So today is jerky day, well it actually began on Thursday with the slicing and marinating, but today is the smoking day! Two batches on the go today. Started with a 4kg piece of round steak, split it into two…
Sous Vide Confit Duck Leg…
Going for a new experience tomorrow night. This recipe needs some long term planning though so we started last night with the first step below. I’ll now be up early Sunday to start the cooking. Let’s face it cooking something…
Getting stuffed….
Today we had our first go at sausage making, actually went fairly well. Our Kenwood has a great range of aattachments, one of them being a mincer/sausage maker. With the help of our butcher, Grant, who gave us a basic…
What is Sous Vide cooking? Can anyone do it?
Cooking sous vide is easier than its fancy name might suggest. You simply seal the ingredients in a plastic bag, or you can use a glass preserving jar, and place them in a water bath, a combi oven, or any…
Black Death IPA
I’m not really into Halloween, never have been. However I am into good beer and this one has a slight Halloween feel so it seemed timely to post it today. Don’t let the ingredients list put you off it’s not…