Essential sourdough baking tools and kitchen utensils for those beginning their sourdough journey include sourdough starter containers such as glass mason jars, good digital scales, a dough whisk, a banneton or proofing basket, dough and bench scrapers, a stainless-steel mixing bowl, and a Dutch Oven. These are my essential sourdough baking tools. If you’re just … Read more
This olive sourdough bread recipe with rosemary, thyme and sweet red capsicum makes a deliciously moist sourdough bread that is fantastic toasted and spread with toppings such as ’nduja or just dipped into virgin olive oil and sea salt. It also serves as an excellent lesson in how to bake sourdough with inclusions. Baking sourdough … Read more
No-recipe recipes may sound like a fun idea for busy people who have no time to follow convoluted recipes and the no-recipe recipe trend being promoted by the New York Times seems to be a popular one. Fun as they might be, no-recipe recipes are also a shortcut to kitchen nightmares. Now there’s a new … Read more
From how to cook lobster – from how to kill live lobsters humanely to how to cook lobster tails and recipes for lobster mornay, lobster thermidor and more – to how to cook crustaceans such as crabs, crayfish, yabbies, and prawns, we’ve compiled everything you need to know for cooking perfect shellfish this Christmas. Seafood … Read more
Quarantine cooking dishes to make to prolong the time between grocery shopping trips include everything from ragu alla Bolognese, which can be used with pasta and lasagne, to chili con carne that can be stretched to make a good old bowl of chilli, quesadillas and nachos. These are the meals to cook to extend the … Read more