Beef Recipes

Beef Recipes

Here, in this text, I propose you to cook and taste a few great recipes, I've cooked myself:

• Zesty Meatloaf
• Meatball Risotto
• Pan Fried Gyoza (Dumplings)
• Dinner Is Served

Zesty Meatloaf

Ingredients:

• 2 c. fresh bread crumbs
• 3/4 c. minced onion
• 2 eggs
• 2 lb. ground beef
• 1/4 c. catsup
• 2 tbsp. horseradish
• 2 1/2 tsp. salt
• 1 tsp. dry mustard
• American cheese
• 1/4 c. milk

Cooking:

1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
2. Beat egg with a fork; blend in onions, meat, bread crumbs and seasonings.
3. Add horseradish, milk and catsup.
4. Combine lightly.
5. Place half of meat mixture in a loaf pan and place sliced cheese over meat.
6. Put rest of meat mixture on top of cheese.
7. Bake for 50 minutes; 10 minutes before done, put sliced cheese on top of meatloaf.

Meatball Risotto

Ingredients:

• 1/2 lb ground beef
• 1/2 cup (125 ml) sliced fresh mushrooms
• 1/4 tsp oregano
• 1 medium zucchini, sliced
• 1 can (14 oz0 spaghetti sauce
• 1 1/2 cups (350 ml) brown rice
• 1/2 cup Parmesan grated cheese
• 1 1/2 cups water (350 ml)

Cook :

1. Combine ground beef and oregano
2. Shape into small meatballs and brown in frypan. Drain fat
3. Add vegetables and stir-fry for one minute
4. Add sauce and water, bring to a boil
5. Stir in rice and cheese; cover and simmer five minutes
6. Remove from heat and stir
7. Cover and let stand five minutes
8. Garnish with extra Parmesan, if desired.

Makes four servings. Nutrition information per serving: Dietary fibre – 4g, Carbohydrates – 45g, Fat – 16g, Protein – 20g, Calories – 400.

Pan Fried Gyoza (Dumplings)

Ingredients:

• 16 oz. ground beef
• 10 oz. cabbage, chopped coarse
• 7 oz. onion, diced
• 3 oz. scallion tops, chopped very fine
• 1/2 oz. garlic, crushed
• 1/2 oz. ginger, grated
• 2 tsp. sesame oil
• Salt & pepper to taste
• 1 c. Miso broth or chicken stock
• Gyoza skins: 1 egg, beaten

Instructions:

1. In a large bowl, mix together ground beef, cabbage, onion and scallion tops.
2. When blended, add garlic, ginger, sesame oil, salt and pepper; mix again.
3. Using 1 sheet of Gyoza skin, place 1/2 ounce of mixture at the center, moisten edge with egg wash and fold in half to seal.
4. Place Gyoza in oiled fry pan on high heat.
5. Brown on both sides, then add 2 or 3 ounces of chicken or Miso broth and cover to steam. Serve with Gyoza Sauce drizzled on top.

GYOZA SAUCE:

• 1/2 c. white vinegar
• 1/2 c. soy sauce
• 2 tsp. sesame oil
• 1 oz. sugar
• 3/4 oz. ginger, grated

Mix all ingredients together.

Dinner Is Served

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No matter how scintillating the guests are, a dinner party will flop if the party-giver isn`t relaxed. “The point of the evening is to spend time with your guests, and not in the kitchen”, says Brown.

This means selecting a menu that can be prepared almost entirely in advance. “Entertaining isn’t about gourmet cooking,” says the master chef. If you feel lacking in culinary competence, you can do a wonderful party with take-out food from the supermarket, or frozen oeuvres d’oeuvres. Brunches and desert parties are a less expensive way to entertain and still accomplish the goal of the traditional dinner party.

Table setting. Formal place setting. Source of the image: tea-party-ideas.net/2011/10/21/tea-table-setting