69 just the meat Recipes

beef (any or all of beef, pork, rabbit, venison, etc.- just 1 1/2 lbs total. sirloin steak makes the best) or 1 1/2 lbs pork or 1 1/2 lbs rabbit or 1 1/2 lbs venison steak, grated cheese, currants (or any other dried fruit) or 1/2 cup raisins (or any other dried fruit), egg yolks, ground cardamom, cinnamon, nutmeg, black pepper, broth (whatever most of the meat is), cooking wine, pie shells (with lid)

milk, egg, beaten, celery rib, finely chopped, onion, grated, carrot, grated, dried cranberries, salt, pepper, minced fresh sage, minced fresh rosemary, lean ground turkey, whole-berry cranberry sauce, ketchup, hot pepper sauce

i use a 3 1/2 to 4 lb chuck roast, well marbelized with fat, and if you can find a bone-in roast, that s better yet (but it s almost always boneless chuck that you find at the grocer). i like to quickly rinse the roast in cold water just before i lay it on the cutting board to coat it with seasoned flour. place the following ingredients in a small baggie and shake the closed bag to mix it up, flour, salt, garlic salt, crazy mixed-up salt (if you can tsp get this seasoning, use seasoned salt instead, but jane s is by far the best), pepper, use your hands to generously pat the seasoned flour into the roast, on both sides, flipping the roast a couple times and repeating the process., in a dutch oven or roasting pan large enough to hold the roast, heat 1 tbsp oil over medium high heat - you want your pan and oil to be hot enough to sear the roast well when you put it in the pan. when the oil is just about to the smoking point, put the roast in and cover the pan. let the meat sear until nicely browned on the bottom, then flip the roast. let it sear for a minute or two on the second side, then add, beef stock (i much prefer the boxed stock to the canned broth - it just seems to give the gravy a much richer taste in the end), cover the roasting pan and place it in a pre-heated 300 degree oven. roast for 4 to 5 hours, until the meat is fork tender and falls apart easily. i check the roast each hour, quickly opening the lid, just to make sure the stock has not evaporated. as long as your pan has a good seal on it, this shouldn tsp happen. but if necessary, add more stock to the pan., an hour before the roast is done , prepare the mashed potatoes. peel 6 large red potatoes (these work better - at least for me - because they are much moister than the russets, so the mashed potatoes are creamier); cut into 1/4th, and place them in a large saucepan - rinse the cut potatoes 2 times in cold water, then cover them in fresh cold water and place the pan over medium high heat; boil until tender. this is usually about 30 minutes, but it depends on the size of your cuts, so just cook them until you can easily insert a fork into a potato. drain potatoes well, reserving 1 cup of the water for the gravy. add the following to the hot potatoes, butter, sour cream, milk, salt, crazy mixed up salt (use regular salt or garlic salt if jane s salt is not available), pepper, i use a hand masher , but you can use an electric mixer or however you chose to mash the potatoes into a creamy yet firm texture. add more milk if potatoes are too stiff. place the mashed potatoes in a buttered casserole dish, cover with foil, and place in the oven to keep warm while you make the gravy., prepare the gravy, melt 2 tbsp butter, stir in 1/4 cup flour to make a paste, stir in enough beef stock to thin the paste enough to pour., finished roast from the pan and place it on a plate; cover meat with foil to keep warm., place the roasting pan over a medium flame and bring the liquid to a gentle boil (i usually seem to have about 1 1/2 to 2 cups liquid in the pan when the roast is done - if you have less, just use the beef stock to increase your liquid)., use a whisk to gradually whisk in the butter/flour/stock liquid., add 2 tbsp beef base - i use tone s (i prefer beef base to buillon - has a richer flavor and is really worth having on hand, but if you can tsp find this, try knorr s beef buillon extra large cubes), add the 1 cup of reserved potato water, add 1/2 cup beef stock, taste the gravy and see if you want more seasoning. i usually find i don tsp need to add anything at this point, since i have the seasoning from the flour coating and the stock and the beef base. if you think you need more seasoning, add salt and pepper to your taste. beef base will also give you more saltiness., keep the gravy warm while you uncover the meat and use 2 forks to pull the meat apart into small to medium chunks., you are now ready to assemble...

any liquid can be reduced just by heating it - but why would you want to do that, answer comes back to two of our old friends, flavor and consistency (texture)., by reducing any flavored liquid you intensify its flavor and at the same time thicken it. you can continue this process until what you have left is a syrup if it contains sugar, or a sauce if it does not., this is 1 of the most important tools in the kitchen , believe it or not, because a great sauce can rescue an indifferent meal., literally any liquid can be reduced ., a few uses, wine is frequently used in cooking , both as a marinade and as an addition to sauces for meat., there are some problems with it though, 1 of which is that you need a really good wine and quite a lot of it to produce a reasonable sauce for, say, six people., on the other hand , if you use pure grape juice and reduce it to a syrup, that syrup, added to any sauce (or gravy if you prefer) will lift it into the realms of gourmet ., more , you don tsp have to make your reduction on the night you prepare your meal. you can reduce a liter of grape juice at any time to the consistency and flavor you want; then just store it in the fridge., you can do the same thing with any fruit juice - prune is sensational - and store it until needed. just about all of them will do things for ice cream, pies or tarts that will have your guests demanding the recipe, pork with apple sauce use a carton of fresh apple juice from the supermarket and reduce it. and if you want a real sensation add in a glass of apple brandy during the reduction process., are you getting an idea of how simple this is, take any carton of fresh stock straight of the shelf and reduce it. you will transform it into something even the manufacturer won tsp recognize. but beware, you need to start out with good quality in the first place, because when you reduce a liquid you intensify all the flavors, and not just the good ones., if it s salty to start with, for example, it will be salty beyond belief by the time you ve reduced it even by half. so if you are going to use a supermarket stock, make sure it s an extremely good 1., believe me when i tell you that stock cubes should not be used for reduction sauces., thickeners, because you will be tasting as you go (won tsp you ), you may find that you get the flavor you want before the desired consistency is reached., a couple of hints right now for your sauces., sweet ones can be thickened successfully without loss of color by adding in liquid glucose early on in the reduction process. surprisingly, this will add little in the way of sweetness and produces a beautiful velvety sauce when whisked., if you get it wrong and add too much, no problem. stir in a little extra water to thin it., reduction pans, reductions need to happen rapidly in serving to preserve flavors. and the greater the surface area of the liquid the faster the water will evaporate., however you may want to whisk something into the sauce while its cooking - such as butter or olive oil for example - and for that i find a small wok is best; 1 with a handle., a wok is less likely to reduce so fast that the sauce is burnt while your back is turned. but try both methods and see which you prefer. you may even end up using something totally different., no magic to this. whatever works for you, that s what you should use, in this and everything else to do with cooking., just bear in mind that what you re after is speed and ease of use. as well as a great tasting result, of course. :>), keeping, if they should dry out , simply add a little water and heat through., sauces containing meat juices of any kind must be frozen if you re going to keep them, and should be brought to boiling point before being used again. there is no need to thaw them out to do this, in fact it s better not to. simply drop the frozen cubes into a saucepan, melt them over a gentle heat, and then bring swiftly to the boil., why do you do this to avoid food poisoning, that s why. you are making sure that any bugs introduced into the sauce during the preparation process are killed off., worry , this will not be because of anything you have done wrong (i hope!), but because bacteria are part of our everyday lives and they exist in every kitchen, however clean., in fact your food , and especially your meat, is crawling with wildlife that you will never see. don tsp worry about them. careful handling and simple precautions will ensure that these miniature monsters can never multiply enough to harm either you or your guests.

white rice, boneless skinless chicken thighs (meat only), carrots, dried shiitake mushrooms (regular button mushrooms will do), sake (for seasoning chicken before cooking), stock, water , used to soak shiitake mushrooms (if you didn tsp do this, no prob, just use 1/4 cup extra stock, 1/4 cup extra ), sugar, sake, soy sauce, salt

hamburger, jalapenos, seeded & chopped, kielbasa, sliced, stew meat, cut small, onion, chopped, bell pepper, chopped, kidney beans, drained, garlic cloves, smashed, water, beef bouillon, diced tomatoes, tomato sauce, oregano, cayenne pepper, sugar, garlic powder, tabasco sauce, cumin, onion powder

stew meat, baking potatoes, diced, carrots, chopped, onion, chopped, cut okra, mixed vegetables (veg all), sweet corn, crushed tomatoes, tomato juice, salt and pepper

pork (any red meat works, in bite size pieces) or 1 -2 lb beef (any red meat works, in bite size pieces) or 1 -2 lb lamb (any red meat works, in bite size pieces), potatoes (regular potato), onion, diced, fresh garlic cloves (optional), garlic powder, beef bouillon granules or 4 tbsp chicken bouillon granules, ground black pepper (or to taste ( i prefer heavy on the black pepper in this dish myself), water (at least enough to just cover potatoes and meat)

ramen noodles (chicken flavor), egg, leftover meat, cooked and chopped (any type of meat will do)

beef heart (or just beef), water, bay leaves, frozen chopped spinach (or 2 bunches fresh sorrel, chopped, or 2 jars schav, or some combination of these), lemon , juice of (less, if using sorrel instead of spinach), onions, chopped, vegetable oil, flour, salt, eggs, hard-boiled, scallion, chopped, parsley, chopped (optional)

coarsely grated cantal or sharp white cheddar cheese, grated pecorino romano cheese, creme fraiche or sour cream, chopped fresh chives, chopped fresh italian parsley, grated lemon peel, wonton wrappers, egg white, beaten just to loosen, low-salt beef broth, butter

spaghetti, ground beef, chopped onion, flour, milk (whole fat or skimmed), warm water, butter or 1 cup oil, mix mozzarella cheese (or just 1 of them if you don tsp have both) or 100 g cheddar cheese (or just 1 of them if you don tsp have both), cream cheese, tomato paste, salt, pepper, chicken bouillon cube, egg, breadcrumbs

ground beef, onion, chopped, garlic powder, salt, oregano, black pepper, green beans, prepared mashed potatoes (instant works just fine ), shredded cheddar cheese, paprika

raw shrimp, oysters (i use just crab meat) or 1 lb crabmeat (i use just crab meat), raw rice (rice cooker cups), melted butter or 1/2-1 cup melted margarine, onion, chopped, bell pepper, chopped, onion tops, chopped, chopped garlic, beef broth, mushrooms, drained, seasoning (of your choice, i use texjoy steak seasoning )

prepared nopales (dona maria is my favorite), pork stew meat , cubed up into bite-size bits. if you don tsp like pork then use beef or possibly chicken. also just as yummie without any meat at all., your favorite salsa, a little fresh minced garlic to taste (i like a little more than a little!)

egg white : when you make merengue pour the sugar in 2 sequences, this way the merengue will not get soft, pastry dough : if you want to get a softer and fluffier dough add to it a shredded apple, endives : if you want to take out the bitterness, keep them 20 min in water mixed with milk, cheese : if you have a that is too dry, keep it covered in a wet towel ( in white wine - wow, this is expensive! - hope that is worth it) for 1/2 hour in the fridge, tomato paste : add it in a stew only at the end, otherwise the meat will become dry, coffee : add a piece of chocolate in it when making for an outstanding taste, coffee : good quality has a deep color, similar to the tobacco, if it is too shiny, it means it has been covered in oil, in serving to weigh more, meat : if you want to know if a piece of has been previously frozen, check if it has a lot of blood on it, if it doesn tsp - it is fresh, meat : dry - leave the stakes a few minutes in water, soda bicarbonate and white vinegar - it will tenderize it, meat : do not put paprika directly on the before you bbq - it will turn bitter, just add it at the end, meat - dredge meat through olive oil - it will make it softer meat - leave the meat a few minutes in rakia ( shlibovitz) in serving to tenderize it - yeah, i like this 1, meat - another way to tenderize it is to keep it for 1/2 hour in yogurt or sourmilk

tamarind paste (wrapped in plastic with seeds or in jar), maple syrup, rice vinegar, sutter home sauvignon blanc, lime juice, garlic, minced, fresh ginger, minced, salt, pepper, ground pork, ground chicken (preferably 1/2 thigh meat and 1/2 breast meat, mixed), scallions thinly sliced, just white and pale green parts, fresh ginger, minced, garlic, minced, soy sauce, sutter home sauvignon blanc, fresh cilantro, chopped , no stems, fresh thai basil or regular basil leaves, chopped, fresh mint leaves, chopped, lime zest, minced, salt, pepper, toasted sesame oil (for grilling ), sesame hamburger buns, watercress or arugula, hot house cucumber, thinly sliced, red bell pepper , thinly sliced crosswise, making rings

bacon, butter, olive oil, sliced fresh mushrooms, beef sirloin, cut into 1/ 4-inch thick slices (just over 1 lb, ask the butcher to cut the meat 1/4 inch thick), salt and pepper, dijon mustard, chopped flat leaf parsley, dill pickle spears, toothpicks or kitchen twine, extra virgin olive oil, butter , cut into pieces, flour, chicken stock, sour cream, chopped flat leaf parsley, for garnish