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Barbeque Tips – Leg of Lamb

There is nothing like cooking a beautiful, juicy leg of lamb outdoors on the barbeque. The key is to get a delicious caramelized outer crust with perfectly moist meat gradually getting pinker as you carve closer to the bone. This is my technique and it works perfectly every time.

My method is based around not cooking the lamb on the barbeque except to finish it prior to serving. Instead, cook it in the oven first and then finish it on the barbeque. This dish starts and ends with a top quality marinade. You can buy these but I much prefer to make my own. You can use whatever you like but I like to make a robust, thick marinade with rosemary, thyme, orange zest, ketchup, paprika, cumin and fennel. To get the marinade into the meat, slash the leg all over to a depth of about half a centimeter, then massage your marinade into the lamb.

The next thing I do is use a snug-fitting roasting tin. Using a snug tin means you keep the marinade in and around the meat while it is cooking which keeps it juicy… Continue reading

Tips on Using a Charcoal Grill For Your Barbeque Session

If you are in the mood of inviting families and relatives over for a barbeque and grill party, you should be well aware of how to use a charcoal grill as messing up in the last minute wouldn’t be the best thing especially when all 20 pairs of eyes are on you. Here are a few tips on using charcoal grill which you might just be grateful for before you start working on the grill.

Fish and meat can be toasted, grilled or smoked using a grill. There are two methods, namely direct cooking and indirect cooking. Charcoal briquettes are used to completely cover the bottom of the grill for direct cooking. The charcoal are piled together and then lighted. After the charcoal turns white, it indicates that they are ready to be spread over the grill’s bottom layer. As you might have read from some other tips, foods such as baked potatoes, thin steak and hamburgers are cooked using this method with a high temperature.

Whereas for the indirect cooking method, before you burn the briquettes into a whitish colour, place equal amount of those charcoals on each side of the… Continue reading

How to Barbeque Pork – Tips and Secrets

A great barbeque is indeed a great part of great summer outdoor fun. If you want to impress everybody with your pork barbeque, you can find many tips and secrets from the barbeque masters. Learning how to barbeque pork is not that difficult as well, even if it is your first time to try hands-on grilling. Here are some simple tips you can start with.

First things first, you must prepare your ingredients for your outdoor barbeque. If you want to learn how to barbeque pork, which is the most common meat that we all want to put on that grill, you need to first know how to choose the meat. Of course, if you want to impress them with the taste, you must also find a great meat. Even if you got the tastiest sauce, a tough meat will always ruin the recipe.

Remember that the first secret in making the best pork barbeque is a good quality meat.

You can choose your meat with bone or without or you can choose that rib part. It is important to choose quality fresh ingredients for your pork barbeque and for your… Continue reading

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