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Delicious Herb Basting
Ingredients
2 ml dried or 5ml chopped
fresh rosemary
125 ml cooking oil or olive
oil
2 ml dried or 5ml chopped
fresh marjoram
15 ml lemon juice
2 ml dried or 5ml chopped
fresh parsley
1 clove of garlic, crushed
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Method
Mix ingredients together.
Use a crushed rosemary sprig
and baste meat regularly
while grilling. The basting
mixture can be prepared in
advance and left in the
refrigerator until needed.
Delivers approximately 150
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Favourite Beef Stew with
Asparagus |
Ingredients
1 kg Beef Cubes, cut into
25mm pieces
4 rashers rindless streaky
bacon, chopped
10 ml cooking oil
2 cloves garlic, crushed
3 leeks sliced
5 ml salt
Freshly ground black pepper
to taste
250 ml meat stock
1 x 410g can asparagus
pieces, drained
15 ml cake flour
120 g Gruyere cheese. grated
(250 ml)
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Method
Fry bacon until crisp in a
heavy-based saucepan. Remove
bacon and set aside. Add
cooking oil to rendered fat
and brown meat. Add garlic
and leaks and saute. Season
meat with salt and pepper.
Heat meat stock and add to
meat. Cover with lid, reduce
heat and simmer for 1,5 - 2
hours or until meat is
tender. Add asparagus and
heat through. thicken liquid
with a paste of cake flour
and water, if necessary.
Spoon into an oven dish,
sprinkle cheese and reserved
bacon over meat and grill
under a pre-heated element
until cheese has melted. (6
servings) |
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Roasted Rolled Sirloin with
Sherry Basting
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1 rolled sirloin,
approximately 1,5 kg
5 ml salt
Freshly ground black pepper,
to taste.
Basting Mixture
7 ml paprika
1 ml ground coriander
50 ml dry sherry
50 ml apple juice
3 cloves garlic, crushed
5 ml salt
Freshly ground black pepper
to taste
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Method
Rub salt and pepper onto fat
side of the meat. Place meat
on the rack of an
oven-roasting pan and
oven-roast at 160 C for 15 -
20 minutes per 500 g plus 15
minutes (rare) or 20 - 25
minutes per 500 g plus 20
minutes (medium-done). Mix
basting ingredients and
baste meat regularly during
the last 30 minutes of
cooking time. Allow meat to
rest in warming drawer for
10 minutes before removing
string and carving into thin
slices. |
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Super-Quick Stir Fry |
500 g sliced steak, cut into
thin strips
30 ml cooking oil
2 carrots, cut julienne
1 onion, sliced
1 green pepper, seeded and
cut julienne
200 g baby marrows, sliced
300 g mushrooms, sliced
100 g bean sprouts
Sauce :
250 ml mango juice
75 ml wine vinegar
5 ml soy sauce
25 ml brown sugar
3 ml salt
1 ml ground ginger
(optional)
Freshly ground black pepper
to taste
30 ml corn flour
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Method :
Brown meat in heated cooking
oil in a wok or a
heavy-based saucepan. Add
vegetables in the order
listed above and stir fry
until vegetables are just
cooked, but still crisp. In
the meantime, mix sauce
ingredients together, bring
to the boil and simmer for 3
minutes, stirring
constantly. Add sauce to
stir-fried vegetables and
stir to combine. |
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Beef and Avocado Salad
1 thin Porterhouse steak
(about 400 g)
Cooking Oil
1 avocado, cubed
10 ml lemon juice
25 ml plain yoghurt
25 ml French salad dressing
1 medium tomato, skinned and
cubed
Freshly ground black pepper
to taste
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Method :
Brush meat with cooking oil.
Heat a riffle pan to smoking
hat and grill meat for 5 - 7
minutes in total (rare) or 7
- 10 minutes in total
(well-done).
Leave meat to cool, then cut
at a 45ꠡngle into thin
slices. Combine remaining
ingredients and toss gently
with meat. (6 servings) |
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Delicious Steak with Cape
Basting
4 steaks, rump or sirloin
about 20mm thick
5 ml salt
Fresh ground black pepper to
taste
Basting mixture:
200 ml sour cream
1 ml salt
10 ml Dijon mustard
5 ml dried or 15 ml chopped
fresh tarragon
15 ml drained and chopped
capers (optional)
10 ml dried or 30 ml chopped
fresh parsley
Freshly ground black pepper
to taste
Method:
First prepare the basting
mixture by combining all the
ingredients. |
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To prepare the meat, slash
the fat edges at 25 mm
intervals to prevent curling
during cooking. Place meat
on the rack of an
oven-roasting pan and grill
100 mm under a pre-heated
element for 5 - 7 minutes in
total (rare) or 7 - 10
minutes in total
(medium-done), basting the
meat frequently with the
basting mixture. Season with
salt and pepper and serve
immediately. (4 servings) |
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