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Red Wine Butter Sauce for Beef
This is a quick and delicious sauce for beef; a slightly upscale jus basically. You can make it it just a few minutes as your steak rests....
Apr 17, 2019


Beef and Vegetable Stew
Beef stew with root vegetables, 2 kinds of mushroom, Cipollini mushrooms and a stock made of water, red wine and Marmite. Simple, easy...
Jan 7, 2019


Slow Roasted Short Ribs with Coconut Milk and Lemongrass
I am not going to post this recipe - yet. There were a lot of pros such as the way all the aromatics melted together to make a silky...
Dec 17, 2018


Five Minute Gourmet Green Peppercorn Sauce
I have Monsieur Ducasse's recipe for this classic French sauce of - basically - green peppercorns, Cognac and cream, which involves a...
Nov 14, 2018


Beef Short Rib Chili
Long story short, I recently read a stupid novel which took place in the South and "Meemaw's" much referenced chili was made with root...
Oct 1, 2018


Steak Diane
Prior to this evening, I had never eaten Steak Diane. It is one of those dishes that one reads about in novels from the 60s and 70s....
May 14, 2018


Sourdough Noodles Redux with Stroganoff Sauce
I made sourdough noodles a few weeks ago with a pencil asparagus pesto and, while this was good, L. apparently felt that the noodles...
May 8, 2018


Mustard Beef Short Ribs with Pearl Onions, Carrots and Parsnips, Arugula Mashed Potatoes
Pearl onions are one of the few things that I buy prepared in advance for me; I hate how fiddly they are to peel but there are a few...
Dec 4, 2017


Short Rib and Acorn Squash Chili
This is definitely a filling one-pot meal. I have to admit that, next time, I will probably increase the amount of arugula by about 3 in...
Nov 13, 2017


Kale and Dandelion Stuffed Flank Steak with British Green Sauce
I read somewhere (a dialogue in some stupid British novel between two poseurs dining in a gastronomic restaurant) that salsa verde, which...
Nov 5, 2017


"Hokkaido" Hamburger and Crispy Glass Noodles
I made this dish on the spur of the moment as a substitute for another and, while it could still probably use a little tweeking both in...
Nov 1, 2017


Beef "Pasties" with Garlic Cream, Roquefort Short Crust
I have been reading a fair few British novels these days and I guess Cornish pasties and Welsh oggies have been on my mind. The above is...
Oct 3, 2017


Recipe: Beef Pho Bo
I have attached a more traditional beef Pho Bo recipe than mine below. I had planned to follow the recipe (sort of) but my attempt...
Jan 14, 2016
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