Beef Wellington #2
There seem to be many different ways of cooking a Beef Wellington – some use pate around the beef; some use a paste-like mixture of mushroom and herbs with bacon or parma ham wrapped around …
Moorish lamb with raisins
I love lamb, so when I saw a variation of today’s recipe in the Sunday Star Times this morning, and I was looking for something to cook for dinner, I thought – this is it! …
Who is this idiot?
So, my friend Nick sends me a little clip out of an American newspaper – someone from San Francisco – who thinks that by buying meat from a super-market no animals will be harmed. Here’s …
2011 Masterchef NZ winner announced
After 17 challenges and what seemed like many many weeks watching the Sunday show the new New Zealand Masterchef was revealed as Nadia Lim. Nadia leapt to an insurmountable win right from the first challenge …
Lamb shanks in red wine and balsamic vinegar
We are real Masterchef addicts in this household. With Jax Hamilton and Nadia Lim in the running to be ‘New Zealand’s next Masterchef’ there’s great debate as to which of the two will be the …
Malaysian lamb curry
This is supposed to be a goat curry – but it’s hard to find goat at 3.30pm on a Sunday afternoon when you’re looking for a recipe to put up on Meateaters. So, I settled …
Dry roasted lamb with Moroccan spices
This is a recipe I found and used for a post on “What meat to cook for Easter?” It proved to be the most succulent and juicy lamb we had eaten for a long long …
Hungarian goulash – an adaption
The origins of goulash date back to Hungary over 1000 years ago and it could be considered an early foray into dehydrated food. Hungarian shepherds, who often spent long days out in the fields with …
Meat meals for Easter
Easter is a big event in the Christian calendar. It marks the end of Lent where traditonally people have fasted as one of a number of personal sacrifices. During Lent, if you are a devout …
Meat cuts
If you ever wondered what part of the cattle a sirloin comes from, or contemplated the location of a scotch fillet, then the charts on the Meat Cuts page are for you. There are some …