But, alas, uneven shapes lead to uneven cooking ... continue your cut through to the other side. Credit: Allie Chanthorn Reinmann For a proper butterflied chicken breast, the connecting side ...

You can colour the buttercream at this stage. To make butterfly cakes, cut the top off each cake using a small serrated knife – angling the knife in slightly so that you make a concave cut.

Have the butcher butterfly the leg of lamb ... so the seasoning has time to penetrate into the meat. Slow-cooking a large cut of meat has the advantage of less shrinkage, and cooking it more ...