The Shed

Here’s how to cook a guaranteed tender Roast that doesn’t shrink. Many home cooked roasts shrink by up to half size by the time they’re cooked. When I see someone cooking a roast at 150C/300F I cringe, the roast nearly always shrinks, the meat is tough. The cook complains that they don’t know why it […]

Squeeze lemon juice all over skin and rub in, stick onion inside chook Spray with olive oil  Cook uncovered @ 160C for 90 mins to 2 hours – cooked when thigh juice clear  Can Brown at the end by turning oven up for 10-15 mins. Very hard to ruin a Roast Chook by overcooking and […]

Ingredients: For 4-6 people   2 small, or 1-2 large lamb shanks per person.   Shallots 5-6 per person, or very small brown onions (not salad onions or Cairns “shallots”) Peeled and slit about one third through with sharp knife (don’t let Mo do this bit) keeping shallots whole   3 large bulbs of garlic, […]