98 Using Your Thermapen Your Thermapen - A Guide to Better Food
…while you prepare foods in your…
…and anywhere else you work with food.
Some people even use their Thermapen to check the temperature
of their bath water! Get creative and think about ways that an
accurate temperature reading could improve your life.
Those who make a commitment to using their Thermapen
regularly achieve the best results over time. You have likely grown
accustomed to estimating the doneness of food through other
less scientific methods, such as…
u relying on a recommended cooking time from a recipe
u watching the colour of a bread while baking
u sticking a fork or toothpick into a cake to see if it comes
out clean
u stirring and watching the consistency of a sauce or
confectionery
u pressing against the top of meat to gauge resistance
u cutting open a fillet on the grill
Many recipes call for just these types of activities, but you now
have a highly accurate temperature instrument at your disposal.
Start taking readings on your favourite recipes and jotting them
down next to the recipes themselves. Make the food the same
way you always do and check doneness as you always have,
but start writing down the Thermapen readings for when things
turn out just the way you like them. That way you will be able to
replicate a perfect result using your Thermapen.
You may find that
you can gauge the
'hardball' stage of a
confectionery recipe
more accurately than
ever and start making
near-misses a thing
of the past, if you
just take the time to
u oven
u microwave
u fridge
u freezer
u deep fat fryer
u BBQ, grill or smoker
u hob
u worktop
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