Kitchen tips: cooking the perfect steak

by | Nov 4, 2013 | Tips & Tricks |

Paul Heathcote’s Kitchen Tips: cooking the perfect steak If you want to cook a steak – or a burger, for that matter – brush with a little oil, season with salt and pepper, then cook on a hot pan and fry on one side only until near the end, before finally turning over to cook the other side of the meat. Cooking mainly on one side in a smoking hot pan is the key. Here’s some guidelines for timing: Blue: 90 seconds, flip over for 30 seconds Rare: 2.5 minutes, flip over for 30 seconds Medium Rare: 3.5 minutes, flip over for 30 seconds Medium/Well done: 4.5 minutes, flip over for 30-60...

Kitchen Tips: food stuck to pan

by | Nov 4, 2013 | Tips & Tricks |

Paul Heathcote’s Kitchen Tips: what to do when your food gets stuck to pan Do you often cook some meat, fish or potato in a pan and it sticks? You then spend the next five minutes chiselling it away, only to end up with scraps not fit for the dog. The answer is really simple. If you find the food sticking, lift the pan away from the heat, leave for 3 or 4 minutes, don’t touch it, have faith, come back and try to remove it...