Beef, Mushroom & Guinness Stew (inspired by a recipe for Beef, Mushroom & Guinness Pie in Gourmet Traveller) Serves 2 Ingredients 60 gm Butter 1 onion, peeled and sliced 2 cloves garlic – finely chopped 500 gms stewing beef, cut into cubes 100 gm mushrooms, quartered 2 tbsp arrowroot flour 250 ml beef stock 200 [...]
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Duck & Mushroom Dumplings
Max and I love Asian dumplings. They are easy to make and the variations are endless. I did one with duck and mushrooms recently. Here is the recipe: Duck & Mushroom Dumplings Ingredients For the filling: 100 gm mushrooms (shiitake, oyster or swiss brown…), chopped 300 gm minced duck 100 gm minced fatty pork 1 [...]
Rillettes – Simple, Rustic and Fattilicious!
Warning: Don’t read this on an empty stomach, may make you very hungry! Rillettes are traditional French delicacy which were originally made with pork. However, you can make rillettes from duck, goose, chicken, rabbit and even fish. I made mine mostly with pork and duck. Made with good quality meat and fats, they are delicious [...]
Wonderful Bone Marrow
I was in the local butcher recently and bought these wonderful shin bones (grass fed) to make roast bone marrow. Sprinkle some parsley salt and with sourdough bread and a salad, it makes an absolutely delicious lunch.
Slow Roasted Lamb with Pomegranate Glaze
Slow Roasted Lamb with Pomegranate Glaze ( from Paula Wolfert’s “The Slow Mediterranean Kitchen”) Ingredients 1 leg of lamb or lamb shoulder (about 2.5 kgs), bone-in, grass fed 2 tbs pomegranate concentrate or molasses 1-1/2 tbs extra virgin olive oil 1/2 cup finely chopped onion 4 large garlic cloves, mashed 2 tsp tomato paste 1 [...]
Chicken Rice – Singapore Style
Chicken Rice or more commonly known as Hainanese chicken rice is a very popular dish in Singapore. Every hawker centre or food court will have at least a chicken rice stall.. There are also many eateries that specialised in this dish. When living in Singapore, Max and I used to frequent a well known one [...]