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Surf & Turf recipe

Sat looking lonesome in the Yellow Stick fridge I spotted a couple of packs of Ox Cheek on Thursday. Perhaps not the conventional foundation for a Surf & Turf. But when were we conventional?

Ingredients for the ‘Turf’:-

2 Ox Cheeks, cubed
2 Carrots, batoned
2 Medium Onions, diced
2 Cloves of Garlic, minced
500ml of Beef Stock
500ml of Red Wine Stock
2 Tbsp of Tomato Puree
100g of (Gluten free) Plain Flour
1 Tsp Dried Thyme
2 Bay Leaves
1 Tsp of Red Wine Vinegar
Olive Oil & A nob of Butter / Margarine
1 Tsp of Oyster Sauce
Salt & Pepper to seasoned

Method:-

(1) Flour the Ox Cheeks and fry to brown on all sides in the Olive Oil & Butter.
(2) Remove and set aside.
(3) Season the Onions with Salt And Pepper and fry until translucent and then add the Garlic and stir.
(4) Add the Carrots and fry to soften.
(5) Stir in the Beef and Red Wine stock.
(6) Stir in the Tomato Puree.
(7) Put the Ox Cheeks back in.
(8) Add the Thyme and Bay Leaves and Oyster Sauce.
(9) Simmer for 10 minutes and then transfer to a casserole dish.
(10) Pop in the oven and cook at 160c for about 4 hours until the Ox Cheeks is very tender.

Ingredients for the ‘Surf’:-

200g of King Prawns
2 Eggs
Plain Flour (Gluten free for us)
Soda Water
Garlic Salt
Onion Salt
Turmeric

Additional flour
1 Egg, whisked for an Egg wash

Method:-

(1) Mix the batter ingredients with enough Soda Water to make a reasonably stiff batter.
(2) Heat the fryer to 180c.
(3) Dunk the Prawns individually in Egg wash and the Flour.
(4) Dip in the batter to coat evenly.
(5) Fry individually and once browned slightly drain on kitchen paper.

To serve we made a Spring Onion mash, added the Ox Cheeks first. Stacked the battered Prawn on top and the poured the casserole over the top. A bit of Peas-shoot salad to dress and ‘Jobs a good un’!  

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Stir Fry Char Sui Pork Mince & Broccoli


I happened across a 500g pack of Pork mince for just over £1 so Sue set about her recipe rummaging and came up with this. Realistically this recipe would easily feed 4 and we had enough left to pop in Taco shells the following day.

Ingredients:-

500g of Pork mince
2 Cloves of Garlic, minced
A Thumb of Ginger, minced
1 Carrot, cut into lengthways strips
1 Red Pepper, cut into strips
2 Spring Onions, sliced lengthways
2 Chillies, chopped
1 Tbsp of Honey
1 Tbsp of Black Bean Sauce or Hoisin Sauce
40ml of Soy Sauce (Gluten free for us)
30ml of Shaoxing Wine
1 Tsp Chinese Five Spice
A handful of Peanuts, roughly chopped
½ a head of Broccoli, separated into florets
1 Onion, finely diced
Oil to fry
A splash of Water

Method:-

(1) Mix together the Black Bean sauce, honey, Soy Sauce, Five Spice, Shaoxing Wine and a splash of water.
(2) Set aside your Char Sui Sauce.
(3) Heat a little Oil in a pan, add the Garlic &Ginger and cook gently for a minute.
(4) Add the Pork mince and fry on a high heat until browned, stirring continually.
(5) Remove from the pan and set aside.
(6) Add more Oil if required and fry the Broccoli, Carrots, Onion and Pepper, for a few minutes.
(7) Return the mince to the pan and stir to combine.
(8) Stir in the Char Sui Sauce and cook over a low heat until heated through.
(9) Garnish with Spring Onions and chopped Peanuts.

We served ours over Rice Noodles, but this would work equally well over boiled rice.

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