1. Proper knife skills Mastering your skills with a knife can make your entire meal prep quicker and more effective! You’ll be able to safely chop all your vegetables into whatever cut or shape you desire. BBC goodfood have a great video you can start from: https://www.bbcgoodfood.com/videos/techniques/knife-skills 2. Roasting a Chicken We all want to be able to cook a roast for the family on a Sunday when we’re older, well now is a great time to practice. Practice makes perfect and if you want to get as good as your parents or grandparents you can start now! To properly stuff a chicken and bring out the flavour you don’t want to overfill it, give enough room for steam to circulate and spread the flavours. Rubbing the chicken with thyme, lemon juice and sage can further add to the flavour. And remember to check the temperature with a thermometer! 3. Crushing Garlic Learning to crush cloves properly is definitely the best way to add garlic flavour to your dishes, it saves using a garlic crusher and adds a deeper flavour than powdered garlic. The technique involves crushing the garlic with the knife held flat, before finely chopping. Resulting in a smooth paste that will add no lumps to your meal! An instructional video can be seen here https://www.bbcgoodfood.com/videos/techniques/how-crush-garlic 4. Cooking the perfect steak
There’s no better way to impress someone that serving them up the perfect steak cooked exactly to their preference. Generously season a steak left at room temperature with salt and pepper. Make sure the pan is at a high heat and coated with oil, you’ll want to give the steak anywhere from 2-5 minutes on each side depending on how they like it. Afterwards, you want to lower the heat and add butter, thyme and garlic to the pan, once the butter has melted use a spoon to baste the meat with the flavoursome butter. It’s very important to consider the cut and thickness of the steak your cooking, as times may need to be adjusted for larger cuts of meat!
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