Tomahawk Steak

This is a post about meat, if you are at all not interested in large, juicy, flame grilled steak, look away now… A week or so before Father’s day this year, my local butcher (Ryan’s Quality Meats) advertised a special gift pack consisting of nearly 1.5kg of Tomahawk steak and bottle of red wine. We …

— Sous Vide Key Wat —

Continuing to explore the unusual sides of sous vide cuisine I have branched out to try a classic Ethiopian beef key wat. This is a beautifully aromatic beef stew which is usual slow cooked over a long period of time to enhance its flavours and the tenderness of the meat. Traditionally served with Injera which …

Tangia Sous Vide

You’ll have heard of a Moroccan Tajine, but have you ever had a Tangia? It is a pot, a way of cooking and meal all by itself. Usually classed as a bachelor stew – you add all the ingredients into a earthenware pot and allow it to slow cook over long periods of time . …

Pastrami Part II

So you’ve read Part I – the cheating pastrami. But how do we make one from scratch? Read on. Its an additional step to the process but yields a milder more well rounded pastrami. Quite how authentic it is I don’t know, I’ll have to get the New York and try one one day. This …

Reverse Smoked Beef Fillet

One of the dilemas I face as an aspiring gourmound and provider of fine cooked meats to the dinner table, is how to manage a smoked steak or roast mid week. Sure, you can do a long fired cook on the weekend or if you really push it you can manage it on those long …

5-Spice Duck Breast

This one is all about the duck. I find duck a bit hit and miss when eating out. Some is amazing, some is very disappointing. Unfortunately I find cooking it can be a bit hit and miss as well. To get control of the situation back I’ve been using the sous vide, with a bit …

Yeminish Goat

Somehow the option of a goat roast came up in conversation. Not the sort of meat that you run into in Perth cooking very often, mainly in stews or at Italian restaurants. Its not even the easist meat to get your hands on – you will need a specialty butcher for this one. The spice …

BBQ Pork Ribs

Perfect BBQ ribs have become immensely popular, so many places are now serving god ribs in Perth compared to the one or two a few years back. Having said that, there are also some really average ribs out there so it is good to know how to make succulent, melt in your mouth, drool-worthy ribs …

Sexy Salmon

We stayed in this year for Valentine's Day and cooked our own dinner. The name of this dish pays homage to the fish truck that we've seen on Stirling Highway near the University of Western Australia that used to advertise their salmon fillets as Sexy Salmon every weekend. It used to be our landmark and …

Buttery Salmon with Soba Noodles

I’ve been hearing about how good sous vide is as a technique for cooking fish, apparently it is one of those meals you *have to try* if you own a sous vide machine. I bought a Sansaire (https://sansaire.com/) and searing torch in 2015 and still hadn’t gotten around to trying fish. So, to fix this, …