Posts Tagged ‘Avoca Irish Butcher’

Once you discover the poor, neglected featherblade you’ll be asking your butcher for it all the time. It braises beautifully, and the marbling of the meat makes for a satisfyingly rich sauce. This is one for a winter evening, or for a weekend lunch after a bracing walk on the beach or up a mountain. […]

Despite the name, this is not a fiercely hot salad, although you can add more and hotter chillies if that is your preference. You can also make it a more substantial meal by adding rice or egg noodles to the salad. Weeping Tiger Salad – Printer Friendly Download Ingredients 800 g sirloin steak extra virgin […]

A truly fresh and vibrant salad that takes next to no time to prepare. This works well as either a starter or a main course. Beef tataki – Printer Friendly Download Ingredients 500 g beef fillet 30 ml extra virgin olive oil or Irish rapeseed oil For the marinade: 75 ml soy sauce 50 ml rice […]

Ask your butcher to prepare the hanger steak for grilling; it will probably be in a few pieces once the sinew has been removed. This recipe will work equally well with sirloin or skirt steak, but adjust the timing accordingly. Farro is a nutty-tasting whole grain from Italy; you could use brown basmati rice or a barley couscous instead. […]

This sumptuous ragù is the perfect companion for a cozy meal. Whether spooned over pasta, dolloped onto a baked potato, paired with creamy polenta, or served with buttery mashed potatoes and vibrant green vegetables, it’s a dish that delivers on richness and flavor. It also freezes beautifully, making it a practical choice for batch cooking. […]

An egg is among the most nutritious foods that we have access to with many believing that the egg is ‘nature’s multivitamin.’  Eggs contain unique antioxidants and powerful brain nutrients that many people are deficient in.  Eggs are loaded with vitamins, minerals, high quality proteins, good fats and various other lesser-known nutrients. An average large […]

Fat-phobes love this cut of steak as no trimming is required. Don’t skip the marinating stage, though — that’s what keeps the meat juicy and tender. Skirt Steak with Green Herb Sauce – Printer Friendly Download Ingredients a whole skirt steak 8 sprigs rosemary 8 cloves garlic, unpeeled and smashed freshly ground black pepper 2 […]

As with beef Bourguignon, there are as many variations on the theme of daube as there are cooks in Provence. You can cook a daube with chunks of meat — shin would be good — or in the piece, pot-roast style. Here we have used the so-called housekeeper’s cut, which is taken from the shoulder […]

Marcella Hazan’s Classic Italian Cookbook is one of the greats, essential in any comprehensive library of cookbooks. Hazan is credited with having introduced authentic Italian cooking to America, and her recipes are always restrained and simple. Her ragù is a no-frills version – it contains no pork and no chicken livers, no garlic and no […]

I find that when you mention pork chops there isn’t the instant appeal that other meat often elicits.  The problem is that the chop has generally been maligned for being too dry, dull and altogether boring.  I can understand this because I too, as a child, witnessed the abuses visited on the chop.  What started […]

My family loves this recipe and there’s something wonderfully retro about the notion of beef Wellington. It puts us in mind of formal dinners at Downton Abbey or seventies dinner parties with the hostess floating around in a kaftan. Named after the man who crushed Napoleon at Waterloo, the very notion of preparing beef Wellington […]

There’s a tremendous beauty in the English language. We, unlike some of our European neighbours, have been blessed with an abundant tongue based on rich, ancient foundations. We have an instrument of expression that when used correctly can work incredible magic. Words can make us fall in love, do things we don’t want to do, […]