Have you ever removed your meat from the heat at the perfect temperature, only to find it looks overdone once you...
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Thai Beef Salad
This Thai beef salad by Mike Tomkins is packed with fresh herbs and chilli and topped with perfectly grilled ribeye.
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How to Make Pork Belly Crispy
Achieving the perfect crispy pork belly is an art that any cook can master. Follow these steps to ensure a delicious, crackling pork belly, whether you're roasting it in the oven or cooking it on the BBQ.
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Grilled Chicken Caesar Salad
BBQ-cooked chicken, confit garlic and charred lettuce make this Caesar salad recipe a smoky, flavourful delight. You can cook everything in your oven or grill instead, but there’s nothing like the flavour of fire to enhance the umami anchovies and create the ultimate Caesar salad.
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6 Tips for Competing in Your First BBQ Competition
Nothing can fully prepare you for your first BBQ competition. Any cooking competition is tough, but it’s even tougher when you’re dealing with the unpredictability of fire.
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BBQ Brisket Detroit Pizza
Detroit pizza is very unique. It is characterised by a crispy, crunchy cheese exterior but a soft, airy interior topped with cheese, sauce, and often pepperoni. It’s one of the most versatile styles of dough, and can be topped with absolutely anything.
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How to Tell if Pork is Cooked
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.
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The Science of Resting Lamb
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.
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Best Meat Thermometers for Air Fryers
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.
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5 Science-Backed Tips for Cooking Tender Lean Meats
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.
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A Temperature Guide to Cooking & Resting Turkey
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.
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Burns Night Haggis, Neeps & Tatties
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...
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Mike Tomkins’ Pork Wellington
A good Wellington is the hearty centrepiece we all need in the colder months, and it looks super impressive too. This pork Wellington recipe is a fun and tasty twist on the classic beef. Mike covered the pork with honey and mustard, and a shiitake mushroom and black pudding duxelles before wrapping it in slices of prosciutto — layers upon layers of delicious flavours.