins. Hailing from the heart of Bari, Italy, Focaccia Barese is a cherished culinary tradition known for its simple yet delicious ingredients and rustic charm.

Using a meat thermometer on any dish will ensure your food is safely cooked. But it also helps you to avoid overcooking, so you get a nice juicy result. This is whether you're cooking in an oven, pan, BBQ or in an air fryer.

When it comes to brownies, are you team cakey or team fudgy? My Kitchen Drawer shares how to make both with this quick, easy and delicious air fryer brownie recipe. When making brownies in the air fryer, there are only a couple of small differences between getting the cakey or fudgy result you want.

The quickest way to build confidence in the kitchen is to use tools that eliminate all the guesswork from cooking, especially when mastering your new air fryer. Air fryers are fantastic, but they don't operate exactly like convection ovens, and the familiar rules and temperatures you are used to may not apply.

The secret to the extraordinary tenderness of this air fryer salmon lies in the confit method — a technique that involves gently cooking the fish in a bath of flavourful olive oil. This process not only infuses the salmon with the essence of citrus, garlic, and dill — but also ensures a buttery texture that practically melts in your mouth.

Everyone enjoys juicy chicken wings, melt-in-the-mouth ribs and a juicy marbled steak. But sometimes, we need to keep things lean. Lower in fat but still high in protein, lean meats are a great choice for making your meals healthier.

Christmas dinner is, for many, the most important meal of the year. But cooking a whole turkey is no mean feat — it’s difficult to ensure such a large and lean meat is safely cooked and juicy all the way through. Especially when packet instructions and recipe timings commonly overestimate how long it takes for meat to reach a safe temperature, resulting in an overcooked centrepiece.

Burns Night is a commemoration of the life and work of Scottish poet Robert Burns. A celebratory supper is held each year on 25th January, and typically includes a haggis, Scotch whisky and a recital of Burns’ poetry.Traditional haggis is a nourishing combination of minced lamb’s ‘pluck’ (heart, liver and lungs) and beef together with oats, onion and spices...