When cooked slowly for an hour the squid totally changes texture and the rubbery collagens in the meat melts and turn into gelatin – and the mouth feel is almost like silken Tofu. But the most amazing transformation is the flavour – quick squid deep fried is almost tasteless by comparison, but when you slow cook the squid it imparts a delicious fresh seafood taste to the stew.
One of our weight loss secrets has been slow cooking large fatty joints of meat on the weekend, then portioning it up into Meals to be frozen. During the week we can take a bag of perfectly cooked and seasoned meat out of the freezer, thawing and heating it to serve is under 10 minutes.
The pork Scotch fillet is a heavily marbled cut of meat from the shoulder and it’s usually cooked slow as a roast because the fat keeps the meat very moist. There is a secret trick to cook it like a steak, it requires several days worth of preparation and some equipment but the end result is totally worth it.
Here’s a good technique for perfectly cooking Tandoori Lamb Cutlets in a bag so they’ll be ready for Australia Day. The end result is absolutely flawlessly cooked cutlets for dinner, Easily the best Tandoori Lamb we have ever eaten.