Belgian Beef Skewers with Beer Barbecue Sauce
/For the most tender results use sirloin fillet. Serve with grilled potato and onion slices and a tomato salad. This sauce is also excellent with pork and turkey.
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I used the Japanese Kuri squash which is a fiery red colour. It roasts well. You can use any drier variety of squash for this curry.
The best Scottish shortbread handed down through my family. Crumbly, sweet and buttery.
This dish has a salty, savoury sauce with a little bit of a kick. If you don't want the spice of the jalapenos, leave it out, and finely diced onion can be used instead of the shallots.
This is the one hors d’oeuvre that I keep being asked for time and time again. It’s crunchy, creamy, spicy and hits all the high spots.
Mushrooms and squash have a real affinity and this soup proves it. I like to use oyster mushrooms, but chanterelles, which I found at the supermarket this week, provide the best flavour.
The fifth taste, umami, has much to do with glutamate, an amino acid found in such foods as prosciutto, soy sauce and a number of cheeses. Umami can show up in your glass, too (fermentation is glutamate’s old friend).
When this recipe originally ran in The Globe and Mail, I received a lovely note from reader Barbara Zuchowicz. This dish reminded her of a wonderful meal she had in Italy: "It brought back joyful memories of a trip to Italy my late husband, an exceptional cook, and I took a number of years ago.
For the most tender results use sirloin fillet. Serve with grilled potato and onion slices and a tomato salad. This sauce is also excellent with pork and turkey.
Read MoreBeef cheeks are hard to find, so I substituted stewing beef. Coconut cream is thicker than coconut milk and is available canned. Shaoxing cooking wine is sold at Asian supermarkets, not the liquor store. Hawker Bar adds pickled cucumber as a garnish to give the dish some acidity. Serve with coconut rice.
This warm salad is a takeoff on Thai beef salad. It is both spicy and refreshing. Bean paste noodles are also known as bean thread noodles, glass noodles, cellophane noodles or mung bean noodles. They are practically transparent when cooked. Thai curry pastes are available at the supermarket.
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Try this Thai-style version for an Asian twist on the typical beef salad. To make it spicier, add 1/2 teaspoon of either red or green curry paste to the vinaigrette. Use leftover steak or bought roast beef.
Read MoreTry this Thai-style version for an Asian twist on the typical beef salad. To make it spicier, add 1/2 teaspoon of either red or green curry paste to the vinaigrette. Use leftover steak or bought roast beef.
Read MoreThis earthy appetizer is a more traditional recipe for beets and often appears in different forms on restaurant menus.
There are different ways to make corned beef hash. Some prefer it mashed together like a pancake and others as a sauté. This is more the sauté type.
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Read MoreMeat pies are real comfort food. Make this one ahead and reheat when needed. The beef stew can also be served without the pastry topping. The dried mushrooms will give this dish extra mushroom flavour, but they can be omitted.
Read MoreThe best cut for this recipe is short ribs on the long bone or English style, and I plan for one per person. They are at their finest cooked slowly, until the meat falls off. The fat content bastes the meat, making it juicy and full-flavoured.
Read MoreServe over a starch, such as couscous, polenta or orzo, that will soak up the flavourful gravy. You don't need to strain the sauce but it's more elegant if you do.
Read MoreThere are few things more satisfying than the aroma of a stew bubbling gently in the oven. The most soothing of foods, stews are also one of the easiest to prepare. Plus, they freeze well, reheat beautifully and are even better after a couple of days.
This recipe is from The Art of Living According to Joe Beef. Itis a joyous book, celebrating life and food with tongue-in-cheek humour. More than a cookbook, it is a memoir, a history of Montreal, tales of people, places and things with a little philosophy thrown in.
Read MoreThis fondue is made without oil. The beef and seafood is simmered in flavoured stock – rather like a Mongolian hot pot. You can change the flavourings to your taste.
Read MoreWe were served this roast at room temperature, but it could also be hot. If juniper berries are unavailable add a tablespoon of gin.
Read MoreFor the most tender results use sirloin fillet. Serve with grilled potato and onion slices and a tomato salad. This sauce is also excellent with pork and turkey.
Read MoreTo roast fillet accurately, measure the thickest part of beef vertically. Roast 10 minutes to the inch (2.5 cm) at 425°F (220°C) for rare, 15 minutes to the inch (2.5 cm) for medium-rare and 20 minutes for medium.
Read MoreFresh tomatoes are abundant at this time of year and when cooked make a superb, savoury tomato sauce. When buying ground beef remember, the more coarsely the meat is ground, the more flavour the ragu will have.
Read MoreWhen I was in Singapore recently, I sampled some lovely curries. They were Indian in flavour, though not entirely, with some spicing from other parts of the Asian world.
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