Specials

11. How To Skin And Bone Salmon

• 60 min

12. How To Make Caramel

It’s the perfect combination of sugar and butter, together with solid wrist-work that help make Gordon's heavenly dessert: caramelised rhubarb crumble. Transforming sugar crystals into aromatic liquid gold needn't be a sticky business. Follow Gordon's tips and practise to perfection before the Cookalong.

• 60 min

13. How To Make Shortcrust Pastry

• 60 min

14. How To Roll Shortcrust Pastry

• 60 min

15. How To Make Your Pastry Parcel For Salmon En Croute

Salmon en croute is made from a salmon fillet wrapped in pastry - it's as simple as that. In this video Gordon shows how it's done ahead of the Cookalong.

• 60 min

21. How To Chop An Onion

Chopping an onion is an important skill to learn since it is the basic ingredient of many dishes.

• 60 min

22. How To Zest Citrus Fruit

Citrus fruits add great flavour to desserts but if you get over zealous with the grater, you may grate the pith.

• 60 min

23. How To Make Bolognaise Sauce

• 60 min

24. How To Make A Classic White Sauce With Cheese

A basic white sauce is a great technique to perfect, as it is the base of so many other sauces and dishes (soufflés/fish pies etc...).

• 60 min

31. How To Cook Pasta

Pasta: it's a staple of our everyday diet and one of the most commonly cooked ingredients, but it doesn’t mean that everyone knows how to cook it properly.

• 60 min

32. How To Cook Duck Breast

Cooking duck can seem like a daunting process but it isnt something to be afraid.

• 60 min

33. How To Make Fondant Potatoes

Mashed potatoes, roast potatoes and crushed potatoes are perhaps a more common accompaniment to home cooking, but fondant potatoes are really easy to make.

• 60 min

34. How To Chop A Chilli

Chillies are small, but they certainly pack some punch.

• 60 min

41. Preparing Steak For 'Steak Diane'

This classic show stopping dish is rich in flavour, the centre piece being the sirloin steak.

• 60 min

42. How To Prepare Your Sauce For Steak Diane

• 60 min

43. How To Cook Saute Potatoes

Simple to prepare and delicious to eat, sautéed potatoes are an ideal accompaniment to any main course.

• 60 min

44. How To Make Mayonnaise

Home made mayonnaise may sound scary but it can be put together in minutes and add a real delicate flavour to your Marie Rose sauce.

• 60 min

51. How To Prepare Fresh Prawns

Prawns are most commonly bought ready prepared. For those that feel like getting a little mucky, Gordon demonstrates how simple it is to peel and de-vein prawns.

• 60 min

52. How To Make Fresh Chicken Stock

Chicken stock. You can buy it fresh; you can buy it in ready-made and you can buy it in the form of stock cubes, but you can easily make it yourself. In this video Gordon demonstrates to how to make your own chicken stock.

• 60 min

53. How To Make The Broth For Hot And Sour Soup

Gordon shows how you can turn your own chicken stock into a base for an oriental soup. Once you’ve got a good quality home made chicken stock, the rest is easy. A handful of ingredients and a matter of minutes is all it takes to convert your stock to an oriental classic - hot and sour soup.

• 60 min

54. How To Slice A Pepper

Peppers are a common, day-to-day ingredient because of their unique flavour and versatility. The key to cooking with peppers is to make sure all the seeds are discarded.

• 60 min

55. How To Stir-Fry Beef

Stir-frying is a cooking technique that requires cooking over a high heat, while constantly tossing the ingredients for even cooking. In order to cook your beef to perfection it essential to cut it into thin strips.

• 60 min

61. How To Make Tikka Masala Sauce

One of the nation's favourites, here Gordon shows you how to make the rich, spicy tomato based tikka masala curry sauce.

• 60 min

62. How To Steam Rice

Rice - it's one of the most commonly eaten foods around round the world and is a staple in our everyday diet.

• 60 min

63. How To Joint A Chicken

Rice - it's one of the most commonly eaten foods around round the world and is a staple in our everyday diet.

• 60 min

64. How To Make The Shami Kebab Spiced Mince

• 60 min

65. How to shape shami kebabs

Shami kebabs are little mince patties, packed full of flavour - almost a mini Indian hamburger.

• 60 min

71. How To Finish Your Trifle

• 60 min

72. Cooks Christmas Dinner

• 60 min

74. How To Poach An Egg

• 60 min

75. How To Chop Herbs

• 60 min

76. How To Cook Scrambled Eggs

• 60 min

77. How To Sharpen A Knife

• 60 min

78. Cookalong Live USA special

An American version of the same name, also hosted by Ramsay, aired as a one-hour special on the Fox network on 15 December, 2009.[5] Guests included Whoopi Goldberg, Cedric the Entertainer, Alyson Hannigan and Leann Rimes, with home cooks featured live via Skype. The three course meal shown on the U.S. premiere was identical to episode 3 of the original British series.

• 60 min

79. Christmas 2011 (Getting Ready)

• 60 min

81. Gordon's Christmas Cookalong Live 2012

This Christmas, there's no need to panic if the idea of cooking for the whole family fills you with dread. Help is at hand as Gordon Ramsay serves up an action-packed, entertaining guide to cooking a foolproof Christmas dinner - live on Christmas Day. Gordon invites the nation's families to cookalong together. Don't leave it all to mum - Gordon challenges everyone to muck in and help create the perfect three-course festive feast: turkey with pork, porcini and sage stuffing; Madeira gravy; clementine carrots with freshly grated nutmeg; Brussels sprouts with chilli, lemon, garlic and toasted hazelnuts; and the perfect goose fat roast potatoes with garlic and rosemary. Plus, Gordon serves up a delicious starter of parsnip and pea soup with a walnut pesto, and a show-stopping ice cream snowball for pudding. Special lunch guests pop in to share Gordon's feast, and woven into the live cooking action will be a series of festive TV classics fronted by some of Channel 4's favourite faces.

2012-12-25 • 60 min

82. Christmas 2011: 10am to 11am

• 60 min

83. Christmas 2011: 11am to 12am

• 60 min

84. Christmas 2011: 12am to 1pm

• 60 min

85. Christmas 2011: 1pm to 2pm

• 60 min