This is really rich winter stew which is great for a dinner party as you can make it in advance and just re-heat it and cook some veg to serve. You will need to start marinading the beef the night before. The anchovies act like a seasoning and really enhance the flavours of the dish, [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Beef’
Daube de Boeuf Provençale
Posted in Beef, Food, tagged Beef, Cooking, Food, French, Recipe, Stew on 12 March 2012 | 1 Comment »
Peposo and Parmesan Polenta
Posted in Beef, Food, Italian, tagged Beef, Cooking, Food, Italian, Peposo, Polenta, Recipe on 26 February 2012 | 1 Comment »
We’ve made Jamie Oliver’s take on this classic but this version is much superior. Peposo is a Tuscan beef and peppercorn stew. We also cooked polenta to serve this time which is a superb accompaniment and takes about the same time to cook as the stew. Don’t be put off by the massive quantities of [...]
Beef Paprikash
Posted in Beef, Food, tagged Beef, Cooking, Food, Hungarian, Paprikash, Recipe on 5 January 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Jono went to Hungary a year and a half ago and picked some authentic Hungarian paprika. If you’re not planning a trip to Hungary you should be able to pick up some online – it makes a real difference to dishes like this. We like the hot variety though the sweet version will work well [...]
Rick Stein’s Spain: Beef in White Wine
Posted in Beef, Food, Spanish, tagged Beef, Cooking, Food, Recipe, Rick Stein, Spanish, Stew on 14 September 2011 | 1 Comment »
This is the first recipe we’ve tried from Rick Stein’s Spain. Unusually made with white wine, this beef stew is a bit lighter but still rich and full-flavoured. Leftovers are particularly good the next day too. It takes a while to cook but is really easy and there are very few ingredients needed. Rick says [...]
Sunday ‘Boeuf au Riz’
Posted in Beef, Food, tagged Beef, Cooking, French, I Know How to Cook, Recipe, Wine suggestion on 10 April 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Steaming hot in the casserole … this is so tasty and shows you how flavours can intensify with slow cooking. This has very few ingredients, but the three and a half hours cooking makes the flavours burst on your tongue and the beef melt (we carved it perfectly with a blunt knife). We’ll definitely be [...]
The Frankies Spuntino Meatballs
Posted in Beef, Food, tagged Beef, Cooking, Frankies Spuntino, Italian, Meatballs, Mince, Recipe, Tomato Sauce on 10 January 2011 | 2 Comments »
This comes from a cookbook (The Frankies Spuntino) that was a very thoughtful birthday present for Jules from my sister Claire: an authentic Italian hangout in New York. We’d never heard of it, so it was a great treat to be introduced to something new. The two Frankie’s have gone back to their roots to [...]
A very happy New Year
Posted in Beef, Food, tagged Beef, Cooking, Food, Jamie Oliver, Main Course, Recipe on 2 January 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Over the last few years we’ve celebrated New Years by staying in and cooking something really nice and drinking a special bottle of wine; just the two of us! We then go out on New Year’s day to have a big lunch with friends. This year we cooked a rib of beef on the bone: [...]
Chilli hotpot
Posted in Beef, Food, tagged Beef, Chilli, Hotpot, Kidney beans, Make ahead on 29 December 2010 | 5 Comments »
Here’s a good tasty winter dish for those of you who can still face cooking after all the Christmas entertaining. Indeed if you still have some entertaining to do this is a great prepare ahead recipe which all cooks in one dish so no need for separate sides other than some steamed greens. We did [...]
Greek Feast – Stifado
Posted in Beef, Food, Greek, tagged Beef, Greek, Main, Onions, Stew, Stifado, Tomato on 7 November 2010 | 3 Comments »
This was so easy and super tasty. All the prep can be done before your friends arrive and then it just simmers away and makes the house smell lovely. Serve with steamed potatoes. Warning: The meat is supposed to be marinated for 24-48 hours – I only realised this on Saturday afternoon so mine was [...]
