Beef Recipes

I'm far from the worlds greatest cook, although I love having people round for dinner, a natter and a drink. I have often had friends round for an indoor BBQ. Although I buy all the other meat ready to cook, I do like to make my own beef burgers as they are dead easy to make, tasty and it shows that I have made some effort. Serves : 4 Preparation time: 10 mins Cooking time: 15 mins Ingredients: 400g lean mince beef 4 tbsp tomato puree 1 tbsp tomato kechup Half a large onion, very finely chopped 4 cloves of garlic, very finely chopped 2 tsp mustard a few dashes of Worcester ...  Read the complete review

The following is an extremely simple recipe for home made hamburgers. Strangely there is no ham involved... Ingredients that will make two large hamburgers: 400 grams of lean steak or beef mince 1 egg 1 small onion/some dried onion Sprinkling of mixed herbs sea salt and freshly ground black pepper to season Method: Start by beating the egg in a bowl. Add in the beef mince and mix in the bowl, trying to coat as much of the mince as possible with the egg. Slice an onion into small pieces and add to the bowl, together with a generous sprinkling of mixed herbs. Mix the onion and herbs with the mince and egg ...  Read the complete review

Difficulty: Relatively easy Cost: Approx. £2 / person Time to prepare: 45 - 55mins Calories: Approximately 400kCal / serving INTRODUCTION Of all Mediterranean vegetables, aubergines are possible my favourite. They are meaty, full of flavour and go well with meat and other vegetables. Moussaka is an eggplant dish, made throughout the Balkans and the Middle East in a variety of ways. The one I usually cook is the Greek 'classic', which is layered, baked then served hot. To reduce calories and cut down on cooking time, I often substitute minced lamb with ready-made Bolognese sauce, or omit it altogether and make vegetarian moussaka ...  Read the complete review

I was brought up in a part of Italy, tuscany, where we have very good meat and it was only when the mad cow disease started in Uk that I became vaguely aware of the possible negative consequences of beef. Still. I am great fan of meat in general and beef meat in particular. The following recipe is very simple to follow. Ask for diced cubes of beef meat to your butcher, clearly the better the cut, the more expensive it will be, but also the tastier. For each 100 gramms fo meat, you will need the following. 50 Gramms of potatoes, 100 gramms of fresh tomatoes, plus garlic, olive oil and onions. Put the olive oil in a pot and fry ...  Read the complete review

One of the scariest things I have ever done in my life was to cook for the Italian grandmother of an ex boyfriend. I think it was a test of how well I could look after her beloved grandson and I had no idea what to cook. But the decision of what to cook was made for me - she wanted spaghetti bolognese. I was devastated. How could I make this for a genuine Italian? So I did my beef, onions, tomatoes, garlic and basil sauce - which in fairness she ate and said was pleasant - and the next day I had a phonecall from her to thank me for my hospitality and to give me her mother's recipe. I guess I could have been offended but this was the first of many recipes ...  Read the complete review