Thread: Smoked kahawai

Originally Posted by Ingrid 51

I’ve generally used Manuka for smoking but recently tried pohutukawa as the council trimmed a tree and did not remove the wood. I did! Even the leaves of pohutukawa will produce a golden brown finish to the flesh, when added to any smouldering wood for the last stages of the smoke.

Pohutukawa is good,
oak is even better, gives good colour and not at all bitter taste as manuka sometimes can be.