Cooking Tips from Gordon Ramsay

Gordon Ramsay’s Ultimate Cookery Course is on channel 4 at 5pm. It began on Monday, 10th September and is packed with recipes and tips. This is not an introduction to cooking, it's based on the fact that you know how to turn on a cooker etc but he does show you how to cut veg/meat and a whole host of other stuf.

What I really love is that he talks to you, not at you. There's nothing patronising about this show.

Mondays tip's included:

Using a peeler to thinly slice cheese, vegetables and even chocolate.

Placing a damp cloth/kitchen towels or tea towel under a chopping board to stop it wobbling.

Being able to change the type of ground pepper from a pepper mill was an exceptional tip. I just thought you tightened the peppermill and ground it fairly fine, however, having it:
Tightly closed at top = fine ground pepper
Slightly loose = medium ground pepper
Loose at top = coarsely ground pepper!

This was definitely new to me.

I also knew how to peel a garlic clove – bash with back of knife to take off easily. However, I did not know that to peel an entire bulb, crush/ bash with hand, place all in a casserole dish or something else with a lid then put lid on and shake for 10 seconds – pick out your peeled garlic :D

He talks about what knives to buy, how to tell if fish is fresh and a whole host of other foody ideas. Plus he has some stunning recipes!

I won’t go through the week’s tips for you – no point. You can do this for yourself on the channel 4 website – www.channel4.com/gordon


On another note, my second book, The Island of the Mist, is now available in Kindle and on paperback:
UK: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Island-Mist-Kingslayer-Series-ebook/dp/B0092TUS7U/ref=sr_1_2?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1346945410&sr=1-2

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