How long do I roast a joint per kilo?
How per-kilo charts are built, why they are only ever a starting estimate, and how to plan a roast around a probe so the timing question stops mattering.
beginner10 min4 min read
Techniques
Roasting, frying, braising and why temperature matters.
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How do I braise meat?
The method that turns the cheapest cuts into the best meals — brown, part-submerge, cook low for a long time.
beginner3 hr2 min readHow do I time a roast dinner so everything is ready together?
Working backwards from the serving time, using the meat's rest as the window to finish everything else.
intermediate3 hr3 min readWhy are my chips soggy?
Starch, water and two-stage cooking — why the professional method is two cooks rather than one long one.
beginner45 min2 min readWhy do my burgers fall apart?
Too lean, too warm, overworked or turned too often — the four causes, and the one that is almost always the real one.
beginner15 min4 min readWhy is my chicken rubbery?
Overcooking, uneven thickness and cooking straight from the fridge — plus what to do with the rubbery chicken you already have.
beginner20 min2 min readHow do I roast vegetables properly?
How to get roast vegetables that are browned and crisp rather than pale and steamed — heat, space, oil and timing.
beginner45 min2 min readHow do I cook salmon properly?
Pan, oven and poached salmon, and the doneness point that keeps it moist rather than dry and chalky.
beginner20 min2 min readHow do I deglaze a pan?
The thirty-second step that turns the brown stuff stuck to the pan into the best part of the sauce.
beginner5 min2 min readHow do I fix a sauce that is too acidic?
Four ways to counteract sharpness, which one suits which sauce, and why the bicarbonate trick needs care.
beginner10 min4 min readHow do I light a charcoal barbecue properly?
Lighting charcoal with a chimney starter, knowing when the coals are actually ready, and banking them into two zones so you can cook rather than just burn things.
beginner30 min5 min readHow do I make a marinade that actually works?
What a marinade actually does, the four components, and why overnight is often worse than an hour.
beginner15 min2 min readHow do I reduce a sauce?
Boiling off water to concentrate flavour — the widest pan, the right moment, and why you season at the end.
beginner20 min2 min readHow do I rescue a dessert that has gone wrong?
Repurposing rather than repairing — the fixes that work, and the far larger set of desserts that become a different pudding instead.
beginner20 min4 min readHow do I stop a joint drying out?
Why joints dry out, the temperature that matters more than the timing, and resting properly.
intermediate3 hr3 min readWhy does everything I cook taste the same?
The four habits that flatten a repertoire, and the small changes that make the same ingredients taste like different meals.
beginner20 min4 min readHow do I cook fish without it falling apart?
Dry surface, hot pan, and leaving it alone — plus the moment fish is actually cooked.
beginner25 min3 min readHow do I make a good stir fry?
Why home stir fries end up soggy and grey, and the preparation and heat management that fixes it.
beginner25 min2 min readHow do I make pulled pork that actually pulls?
Why pulled pork is a collagen problem rather than a temperature problem, which cut to buy, and the internal temperature at which shoulder stops being sliceable and starts shredding.
beginner30 min5 min readHow do I stop food sticking to the pan?
Why food welds itself to a pan, and the preheating, drying and patience that prevent it.
beginner10 min2 min readWhich cooking method should I use for what I am cooking?
Every cooking method is either dry heat or moist heat, and that single split decides whether your food browns, whether tough cuts go tender, and how long it takes.
beginner10 min4 min readWhy are my vegetables soggy?
Overcrowding, too much water and too long — how to get colour and texture instead of grey mush.
beginner15 min2 min readHow do I cook vegetables properly?
Matching the cooking method to the vegetable, and the timing that keeps colour, texture and flavour intact.
beginner20 min2 min readHow do I cook vegetables so they still taste of something?
Why boiled vegetables lose flavour and colour, and the methods that keep both — with the right technique per vegetable type.
beginner25 min2 min read
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