Lasagne is an ultimate comfort food for me and always a crowd pleaser! This recipe is the no holds barred version with a light fluffy white sauce from the ricotta and added egg. The deep rich meat sauce slowly bubbles away for an hour to enrich all the flavours. So this is perhaps not the quick [...]
Skirt steak is actually the diaphragm muscle, located in the area just below the ribs on the cow. The outer skirt steak is from the plate section, below the rib and in-between the brisket and flank. This long, flat strip of meat has incredible flavor but with a tendancy to be tough if not cooked [...]
Here is a great curry recipe from Shona Dey. Shona took the fabulous cover shot for our Spring 2012 issue of Nourish – www.shonadey.co.nz This curry recipe has come from my mum’s book of recipes (which has been in use for the last 40 or so years). I am finally embarking on my project to [...]
500g of beef mince 1 egg ½ cup breadcrumbs ¼ cup tomato sauce 1 Tblspn Worcester sauce ½ onion, finely sliced 1 garlic clove, finely chopped Salt and pepper Mix all the ingredients together thoroughly before dividing into four and shaping into patties. Just before finishing the cooking of the patties place some cheese on [...]
Beef shin is a great cut to cook slowly. With lots of connective tissue, when cooked slowly it becomes very tender and tasty. It’s also quite a cheap cut. I add in the bone to my braises as the marrow is so good for you. This dish can easily be made gluten free, simply replace the [...]
This bean salad is my current favourite! It’s great to take to BBQ’s, beautiful with fish,chicken or beef and with tacos, fajitas ….. the list goes on. For a delicious and easy summer meal I paired it with BBQ’ed steak and guacamole all wrapped in warm tortillas. Delilicious Californian Bean Salad 1 c dried black beans [...]
With the cold weather here there is nothing better than a hearty stew. Double this recipe and turn the left overs into these delicious pies. Beef & Beer Stew 1 kg blade or cross cut steak, cut into 2cm pieces 1/4 cup flour oil 2 rashers of bacon, chopped 2 onions, chopped (or 10 shallots, peeled [...]