Updated 12:52am 1 June 2012

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Steve's Top Tips

QI tried to glaze a ham with honey in the oven recently, but it burned. How do you stop it burning?Read

Steve's Top Tips: Put heart into sweetbreads

Q. Any advice for someone about to cook lamb sweetbreads for the first time?Read

Steve's Top Tips: Secret to a top potato salad...

Q. Can you suggest a potato salad recipe that won’t be stodgy?Read

Steve's Top Tips: It's the time to enjoy asparagus at its very best

Q English asparagus is now available. Do you have any sugestions of something to do with it?Read

Steve's Top Tips: Apricot chutney to lift your lamb

Q WOULD it be easy to make a chutney with dried apricots to accompany lamb? I think it would go well.Read

Steve's Top Tips: Slow-roast tips for your toms

Q What is the ideal temperature to slow-roast tomatoes so they taste really sweet, but remain moist?Read

Steve's Top Tips: Try a fish wrap for your BBQ

Q What could I cook that would be out of the ordinary on the barbecue now that the better weather’s arrived?Read

Steve's Top Tips: Going quackers for crispy duck

Q What is the best way to cook a duck breast so the flesh remains pink – but not too bloody – and the skin is golden and crisp?Read

Steve's Top Tips: Countering the richness of pork

Q What would you suggest as an unusual accompaniment to slow-roasted belly pork? I want something to cut through the richness.Read

Steve's Top Tips: Creative uses for wild garlic

Q Wild garlic grows in a field near my house. I plan to pick some when it comes up but I’m not sure how to use it.Read

Steve's Top Tips: Keeping tuna steaks moist

Q I’ve tried cooking tuna steaks, but they come out of the pan dry. What’s the best way to ensure they’re still moist?Read

Steve's Top Tips: Get to the root of versatility

Q Any suggestions on how I could cook beetroots? I get bored with them baked.Read

Steve's Top Tips: Packing flavour into five-a-day

Q Do different vegetables need different times when they are being roasted?Read

Steve's Top Tips: How to spice up your cous cous

Q I’ve never cooked cous cous. Does it need flavourings added?Read

Steve's Top Tips: A chilli jam for cheese plates

Q For Christmas I was given some dried Mexican chillis with unusual names. Do they need soaking before use? And what sort of dishes can I use them in?Read

Steve's Top Tips: Wine and fruit are perfect pear

Q I ate a pear poached in red wine at a restaurant. How is this dish prepared?Read

Steve's Top Tips: Choosing the right red wines for your sauces

Q Does it matter about the quality of red wine you use for a sauce? And is there a grape that’s better than the others when it comes to sauces?Read

Steve's Top Tips

Q What recipe would you recomend for fish pie.Read

Steve's Top Tip's: Getting in stew over dumplings

Q What’s the secret of making good dumplings for a stew?Read

Steve's Top Tips: Crisp biscuits add dimension

Q I had crisp biscuits that were shaped liked cups to contain ice cream. How are these biscuits made?Read