Even though it’s still quite cold in the mornings and evenings, signs of Spring are popping up everywhere. Our “Yesterday, Today & Tomorrow” is sporting a few blooms, the leaves on the tree outside our bedroom window is starting to return and the air has that fresh Spring scent to it. Yet, I still yearn for foods cooked slowly until it is meltingly tender, and that is exactly what this slow-cooked beef brisket chili delivers. When I asked my butcher which meat I should use for a deep and rich chili he immediately suggested brisket and gave me a huge (read : Gigantic) brisket on the bone. He did offer…
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A general food and cooking blog. I like to experiment and try all different types of cuisine and I have a passion for food photography and styling.
Posts Tagged ‘beef stew’
It’s the 1st of August. How is it the 1st of August already? I say it every year and every year I feel like it’s going faster and faster. I sometimes feel overwhelmed at how quickly the years seem to be flying past me. When I was in school I was SO excited when the year’s would fly past because it would mean our December holidays were upon us, but now, I don’t know how I’m going to get everything done I still need to get done this year. But then, this is how I always feel and what doesn’t get done this year, always seems to get done the…
I have come to love (and I mean, REALLY love) Beef shin this Winter. The cut of meat that is usually used for soup (sop bene) in South Africa has become my absolute favourite thing to cook with. The Italians (of course) are one ahead of me here because they use shin (although Veal mostly) for Osso Bucco, another one of my Winter favourites. I have been experimenting with beef shin almost every week this Winter and I’ve realised that, when it’s cooked and literally falling apart, it tastes an awful lot like oxtail which up until now, was the only stewing beef I ever liked cooking with. Unfortunately, the…
In Pretoria, Winter is here in every sense of the word. In the morning I struggle to get out of bed because, even though it’s usually a beautiful day outside, there’s an iciness in the air that can only be braved with lots of coffee and a blanket wrapped around oneself. The afternoons are normally really pleasant with just a slight chill in the air before the iciness returns for it’s evening shift. But I’m not complaining…I Love Winter! The only thing I don’t like about Winter is seeing all the trees stripped of their leaves. And with Winter around, the only thing I ever really want is comforting stew. As a…
