Category: beef

lace bag of potatoes into microwave, as per packet instructions and microwave for 6 to 8 minutes, or until tender. Set aside covered with foil to keep warm. Drizzle with a little oil and season with salt and pepper, to serve.

Meanwhile, brush steaks with 1 tablespoon oil and season with salt and pepper. Heat a large non-stick frying pan over medium heat. Add steaks and cook for 3 to 4 minutes each side or until cooked to your liking. Transfer to a plate and cover with foil.

Increase temperature to medium-high. Add onion and mushrooms and cook for 4 to 5 minutes or until golden. Add worcestershire sauce, sour cream and 1/3 cup water. Bring to the boil and remove from the heat. Season with salt and pepper. Serve steaks topped with mushroom sauce, baby potatoes sprinkled with parsley, and baby rocket on the side.

Heat your oven to 220°C. Unwrap the beef. Pat dry and rest for 1 hr to come to room temperature.

Take half the rosemary leaves off their sprigs and finely chop.

Mix the chopped rosemary with 2 tbsp horseradish cream and a good pinch of pepper. Rub the mustard mix all over the beef.

Sit the beef in a roasting tin that fits well. Cover the sides of the beef with foil so just the fat on top is exposed to the heat (this keeps it moist).

Put the beef in the centre of the oven, on the middle shelf. Turn the heat down to 180°C and cook for 45 mins for rare, 1 hr for medium-rare and 1 hr 15 mins for well done.

Transfer the beef to a board or warm plate, loosely cover with foil and rest for 30 mins.

Serve the beef in slices, with roast veggies and garnish with the remaining rosemary sprigs.

To make the batter, crack the eggs into a bowl, then add the flour and whisk until smooth. Gradually add the milk and carry on whisking until the mixture has no lumps. Pour the batter into a jug and place in the fridge to chill for 20 minutes.

Season the beef joint with salt and pepper and place on an oven tray. Preheat the oven to 220°C fan. Place the tray in for and bake for 40 minutes or until cooked to your liking. Remove and cover the beef to rest. Peel the potato and cut it into quarters, put them in a pan, cover with water and then bring to the boil. Once they’ve come to the boil, cook for 2 minutes, then drain. Place the sprouts in a pan and cover with water, boil for 10 minutes.

Drizzle a little oil into an oven-proof frying pan and put it in the oven. Add a bit of oil to a roasting tin and place in the oven to heat. Carefully, tip the potatoes into the roasting tin, ensuring they’re all coated with oil, add the carrots, parsnips and Broccolini. Put the tin back in the oven. Pour the batter into the frying pan and put it back in the oven and cook for 25 minutes.

Check the Yorkshire pudding it should be golden brown. If it’s ready, take it out and set aside. Turn the potatoes and carrots and add the sprouts to the tin. Cook for a further 10 minutes and if they look done, remove the veg, but put the potatoes back in the oven. Heat the gravy.

Turn off the oven and put the Yorkshire back in to warm through. Take the beef out the oven and slice. Serve the Yorkshire on a plate, filled with the meat, veg and potatoes and pour over the gravy.

Rinse the corned silverside in cold water to remove any surface brine. Place the corned silverside in a large heavy based pot, large enough for the meat to be completely submersed in water. Cover the silverside with cold water.

Place over a low heat and bring to just a simmer. Skim any scum that rises to the surface. Once all scum is removed, add onion with cloves, bay leaves, sugar and vinegar.

Partially cover and keep the heat at simmering point, small bubbles will occasionally rise to the surface. Adjust the heat throughout the cooking time.

Cook until the silverside is tender, about 1 ½ - 2 hours, adding potatoes for last 30 minutes of cooking time. A fork should easily penetrate the centre of the meat and potatoes should be tender.

Meanwhile to make the sauce, heat butter in a medium saucepan over medium heat. Add flour and cook stirring, for 1 minute. Gradually start adding milk, stirring constantly until all the milk is combined and sauce is smooth. Cook stirring, until sauce comes to the boil and thickens, simmer for 2 minutes. Stir through horseradish and parsley, season to taste with salt and pepper.

Slice silverside against the grain. Serve with the potatoes, steamed greens and drizzle with the horseradish sauce.

Heat oil in a frying pan over a medium-high heat, add onions and cook, stirring occasionally, for 5 minutes or until starting to brown.

Add garlic and cook for 30 seconds.

Add mince and cook, breaking up with a wooden spoon for 6- 8 minutes or until brown.

Add tomato paste, stock and ½ a cup of water and bring to a simmer.

Add rice, reduce heat to medium-low and cook uncovered for 8-10 minutes or until all the liquid is absorbed.

Place in a bowl and top with avocado.

In a medium bowl, whisk together 1⁄4 cup paprika, 2 tbsp. salt, chilli powder and sugar. Put steaks on a parchment-lined baking sheet; rub with the chile mixture. Refrigerate steaks overnight.

When you are ready to cook, remove steaks from fridge and allow to come to room temperature.

Start to make onion rings: Pour oil into a large saucepan and heat over medium-high heat (or use a deep fryer) until 180C.

Put onions and milk into a bowl; let soak for 20 minutes. In a large bowl, whisk together remaining paprika and salt, flour, chilli powder, cayenne, cumin, and pepper.

Working in batches, remove onions from the milk, shake off excess, and toss in seasoned flour. Fry onions until crisp, about 3 minutes. Drain on paper towels; season with salt. Set aside.

Heat a pan (or BBQ) over medium-high heat. Grill steaks, turning once, until medium rare, about 12 minutes. Remove and rest from around half the cooking time. Serve with onion rings.

Crush the peppercorns, mustard powder, thyme and celery seeds together with some salt, using a pestle and mortar. Stir in the oil, then rub it all over the beef. (If you have time, cover and chill the joint overnight to marinate. Bring the beef out of the fridge 1 hr before roasting.)

Heat oven to 190C/170C fan and sit the beef in a snug-ish roasting tin. Roast for 12 mins per 450g (about 55 mins for 2kg) for medium-rare, or 15 mins per 450g (about 1 hr 10 mins) for medium-well.

Remove from the oven, lift onto a platter, cover with foil and rest for 30 mins.

For the gravy, pour any juices from the roasting tin into a jug. Let the juices separate, then spoon 2 tbsp of the fat back into the tin – if there is no fat, use 2 tbsp butter instead. Discard any other fat. Sit the roasting tin on the hob and stir in the flour, stock cubes, onion chutney or marmalade and Marmite.

Cook for 1 min, stirring well to scrape up any beefy bits stuck to the tin, then gradually stir in 750ml hot water from the kettle. Bubble to thicken to a nice consistency, then gently keep warm until ready to serve with the beef, carved into slices.

Preheat your oven to 160C. Dry the meat with paper towels, then tie each shank with twine once around, if you have it (it will help to keep them from falling apart, as they become very tender when fully cooked - if you don't have twine, it'll be fine, but they will probably fall apart a bit - they will still be delicious). Rub the meat with salt and pepper, then with the dijon mustard. Dredge the meat in flour, and set aside.

Add your duck fat (or butter) to your pan over medium-high heat. Place your veal in the pan and sear on all sides for about 4 minutes, until well browned. Transfer the browned meat to a plate and set aside.

In the same pan, add another tablespoon of duck fat or butter. Add in the shallots and carrots and stir for 5 minutes over medium heat, until softened, then add in the garlic and cook for 1 minute, until fragrant. Add in the curry paste, then the wine and stock and scrape up any browned bits. Place the meat back in the pan, along with the sprigs of thyme. Place a lid on the pan and place in a 160C for 2 to 2½ hours, until tender. Serve alongside some crusty bread and be sure to scrape out all of the bone marrow!