Recipes

The secret to making perfect chips at home
04:14 2017-12-10

If you’ve ever tried to make chips at home and failed spectacularly to nail that crispy-yet-fluffy-on-the inside taste that you get at restaurants, we have some fantastic news… It turns out you can create the perfect french fry at home – and there’s surprising secret ingredient that will help you do it, the Mail Online …

You’ve been making mashed potatoes all wrong, says chef
08:15 2017-12-09

It’s safe to say we consider ourselves to be carb connoisseurs here at Prima.co.uk, and think there’s nothing quite like a creamy dollop of mashed potatoes to warm the soul. Whether you stick to lashings of butter or even add a little cream, everyone always thinks their mash is the best out there. But now …

This is officially the best way to cook pasta, according to science
07:42 2017-12-09

We like to think we’re practically carb experts here at Prima.co.uk, but that doesn’t mean we haven’t occasionally wondered whether we’re cooking our pasta to perfection, or whether it could potentially get EVEN tastier… Well, scientists now claim to have identified the ultimate technique for preparing your pasta like a total pro. The American Chemical …

Jamie Oliver wants to end his long-running feud with Gordon Ramsay
04:15 2017-12-09

Celebrity chefs Jamie Oliver and Gordon Ramsay have been feuding for some time now, but Jamie apparently wants to put it behind them. Though given his insistence that he’s taking the ‘high ground’, we’re not sure if this latest attempt to defuse their ongoing war will be any more successful than his last. ‘What I …

The fried egg mistake you’ve probably been making
04:05 2017-12-05

Eggs are basically the easiest thing you could choose to cook, right? So why is it that we’re learning new cooking hacks all the time? From how to make the perfect scrambled, to the hack for a fuss-free hard-boiled and now to the way you’re supposed to fry an egg (which we definitely haven’t been …