Beef

Vodka Marinated Steak

I am always drawn towards Scandinavian food, no doubt in part because of childhood summers spent in Norway. And this recipe, adapted from one by Andreas Viestadt, the Norwegian author of Kitchen of Li…

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Meatzza

I can't tell you how often I get asked to make this at home. This is something of a culinary pun: it looks like a pizza, but its base is made out of meatball mixture, moreover a meatball mixture you d…

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Beef Stew With Anchovies and Thyme

The anchovies really just provide flavourfulness, certainly not fishiness: there is no need to mention their presence if you are feeding people who might take against the idea. This, as with most stew…

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Carbonnade a La Flamande

There is something about cooking the classics that feels like coming home and this comforting Belgian casserole is a reassuringly simple recipe — I scarcely bother to sear the meat — that feeds a huge…

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Juicy Beef Skewers With Horseradish Dip

I find fresh horseradish easy to come by these days but, if you don't, add the same amount of hot horseradish cream or sauce from a jar for the marinade. If you want to serve lamb skewers alongside, t…

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Mini Meatloaves

These mini meatloves are best eaten cold, either dunked in mayo, ketchup, brown sauce or mustard, or sliced up and made into sandwiches with your sauce of choice or, indeed, the whole concatenation of…

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Wow, made these for the first time today and were lovely. Love the fact that I got enough left for the rest of the week. Thank you Nigella.

Steak and Kidney Pudding

I often double the quantities for the meat filling, then freeze half, so I'm only a defrost away from another pudding. Traditionally, oysters were added to steak and kidney pud; I thought a little oys…

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Cornbread Topped Chilli Con Carne

There are few more welcome sights than a big vat of chilli. The cornbread topping is a glorious golden touch, that everyone can crumble into the spiced meat as they eat, for ballast and crunchy contra…

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Meatballs

The trick to these meatballs is to keep them small. Don’t actually use a teaspoon, but use about a teaspoon’s amount of mince to roll each ball. If there are children around, so much the better; they…

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Thai Crumbled Beef in Lettuce Wraps

One of the joys of this is how easy and quick it is to make. You may need to be rather brutal with the lettuce as you tear the leaves off to provide the edible wrappers for the beef, which is why I sp…

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Hot and Sour Beef Salad

In How to Eat, I used a shallot for this salad; here I've used a spring onion. Frankly any allium of your choice would be fine. Similarly, any salad leaf you like can be used as its foundation.

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