Tag Archives: beef
Spicy Asian Braised Brisket
Even prior to the onslaught of celebrity chef-dom that we’ve seen in recent years they were still influential figures in many lives. Seeing Margaret Fulton on Masterchef just now reminded me of this, reminded me of searching through the Margaret Fulton Cookbook to find sweet things to bake as a youngster. Flicking through past the [...]
Spanish Braised Beef
All rejoice, it is almost braising season! I got in a little early and recently cooked up a gigantic pot of this Spanish Braised Beef. I found the recipe on Gourmet Traveller, but um, things didn’t work out. The original recipe called for beef cheeks, which I liked for sweet honeypie reasons (beef cheeks = [...]
Steak + salt = love (+ rediscovering sweet potato)
I don’t really cook ‘Meat and 3 Veg”, never have. Cost, lack of a dining table and too much washing up all factor as reasons why, but mostly it just seems plain boring to me. To be honest I picture chewy, tasteless, overcooked meat, mushy veg and packaged salad dressing. So I decided to change [...]
Step back in time, Beef Bourguignon.
Decadent, meaty, rich dishes don’t normally come from my frugal kitchen. These dishes are reserved for special occasions, for meals eaten out, or as a treat. Recently, however, food safari (along with Guillaume Brahimi, of Guillaume at Bennelong fame) convinced me that taking a step back in time (oh, the mp3 playlist at work is [...]
Beef Laap or larb, larp – delicious however you spell it.
My old neighbourhood is jam-packed with Thai restaurants, it seems they were taking business and marketing inspiration from the old quarter in Hanoi with its tin, paper and gravestone streets, rather than from the rest of the city. A shop would close and invariable a new Thai restaurant would open. I can count at least [...]
