Stifado
Stifado is a Greek beef stew, run through with small onions (or shallots) and the most deliciously deep, rich sauce infused with cinnamon and then topped with feta cheese. This recipe comes from the beautiful …
Tag: Beef
Beef tasting – now that’s a job!
There’s a great article in the Independent that tells of a master meat-taster called Laurent Vernet. (Image from Flickr) Vernet has the ability to determine the age of an animal, whether it was stressed prior …
Old or new meat – which is it?
Philip sent me this article from the Sydney Morning Herald website. In Australia there are no regulations governing the age of meat. We’re not talking here about hanging meat to ‘age’ but how old the …
How to cook a beef fillet
A beef fillet is one of the easiest things to cook. But, because it’s expensive to buy people are nervous about ‘wasting’ their money and over cooking the meat. In my opinion it’s best cooked …
Homekill regulations in New Zealand
I’ve had a few people searching for ‘homekill services’ and arriving at Meateaters.co.nz. As someone interested in sourcing cheap but great quality meat directly from the source (e.g a farmer) I figured it would be …
Meatloaf
No, not the singer but the food. Meatloaf is another staple American dish dating back to the 1800’s. Someone out there discovered that if you ground meat then you could use more of it, including …
Beef Bourguignon
This is as staple a French meal as one can get, and it’s delicious to eat. The traditional French recipe is a hearty peasant-type meal which relies on slow cooking and the aromatic flavours of …
Slow cooker corned beef
This recipe comes from Sue who left this alternative recipe as a comment on the other corned beef recipe. Sue reckons a slow cooker or crock pot makes the best corned beef. Ingredients: Corned beef …
New York-style corned beef hash
Corned beef hash has a long history in the United States with many recipes dating from the mid 1800’s. Hash is traditionally any leftover meat finely chopped and mashed together to make a ‘paste’ which …
Corned beef
There are many people who hate corned beef but there are probably as many who love it. I am one of the latter. I could eat it til the cows come home – pardon the …