Tag Archives: Beef

Mastering Asado: A Complete Guide to Short Ribs

I realise that having a blog and writing about all the food one has cooked inevitably sounds like blowing one’s trumpet. This week I cooked something so delicious my trumpet blowing is going to sound like when Han, Luke and Chewie got their medals from Leia Over a period of about 5 and a half hours,Continue reading “Mastering Asado: A Complete Guide to Short Ribs”

Fun with a Flambadou

A what?  A flambadou is used to melt fats or butter over whatever it is you are preparing to add flavour and to add a last-minute scorch of heat to finish off the cooking. It consists of a metal cone with the wide opening at the top and a much smaller hole at the bottomContinue reading “Fun with a Flambadou”

A word on time (not the Stephen Hawking kind)

I noticed with a degree of horror today that is now 6 months or so since my last post here. I’ve wracked my brains and cannot really come up with any particular reason for the hiatus other than sometimes real life gets in the way. In this case my professional life has been pretty all-consumingContinue reading “A word on time (not the Stephen Hawking kind)”

Forerib of Beef

There’s a great section in the book “Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat” by Samin Nosrat in which she describes the beneficial effects of salting joints of meat before you cook them. One could read it and think her advice a little counter-intuitive as, after all, we want juicy, succulent steak and the action of the saltContinue reading “Forerib of Beef”

Cote de Boeuf + Bearnaise

We’ve been getting a regular meat box from Phillip Warren in Launceston, Cornwall – everything they’ve sent us has been amazing and this slab of beef was no exception. About 2 inches thick with a beautiful marbling of fat throughout. I sliced away a bit of the fat on the outside and brushed on aContinue reading “Cote de Boeuf + Bearnaise”