How do you cook winkles?

Posted: Mon May 12, 2008 5:41 pm

Got loads of Winkles on the rocks by me and seem to remember that I really liked eating them with garlic mayo and crusty brown bread, but how do i cook them? I assume boiling but how long for? and do I need to add anything to the water? or change the water during cooking? big grin

Posted: Mon May 12, 2008 6:43 pm

Hi in reply to your question on cooking winkles,soak them in salted fresh water for about 30 minutes,this will allow them to clean themselves,to cook drop them into boiling salted water bring back to the boil and simmer for about 2 minutes,drain them off and enjoy! Easiest way to get them from the shell is by using a needle.Hope this helps Darren.[/i]

Posted: Mon May 12, 2008 7:41 pm

Cheers for that I would have boiled them into rubber if left to my own devices! big grin

Posted: Mon May 12, 2008 8:11 pm

sit in a bath of hot water devil

i haven't had winkles for years , used to pick them off the rocks then spend ages picking them out with a pin ,
all this talk of them has made me fancy some again do you just have them cold in the mayo or warm
steve >((((*>

Posted: Mon May 12, 2008 9:53 pm

Thanks for the laugh devil

Warm winkles for me but nearly always cold by the time i finished picking them out lol big grin

Member Joined: May 10, 2008 Posts: 51

dazzaman wrote:

Hi in reply to your question on cooking winkles,soak them in salted fresh water for about 30 minutes,this will allow them to clean themselves, Hope this helps Darren.[/i]

Darren i must try cooking them your way, i think your idea of letting them soak first is a great idea because the only thing that puts me off them is when i get bits of sand or grit while eating them,

How i cook them is, say you have about 3 pints of them to cook i place them in the pot with just enough water to cover them then add a third of a pint of salt stir in some garlic bring to the boil and then check them after a few minutes to see if the cap comes away easy

That would be after rinsing them in cold water to remove as much sand and grit as possible,

But your idea has got me to think that maybe I should chuck them in clean salt water for the journey home and let them do the work for me,

Cheers,

Posted: Wed May 28, 2008 1:16 pm

I seem to recollect a fishing buddy tipping whelks in the sink and leaving them overnight to clean. Suprised him how far up a tiled surface they got ,took half a day to round `em all up ,chuckle chuckle !