BEEF CHEEKS, GREMOLATA, MASH

RECIPE DEVELOPED FOR WOOLWORTHS TABLE

BEEF CHEEKS

Woolworths Cook Beef Cheeks in Red Wine Sauce cooked as per packed instructions.

POTATO MASH

Prep 00:05

Cook 00:25

Serves 4

Super Easy

Ingredients

1.5kg Woolworths Mashing Potatoes, peeled and quartered

3/4 cup milk

175g butter

Sea salt, to taste

Step 1. Cover potato in a saucepan with salted water, bring to the boil, reduce to a simmer and cook for 20-25 minutes until tender. Drain and then mash, adding milk and butter a little at a time, until smooth and creamy. Season with salt.

GREMOLATA
Prep 00:10

Cook N/A

Super Easy

Ingredients
1 bunch parsley, finely chopped
2 lemons, zested
2 cloves garlic, grated on microplane
Juice 1 lemon
1/2 cup Woolworths Extra Virgin Olive OIl

Step 1. Combine all ingredients and serve to table. 

TO SERVE
Bring it all together serving up a beef cheek atop some smooth creamy potato mash and then garnished with a good spoonful of gremolata.

BEEFED UP BOLOGNESE

RECIPE DEVELOPED FOR HEALTHY MALE DURING MEN’S HEALTH WEEK

Bolognese with a few sneaky extras thrown in! This is a great way to not only bulk out your bolognese with heaps of veg but it also adds a great flavour base. This dish is all about layering the flavours and extracting all the goodness from each ingredient. Feel free to double (or even triple) this recipe so you can have these prepped and frozen for when you need a quick and healthy meal option.

Prep 00:15

Cook 00:25

Serves 4

Easy

Ingredients

2 tbs extra virgin olive oil

1 x brown onion, finely diced

4 x cloves garlic, crushed

1 x large carrot, peeled and diced

1 x bulb fennel, diced

1 x zucchini, diced

150g cup mushrooms, diced

250g bolognese mince (mix of pork and beef)*

2 x 400g can lentils, rinsed and drained

1 tsp fennel seeds

1 tsp chili flakes

1 tsp dried oregano

2 x 400g can crushed tomatoes

Sea salt & crushed black pepper, to taste

400g you pasta of choice, cooked as per packet instructions*

Extra virgin olive oil, to serve

Parmesan cheese, to serve

Basil, leaves only, to serve

Method

Step 1. Heat a large heavy based saucepan or cast iron pot to medium high heat and in batches of the different veggies, cook until softened and slightly caramelised / coloured.

Step 2. Once all veggies are cooked off, set aside. Brown off mince, then add lentils along with spices. Stir well to combine and cook until fragrant. Add back all the precooked veg.

Step 3. Add crushed tomatoes, using the tomato can add in a can full or water and season well with salt and pepper. Cook, gently simmering for 15-20 mins.

Step 4. Serve on top of your pasta of choice, with a drizzle of olive oil and garnish with basil and parmesan.

Notes

* for all the veg, if you want to cheat, feel free to use a food processor using the grate or chop attachment.

* for the mince, you can use only pork or only beef depending on your preference and availability.

*choose your favourite pasta shape, spaghetti is the classic but sometimes I love a short pasta to have with my bolognese.

CARNE ASADA W/ SALSA VERDE TACO

These simple steak tacos are an excellent way to make your meat go further and to add a bit of flare to your taco repertoire. A quick and easy crowd pleaser.

Prep 00:10

Cook 00:15

Serves 4

Easy

Ingredients 

Salsa Verde

1/2 white onion 

1 jalapeno pepper 

2 cloves garlic 

1 large handful flat leaf parsley 

1 large handful fresh coriander 

1 lime, juiced

1/2 cup olive oil 

12 soft corn tortillas, warmed 

400g flank steak 

2 tsp cumin seeds

2 tsp dried oregano

1/2 tsp chilli powder

To serve

1/2 white onion, finely diced

Sliced jalapenos 

Fresh coriander 

Lime wedges 

Method
Step 1. To make the sauce, place all of the ingredients in a food processor. Season with salt  and blend until smooth. Adjust flavour to your taste.

Step 2. Rub the steak with cumin, oregano and chilli powder. Season generously with salt and lightly coat with olive oil. Cook the steak in a hot, cast iron pan for 2-3 minutes on one side and 1-2 minutes on the other side. Allow it to rest for 5 minutes before slicing into thin strips. 

Step 3. Serve the steak on warm corn tortillas with the salsa verde, white onion, sliced jalapenos, fresh coriander and lime wedges.

Notes: 

* Make these tacos with any kind of steak you like. Other cuts that work well are skirt steak and rump. Best cooked rare to medium-rare.

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ASIAN STYLE BEEF NACHOS

RECIPE DEVELOPED FOR KIKKOMAN

Serves: 4

Prep time: 10 minutes 

Cooking time: 15 minutes

Ingredients 

2 teaspoons rice bran oil 

500g beef mince 

2 cloves garlic, minced 

2cm ginger, minced 

Pinch dried chilli flakes

⅓ cup Kikkoman Teriyaki Marinade  

1 x 200g packet plain corn chips 

2 cups (440g) shredded Cheddar cheese 

1 small carrot, shredded

1 cup coriander, leaves picked and roughly chopped 

1 small Lebanese cucumber, finely sliced 

1 long red chilli, finely sliced 

6 spring onions, finely sliced 

Chilli Soy Guacamole 

1 large avocado

¼ cup full-fat yoghurt  

2 teaspoons Kikkoman Soy Sauce 

2 teaspoons sesame oil 

Pinch dried chilli flakes 

Method

1. Heat the oil in a large frying pan over medium-heat high. Add in the beef mince and cook, breaking up with a wooden spoon, for 4-5 minutes, until nicely browned and cooked through. Add in the garlic, ginger and chilli flakes and stir through for 1 minute, or until fragrant. Add the Kikkoman Teriyaki Marinade and stir through until well coated. Remove from the heat. 

2. Preheat the oven grill to high. Spread the corn chips across a large baking tray (or two smaller baking trays). Spoon over the soy beef mince and sprinkle over the cheese. Place under the grill for 5 minutes until cheese is melted and corn chips are golden. 

3. While the nachos are under the grill, make the Chilli Soy Guacamole. Add the avocado to a bowl and mash with the back of a fork. Add the remaining ingredients and mix together until well combined and creamy. 

4. Remove nachos from the grill. Top with the shredded carrot, coriander, cucumber, chilli and spring onions. Dollop over the Chilli Soy Guacamole to serve. 

Tips / Notes:

If you’d like your Chilli Soy Guacamole a little thinner for a drizzle consistency, add 1-2 tablespoons of water and whisk through. 

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STOUT, BEEF & KIDNEY PIES

I love a pie. I love a pie with mates or on my own, when it’s hot and when it’s cold, when I’m at the footy or on my way home. This pie is a cheeky treat you can whip up for when the boys come around or if you want to impress guests on a cooler evening. The filling for these pies can be made ahead of time and stored separately, ready for the assembly job when your guests arrive. Alternatively, the whole pie — pastry and all — can be frozen and then baked at a later date.

PREP: 25mins

COOK: 1:55

MAKES: 4

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330 ml (111/4 fl oz/11/3 cup) stout beer

200 ml (7 fl oz) good-quality beef stock (see note)

2 tablespoons Worcestershire sauce

1 bay leaf

1 rosemary sprig

2 thyme sprigs

1 sheet Carême puff pastry

1 egg, lightly beaten

35 g (1/4 cup) plain (all-purpose) flour

2 teaspoons sea salt

freshly ground black pepper

500 g chuck steak, cut into 2 cm (3/4 inch) cubes (see note)

250 g lambs’ kidneys, trimmed and cleaned, cut into 2 cm cubes (*see note)

60 g butter

1 brown onion, diced

1 medium carrot, chopped

1 garlic clove, crushed

1 star anise

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Place the flour, salt and pepper in a large bowl and combine well. Add the steak and kidney pieces and toss to coat well. Heat a large heavy-based flameproof casserole dish over medium heat. Melt half the butter and when it’s foaming, shake the excess flour off the beef and kidneys and cook for 6–8 minutes or until it is nice and brown (*see note). Remove from the pan with a slotted spoon.

Add the remaining butter to the casserole dish, along with the fennel, onion, garlic, juniper berries and star anise and cook for 5–6 minutes or until the fennel and onion are soft. Add the stout, stock and worcestershire sauce, increase the heat to high and cook, scraping the base of the dish to remove any baked-on bits, for 8–10 minutes or until reduced by a third. Add the bay leaf, rosemary and thyme, then return the steak and kidneys to the pan and combine well. Reduce the heat to as low as possible, cover and cook for 45–60 minutes or until the meat is tender. Remove the bay leaf, rosemary and thyme from the mixture and cool slightly.

Preheat the oven to 200C. To assemble the pies, fill four (250 ml/9 fl oz/1 cup)- capacity pie dishes or ramekins with the meat filling, including the sauce. Roll out the pastry until 5 mm (. inch) thick and cut out round lids large enough to cover the tops of the dishes with a little overhang. Leave these to one side. Cut a long strip of pastry 1.5 cm (5/8 inch) wide, then cut into four pieces long enough to fit on the inside of the ramekins on top of the filling. This gives the pastry a bit of extra crust. Now place the pastry rounds on top and press to seal with the bottom strip. Decorate the top however you like with any remaining pastry, pierce the tops with a small knife (to allow the steam to escape), then brush the pies with the beaten egg.

Place the pies on an oven tray and bake for 25–30 minutes or until the pastry is puffed and golden.

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ARGENTINIAN STYLE BLACKENED RUMP STEAK W/ SALSA CRIOLLA

RECIPE COLLECTION FROM DELICIOUS. ON SUNDAYS

SERVES: 4

WHAT'S IN IT?

1kg piece rump cap steak, trimmed

1/3 cup (95g) American mustard

1 tbs dried oregano

1 tbs garlic powder

1 tbs smoked paprika

2 tbs olive oil

1 lime, cut into wedges

SALSA CRIOLLA

2 ripe tomatoes, finely diced

1 red capsicum, finely diced

1 small red onion, finely diced

1 garlic clove, crushed

2 jalapeños, finely diced

1 bunch coriander, leaves and stalks finely chopped

1 cup flat-leaf parsley leaves, chopped

¼ cup (60ml) extra virgin olive oil

¼ cup (60ml) red wine vinegar

PUTTING IT ALL TOGETHER: 

1. Remove steak from fridge and brush all over with mustard. Combine spices, 2 tbs salt flakes and 2 tsp ground black pepper and scatter all over steak. Leave for at least 30 minutes to come to room temperature.

2. For salsa, combine all ingredients in a bowl and season well. Cover and refrigerate until ready to serve.

3. Heat barbecue to high, drizzle steak with oil and cook, turning regularly, for 15-20 minutes until well charred and cooked medium-rare to medium. Place on a tray and leave to rest for 10 minutes. Thickly slice and place on a large platter or wooden board and squeeze lime over. Serve sliced steak with salsa criolla.

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