SMOKED How to flavour, cure and prepare meat, seafood, vegetables, fruit & more

by Jeremy Schmid                                          

Photography by Devin Hart

$45.00 - New Holland Following the success of Bangers to Bacon, Jeremy Schmid takes it a step further with  Smoked and  demonstrates the wide scope of this age-old art of preserving food.       The enticing aroma of wood smoke is hard to beat but as Jeremy shows, you don’t necessarily have to cook outdoors or use expensive equipment to create that sweet salty smoked flavour. Smoking units can be created for the stove-top, in a barbecue, or in a  cabinet outside. Jeremy describes the difference between  hot and cold smoking, explains  wood fuels and spices to blend and balance the right level of smoky flavours,  and uses step-by-step photos to show the process.       Individual sections on meat, fish and seafood, fruit and vegetables, dairy, eggs and nuts  all begin with technique, then lead on to showcase the delicious recipes Jeremy has  developed using smoked foods.  With his help, you can make your own mouth-watering pastrami, or try Smoked Snapper Pie, Beer-crusted bread with Smoked Butter and even Roast Apricots with Smoked Mascarpone  for dessert. About the Author & Photographer   Jeremy Schmid has worked as a chef in New Zealand and in Europe, and did a  postgraduate study course at the prestigious Culinary Institute of America in Napa Valley.    He has developed an individual style  incorporating a special interest in preparing cured  meats and seafood. Having sold his successful 215  Dominion Road bistro, he is now chef  at The Officer’s Mess at Fort Takapuna in Auckland. His first book Bangers to Bacon was placed third in the Gourmand World Cookbook Awards in 2012. Smoked is his  second book. Devin Hart is a highly creative freelance photographer with considerable experience working with images of food. His work appears in a number of books and food magazines and this is  his second collaboration with Jeremy Schmid and fourth with New Holland Publishers.  Devin also photographs on commission,extensively for Getty Images. He lives in Auckland.