I generally use the leftovers from a slow cooked meat dish where I have removed the meat from the bone or taken bigger chunks of meat and chopped it up into smaller pieced and put it back into the sauce as a sauce with pasta. However, if you want a simple, tasty bolognese sauce, then this…
Beef
Hungarian Veal Goulash
There is nothing like a good goulash with crusty bread or rice! Works well with pasta too! The original recipe came from an Australian Womens Weekly Cookbook and has been modified slightly! Hints & Tips Once the goulash is cooked. It can be frozen for use at a later stage or refrigerated until the next…
Balsamic & Port Beef Shanks
Beef Shanks are great when slow cooked. This original recipe came from an Australia Womens Weekly Cookbook and has been modified slightly. This recipe is perfect on a cold day! Hints & Tips Ask your butcher toe cut the beef shanks into equal pieces. As an alternative, use beef osso buo. You can use dry red…
Simple Osso Buco on Mushroom Ragout
I found this the original recipe in an Australian Womens Weekly Cookbook. I like this recipe because of its simplicity. There is not much to it! Hints & Tips You do not have to make the mushroom ragout to serve with this – you can just as easily serve it with mashed potatoes, Parsnip Puree…
Beef Koftas with Coriander & Mint
The original recipe came from a book called India’s 500 Best Recipes by Hussain, Fernandez, Baljekar & Kanani. It has been modified slightly. Most cultures have a variation of meatballs – Koftas are Indian meat balls! I love the flavours of coriander and mint that compliment the beef! Hints & Tips These meat balls can…
Osso Buco with Caper Gremolata
I love Osso Buco! The meat tends to be reasonably lean and tastes amazing when slow cooked. This recipe is a combination of recipes from a booked called Falling Off The Bone by Jean Anderson and an Australian Women’s Weekly recipe. It is another great dish for a cold night and a bottle of red…
Beef Cheeks with Mushrooms & Red Wine
Up until recently, beef cheeks were relatively unknown. With the advent of reality TV cooking shows, they have become popular for slow cooked dishes as the weather gets colder. I have tried a number of recipes but this one is by far my favourite! This recipe is a combination of a few recipes I have…
Thai Beef Salad
I found the original recipe in an Australian Womens Weekly cookbook. However, it has taken a few iterations to create the salad I wanted – something hot, but not too hot, tangy and refreshing, all at the same time! This salad is a great with the Thai/Vietnamese Menu but is equally fabulous as a dish on its own! Hints &…
Beef Bourguignon
This is a classic dish using Stephanie Alexander – The Cooks Companion’s recipe which I have modified slightly. You do not need to use an expensive cut of meat to create an amazing dish that simply falls apart! Hints & Tips I recommend you cook the dish in the oven the night before and finish…