SMOKED by Charlotte Pike

Smoking is one of the oldest and most delicious ways of preserving and flavouring a wide range of food from fish and meat to vegetables and dairy products.

Charlotte Pike provides a go-to guide for those who want to try their hand in a modern way at this ancient technique, with a step by step guide to hot and cold smoking many delicious and iconic smoked ingredients, which are paired with recipes showing how to enjoy your smoked creations.

SMOKED provides a guide to smoking for beginners, but also offers ideas for new challenges for those with experience, alongside guidance on ready-to-use equipment to suit all homes and budgets, from stovetop smoking to mastering the use of the Big Green Egg. Guidance is also given on building a DIY cold smoker.

Charlotte has created a wide range of tried-and- tested recipes for smoked ingredients and recipes to make the most of them, including smoked chicken and chorizo paella, cold-smoked salmon platter, Asian smoked mackerel salad, Scandinavian fiskefrikadeller, fresh tagliatelle with cold smoked trout and watercress and barbequed lobster with smoked butter.

This is your go-to guide for smoking food, filled with irresistible recipes to savour and share. If you have ever wanted to smoke your own food, then this is the book for you!