FISH: Here are some words on the smoking of fish.

TO SMOKE FOOD IN A KETTLE BBQ:




1. Special woodchips are commercially available which give off a wonderfully scented smoke to infuse the food with a distinctive flavour.

2. Never use wood that is not specially treated for smoking food, as many woods are chemically treated and may make food poisonous.

3. To smoke food, soak 6 woodchips in water for 1 hour and prepare a kettle barbeque for indirect cooking. When the briquettes are ready, add 3 woodchips to each side and close the lid until the chips begin to smoke. Then cook the food according to the recipe.

4. Lift the lid as little as possible so that you don’t lose too much of the smoke.

5. Smoking does not work in a gas or electric barbeque as the wood chips need to burn to infuse their aromatic flavour.