Marinating Meat

Sugar, honey, or preserves can cause a sauce to burn on the meat’s exterior before the meat is fully cooked.

To avoid burning the meat, wait until the last 5 or 10 minutes of grilling to brush on sweet sauces.

If you wish to serve a sauce at the table, divide it before you brush part of it onto raw meat. Or, if you’ve brushed on a sauce, boil the remainder in a pan before passing.

I like to marinate my meat in a bag - you can buy these from any supermarket - it works so well. You can fill the bag with all of the marinade, add the meat, and then massage the marinade into the meat before putting it in the fridge.

Massaging the marinade into the meat makes it absorb the flavours better.