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Jamie Oliver on essential kitchenware – 30-Minute Meals


00:00:03okay guys here’s a whole bunch of stuff

00:00:05here this is a central kitchen gadget

00:00:08tree that you need you really really

00:00:12really need now before you start kind of

00:00:14having the go at me saying oh we haven’t

00:00:15got all this stuff or it cost money or

00:00:18this or that what’s brilliant about this

00:00:21day and age is that all of this stuff

00:00:23here right you can get from a value kind

00:00:26of distributor of this stuff I’m not

00:00:28going to mention any names but every

00:00:30household in the country can get totally

00:00:33kitted out now let’s talk about stuff in

00:00:35detail why over here first of all

00:00:37so liquidiser and need it gotta have it

00:00:42you need it for this book otherwise

00:00:43you’re in trouble you ain’t gonna be

00:00:45able to do it as quick a food processor

00:00:47really really good obviously comes of a

00:00:49grater blade slicer blades kettle I know

00:00:53you’ve got one anyway

00:00:54but it’s really important we haven’t got

00:00:57time to watch cold water boil

00:00:59okay pans I like to mix up the pans

00:01:02stuff like this little stuff cast iron

00:01:06where and then onto sort of stainless

00:01:07steel aluminium a nice big Dutch oven

00:01:10very very nice casserole tight pant or a

00:01:14little thinner quite a big area it can

00:01:16serve sort of six to eight people in

00:01:18there a couple of different pots very

00:01:21very important good quality non-stick

00:01:24pans these little babies thick bottoms

00:01:26you need to distribute heat well-rounded

00:01:28sides for toss in and then poach

00:01:32obviously any pots for your boil in bits

00:01:33and pieces

00:01:34griddle pan of any shape or size again

00:01:37thick bottom to retain heat but for

00:01:40cooking fish village steaks getting the

00:01:42char marks lovely vegetables and then

00:01:44trays again I like trays that can be

00:01:46cooked and serve we’re sieve and this

00:01:49little baby here great for sort of you

00:01:51when you do your gravies putting it

00:01:52through they’re nice and smooth a

00:01:54colander cake rack jam tart mould

00:01:58Yorkshire pudding mould on the chopping

00:02:00board you need a minimum of two I have a

00:02:04plastic board for sore chicken and fish

00:02:06and then I have absolutely important to

00:02:09have a wooden chopping board good wooden

00:02:11boards always cost a bit more and they

00:02:12should last you your whole life

00:02:15electric scales really good for your

00:02:17pastry work measuring jug pestle and

00:02:20mortar wooden or stone it’s all sort of

00:02:23debatable box graters now let’s talk

00:02:25about great is the fact that you got

00:02:27these different blades on different

00:02:29sides adds flavor to your food in

00:02:32incredible ways we’ve got basic boring

00:02:34stuff like tin openers pastry brushes

00:02:36ice cream scoops there’s my grater again

00:02:38we’ve got tongs really important these

00:02:42little babies for tossing salads pastas

00:02:44meats I use this every single day for

00:02:47everything fish slices slotted spoons

00:02:50rustic spoon serving spoons ladles

00:02:53coupler little whisks spatulas wooden

00:02:57spoon this is something that I use a

00:02:59hell of a lot whether it’s slicing or

00:03:01puree and you put your garlic in there

00:03:02and you don’t even have to peel it bang

00:03:05and the humble the humble lovely speed

00:03:08peeler this little baby is grateful

00:03:10ribbons of cucumber Cara shaving

00:03:13Parmesan cheese bits and pieces like

00:03:15that cut measurements bottle openers and

00:03:19I think I’ve probably done just about

00:03:20everything apart from our knives you can

00:03:23actually survive with these knives that

00:03:27is your minimum standard here right a

00:03:29chef’s knife a paring knife and a

00:03:32carving bread knife right that is what I

00:03:34use 98% of the time okay so basically

00:03:38that’s it that’s kick that’s equipment

00:03:40it’s so important for this kind of

00:03:42cooking that I’m trying to get you into

00:03:44that you have the minimum kit the kit is

00:03:47there to help you and if you have all

00:03:49the right kit immediately you’re 10%

00:03:51better at cooking it’s going to speed

00:03:53you up make you consistent and it’s

00:03:55going to blow people away good luck

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