Things to do with Stewing Beef
Things to do with Stewing Beef
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staceyb

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7,107 posts

248 months

Monday 18th May 2009
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As per the the title, we bought a load of meat a chrimbo and we have ran out of ideas of what to do with the stewing beef. We have gone through stews, pies, casseroles and now its getting onto summer I'm not in the mood for those kind of things.

Cheers

brum

5,892 posts

230 months

Monday 18th May 2009
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You really have to, well, Stew stewing beef otherwise it's tough and generally not very nice.
boeuf bourguignon is my all time favourite dish for stewing beef - you'd have to go a long way to find something better to do with it IMO yum

grumbledoak

32,399 posts

257 months

Monday 18th May 2009
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You are pretty much stuck with slow cooking...

How do you feel about a beef chilli in the summertime? It would be a change, at least.

taldo50

1,357 posts

218 months

Monday 18th May 2009
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i think if you had a mincer you could get away with making it into burgers for the barbie, there should be plenty of marbled fat in it to keep the burger itsself moist and theres also plenty of flavour in stewing steak. good luck!

Mobile Chicane

21,828 posts

236 months

Monday 18th May 2009
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Or something like a Malay or Thai beef curry where you could have lots of zesty salads / chutneys accompanying?

smack

9,770 posts

215 months

Monday 18th May 2009
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A slow cooked curry from scratch..... Beef Rogan Josh, Beef Madras etc.?

mechsympathy

57,472 posts

279 months

Monday 18th May 2009
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<looks out of the window>

What summer?cry


dmitsi

3,583 posts

244 months

Monday 18th May 2009
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Mobile Chicane said:
Thai beef curry
This is what I did with some on Friday night, t'was delicious.

spikeyhead

19,791 posts

221 months

Monday 18th May 2009
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smack said:
A slow cooked curry from scratch..... Beef Rogan Josh, Beef Madras etc.?
it's the best use for it.

Chop up some onions, heat some ghee, throw in the onions and sweat them, add spices, stir for a while and add in the meat. Brown off the meat in the pan and add some stock.

Simmer for four hours at least. Serve with rice &c.

leothetiler

243 posts

218 months

Monday 18th May 2009
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I know its stew, but look for a recipe for flemish stew. Uses a litre of leffe and is very tasty indeed!lick

staceyb

Original Poster:

7,107 posts

248 months

Monday 18th May 2009
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Thanks for the ideas chaps and chapesses. Beef curry sounds lovely. Might try that in a few days.

smack

9,770 posts

215 months

Tuesday 19th May 2009
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leothetiler said:
I know its stew, but look for a recipe for flemish stew. Uses a litre of leffe and is very tasty indeed!lick
Search for Beef Carbonnade - one of my favorite winter dishes smile

shirt

25,078 posts

225 months

cramorra

1,687 posts

259 months

Friday 21st August 2009
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Yesterday I did not have time to cok in the evening, so I browned some cubes of stewing beef with a bit of chopped shallots, covered with white wine and some rosemary sprigs and popped in the oven at 80 degrees at 7 am - when I came beck in the evening 13 hrs later the meat was melt in the mouth and tasted already amazing (note no spices so far)
All other I did was some lemon zest, cumin, botter and chopped, peeled peppers- really really great

paulmurr

4,203 posts

236 months

Friday 21st August 2009
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Add it to chilli... makes a change from mince smile

Papoo

3,926 posts

222 months

Friday 21st August 2009
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How about... Home made pastrami?

Typically done with brisket, but you can do it with anything.

You'll need to cure it, which means buying a bit of cure such as Morton's Tender Quick. Make a brine (plenty of recipes online). Throw your beef in there for a week.

Take out beef, wash it off, and soak it for 8 hours, to rid excess salt,
and cover your beef with corriander seed, S&P, dry juniper berries, and about anything else you want.

Smoke/cook indirectly (225f) until an internal temp of 190. Rest and refrigetate overnight.

Carve, and enjoy the pinky-purple goodness of home made pastrami sandwiches.

pugwash4x4

7,654 posts

245 months

Friday 21st August 2009
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Beef rendang is the waay to go

takes about 3 hours to cook on a very low heat- comes out as a dry curry, has all manner of odd cooking methods (like 3 pureed onions and 4 pureed garlic cloves), but it really does taste special.

Goes very well with brown and wild rice with staty vegetables on the side.

http://rasamalaysia.com/beef-rendang-recipe-rendan...
is about the closest i have found for an accurate recipe

anonymous-user

78 months

Saturday 22nd August 2009
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pugwash4x4 said:
Beef rendang is the waay to go

takes about 3 hours to cook on a very low heat- comes out as a dry curry, has all manner of odd cooking methods (like 3 pureed onions and 4 pureed garlic cloves), but it really does taste special.

Goes very well with brown and wild rice with staty vegetables on the side.

http://rasamalaysia.com/beef-rendang-recipe-rendan...
is about the closest i have found for an accurate recipe
Agreed, great suggestion Rendang is the way to go - you will need Tamrind Paste or Pulp to make it aurhentic though!

And Pug, great websitre, didn't know about it before - many thanks!

cramorra

1,687 posts

259 months

Saturday 22nd August 2009
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Papoo said:
How about... Home made pastrami?

Typically done with brisket, but you can do it with anything.

You'll need to cure it, which means buying a bit of cure such as Morton's Tender Quick. Make a brine (plenty of recipes online). Throw your beef in there for a week.

Take out beef, wash it off, and soak it for 8 hours, to rid excess salt,
and cover your beef with corriander seed, S&P, dry juniper berries, and about anything else you want.

Smoke/cook indirectly (225f) until an internal temp of 190. Rest and refrigetate overnight.

Carve, and enjoy the pinky-purple goodness of home made pastrami sandwiches.
salivating....

captainzep

13,306 posts

216 months

Monday 24th August 2009
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Warm home-made Cornish pasty in the garden as the sun goes down, with a cool pint of lightish summer ale. Cocktail umbrella optional. Vest, pants, socks and sandals compulsory.

Magic.