Posts by CookItUp

Proper bacon and cabbage, being Irish, when I was away travelling it was one of ther things that I craved. That and a pint of Guiness! :) As Obama said it just doesnt taste as good anywhere else. For ideas you should check out Darina...

Oxy clean soak as other people stated but a great tip I picked up when working in Aus is to use eucalyptus oil when soaking, or whatever smelling oil you like. Cuts through that grease smell thats always hard to get rid of...

We use the 3 cook hand cut process.. I had used in a few places before and had problems with pots of labour intensive chips ending up as watery mash!!! So I thought why not steam them in a combi??? Works GREAT. While Cleaning down at...

Not too sure what 5x6's are, But if you quarter or half the tomatoes depending on size, drizzle with olive oil herbs and garlic and slow roast in the combi overnight at 50deg C (Roast my baby plum tomatoes at this temp might want to...

Check this out for hilarity.. Now thats a fussy customer!   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lKtPbhZFUhQ   What would you do?

Sous vide can work quite well, but it can take a long time for the birds to reach proper temp cooking and also raising temp for service can take time. If it is found necessary to hot hold birds I would certainly recommend brining. It...

Honestly in my opinion you still have to coat with tempered chocolate to get a good finish. I've been to a few top restaurants that have used shells suprisingly enough! Why not teach your assitant the seeding method for tempering. It...

Thanks Chefelle, In the end cos I knew the dough was gonna be in the fridge for close to 19 hours I reduced the yeast content to 2% and use a third part ice instead of water. Just to be safe!! In the end dough was slightly overprooved...

Hey all! Quick question, our Pastry chef is heading on holidays and we have a function the next day. I've made bread on plenty of occassions but its been a while. I usually use roughly 5 % yeast 1-2% salt 1-2% sugar 3-10% fat (probably...

True enough, there's no explicit time - temp answer, as you said many different factors. Was figuring for about 55 celsius myself roughly same as 130 ish F.. I'll do a test for sure to see how it goes. Cheers