As part of our English themed Christmas dinner, we bought a 6 lb. standing rib roast for 6 people. Following some ideas in Serious Eats, I first salted and peppered the exterior surfaces, and let it stand while I heated my MasterBuilt Electric Box Smoker to 200 degrees. I roasted it in the box smoker Read More …
Here it is together, Boxty with Beef and Mushroom Stew, the way I had it at an Irish pub in Calgary. Here are links to the two component recipes. They are good together or separate and with other dishes. For example, the pub also served boxty wrapped around chicken tikka masala. Beef and Mushroom Stew Read More …
1-1/2 lb beef stew meat, cut up into 1 inch cubes 1 lb. brown mushrooms, cleaned and quartered 1 large onion chopped 2 cloves garlic, chopped 12 oz. bottle Guinness stout 1 cup beef stock 2 Tbs. tomato paste 1 Tbs. flour ½ tsp. dried thyme 1 bay leaf 2 Tbs. Worcestershire Sauce 5 Tbs. Read More …
Boxty is a traditional Irish potato-flour flatbread which I had never heard of until I had dinner a few weeks ago in an Irish pub in Calgary. The pub used boxty as a starch wrapper, like a pita or tortilla, around fillings, such as a beef and mushroom stew. Here is an adaptation of a Read More …
The Wall St. Journal had an excellent article on Irish Brown Bread for St. Patrick’s Day, and I made it for Easter morning breakfast. This recipe makes a very good whole grain bread. It is a lot like a less sweet bran muffin. The only drawback is that since the dough is very wet (more Read More …
We really should use beer more as an ingredient in cooking, especially full flavored beers like Guinness stout. This excellent variation on Shepherd’s Pie uses Guinness and is adapted from a cookbook I bought in Heathrow Airport at few years ago, Gordon Ramsey’s Great British Pub Food. Makes 8 servings 2 Tbs. olive oil 2 Read More …