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Preparing Food

In this section, we take a look at a range of different food preparation tasks for meat, poultry, game, seafood, fruit, nuts and vegetables.

With handy step-by-step instructions, these guides will help you carry out a range of common kitchen tasks; including preparing a rack of lamb, skinning and filleting a fish, shucking oysters and even advice on how to split a coconut!

Preparing Meat
Guides to a variety of meat preparation tasks, including boning a shoulder of lamb, making pork escalopes and preparing a rack of lamb ...
Preparing Poultry
Find out how to prepare chicken, duck and other poultry, including information on boning, trussing and stuffing ...
Preparing Game
Learn how to spatchcock a game bird or joint a rabbit ....
Preparing Fish
A guide to scaling, skinning, boning and filleting fish ...
Preparing Shellfish and Seafood
Advice on shucking oysters, butterflying prawns and preparing dressed crabs or lobsters ...
Preparing Pulses
How to prepare dried beans and peas for cooking ...
Preparing Fruit and Nuts
Find out how to split a coconut, peel a chestnut or segment an orange ...
Preparing Vegetables
Tips on preparing a globe artichoke for cooking and how to skin a tomato ...