Beef stewed in Cabernet Sauvignon

It was one of those nights. I had parboiled beef in the fridge and I was just planning on throwing it with some veggies for dinner. A couple of days ago, I dredged over a kilo of beef cubes in flour, browned them in a mixture of butter and olive oil, poured in water, threw [...]... 

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After the pearl balls and the roast duckling

Sometimes, no matter what you do, you still have to deal with leftovers. For instance, on December 17, for my daughter’s class party, I made pearl balls. I had enough meat mixture to make pearl balls for the party and for our dinner that night but, alas, I only had so much glutinous rice. Alex... 

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Lengua (ox tongue) in cream and corn sauce

The plan to cook ox tongue with mushroom sauce went pffft! when my daughter Sam walked into the kitchen just as I was about to make the sauce and demanded why I wasn’t cooking lengua with corn. I told her to put the mushrooms back into the fridge and open a can of corn kernels [...]... 

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Baby back ribs with miso sauce

It took me all day to decide whether I should post this recipe. Two reasons. First, I wasn’t able to take good photos of the baked baby back ribs because we were in a hurry to have dinner last night. Second, I did this dish a second time today for lunch but using pork spare [...]... 

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Burgers with ginger and five spice powder

Lamb was used in the original recipe. I can get lamb chops and stewing lamb and even a whole lamb leg in these parts but not ground or minced lamb. So, I had to settle for ground beef. Rib eye. If you have access to ground lamb, I suggest you go for it and and [...]... 

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