Stocks & Jus into Ice Cubes

Freeze down you chicken, beef or veal stocks (whether homemade or store bought) into ice cube containers. Once frozen, crack them into a ziplock bag and leave in the freezer for easy access to perfectly measured tablespoons every time!  The other method is to half fill a ziplock bag and freeze. you can then snap off what you need. 

You can throw them into such things as sauces , stir fries or pastas.

Cooking the Best Steak

Here's a couple of Tips for getting the best out of your steak!

•  Almost a Minute: 1cm thick steaks are thicker than a minute steak... we like to call them a 2 minute steak. Less likely to overcook you simply cook them on a super high heat for 1 minute each side then rest for 1-2 minutes... This will give you perfect medium rare...
• Salting Your Steaks: salt your steaks right before cooking and after patting dry. Leaving salt on for more than a couple ofminutes will draw out the moisture of the steak leaving moisture on the surface which will reduce the chances of a nice crust.
• Add Pepper after Cooking: Pepper burns on high heat so best to add your pepper after cooking.
• Room Temperature: Ensure your steaks are at room temperature, this means bringing your steaks out of the fridge for at least 1 hour before cooking and up to 2 hours. Don't worry, there is no way you meat can go off in this time.
• Marinating: We suggest you only marinate you steaks before cooking "if" it is a budget steak. Otherwise, cook it with salt and either post marinade (recipes here) or add the flavour on the plate.
• Criss-Cross Marking: To get the checked chriss-cross marking on your steaks place the steak on an angle onto the grill. if doing a 1cm thick steak then cook for 30 seconds on the angle, turn  flat 180 degrees and cook for another 30 seconds then flip the steak and repeat.
• Resting Your Meat: Make sure you rest you steaks for half the time you have cooked it for or at least 2 minutes if a thin steak. This will ensure the juices are retained in the meat and not on the plate. It will also deliver a more tender piece of meat. 
• Post Marinating: check out some of our post marinating recipes. 

BBQ'ing Bacon

BBQ'ing your bacon will give it a little extra smoky flavour, really crisp up the fat (the only reason i eat bacon) and also keep the kitchen clean. win win!