How to Master Basic Knife Skills
Once you’ve mastered chopping onions, it’s time to broaden your knife skills and get to grips with scoring, shearing, fine slicing and more. Our kn...
How to Stuff and Roast A Chicken
Roast chicken is a Sunday favourite, but you can add even more flavour by stuffing it. Check out our video on how to stuff a chicken for roasting a...
How to Cook The Perfect Steak
Pan-frying is one of the easiest ways to make sure that your steak is cooked to perfection. The cooking time will depend on how well-done you like...
How to Make A Salad Dressing
A vinaigrette is a simple French salad dressing made from oil and vinegar in the basic ratio three parts oil to one part vinegar. Check out our vid...
How to Stay Safe in The Kitchen
Hygiene and proper handling of ingredients like raw chicken are crucial to prevent your meal (and month) being spoilt by food poisoning. Firstly, a...
How to Rub Flour and Butter
Some find it the most satisfying part of a bake, others hate this time-consuming task. However, if you’re making shortcrust pastry, scones or a cru...
How to Make A Tomato Sauce
Fresh is best and there's no need to buy tomato passata when it's so easy to make. Our simple passata recipe will last a week in the fridge, or up...
How to Prepare An Avocado
A delicious addition to salads or guacamole, avocados have a large stone in the middle that needs to be removed and soft flesh, which can be diffic...
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What are the 5 basic cooking skills?
- 1. Mastering Knife Skills Mastering knife skills is an important cooking skill for beginners and involves learning how to hold and use a knife correctly, as well as basic cutting techniques like dicing, slicing, and chopping. ...
- 2. Cooking Techniques Cooking techniques are methods used to prepare and cook food. ...
- 3. Building Flavor ...
- 4. Food Safety ...
- 5. Preparation
,Food safety actually begins with your shopping trip to the grocer. Pick up the foods that are packed or canned. If there ar…