Beef on a string or “Boeuf a la ficelle”
I seem to be working my way slowly, and unintentionally, through Leanne Kitchen’s book The Butcher. Tonight I cooked a meal which my other half declared the best meal I had ever cooked, and one …
Month: June 2011
Roast leg of lamb with garlic, rosemary and lemon
This is such a simple dish to cook – it takes five minutes to prepare and throw in the oven, and around 3 hours to cook – so you need to be home. Apparently the …
Miss Universe NZ takes meat-packing job
This is a nice story – winner of a beauty pageant packs meat in her spare time – read the whole article on Stuff here: The country’s top beauty queen is temporarily swapping her tiara …
Roast lamb shoulder with cumin
Cumin and lamb is a great combination – almost as compatible as lamb and mint. One of my favourite dishes is a dry lamb dish with cumin and chili – I ate it in Beijing …
Beef Wellington #2
There seem to be many different ways of cooking a Beef Wellington – some use pate around the beef; some use a paste-like mixture of mushroom and herbs with bacon or parma ham wrapped around …