Meaty Meals

A recipe inspired by, The Complete Chinese Cookbook, by Jillian Stewart. Recipe Creator: Jennifer Walsh I went op shopping last week and found this beauty amongst a pile of unwanted books. I love coming home with an old cookbook tucked under my arm. It’s exciting knowing I still have so much to learn. My cookbooks are my teachers, and as I read, cook and take notes, I’m in my element. Today, a pork and shrimp chow mein recipe caught my attention. As I read through the ingredi

After slowly cooking with the onions, beef and Moroccan spices for hours, that broth is far too precious to waste. Saving it meant I could come back the following day and turn it into Moroccan Beef Rice, creating another wholesome meal for the whole family from something we already had.

This slow-cooked Moroccan Beef Brisket is the kind of meal that rewards patience. The beef is marinated in my homemade Moroccan Seasoning blend, then slowly cooked with onion, garlic, tomatoes and beef stock until beautifully tender. A final roast in the oven gives the brisket a rich, caramelised finish, while the cooking juices are reduced into a deeply flavoured gravy. Warm spices, tender beef and a generous homemade sauce make this a comforting family meal.

Bangers and mash is economical, uncomplicated, adaptable to what a family already has in the kitchen, and substantial enough to stand alone as dinner. It can be plain and inexpensive, or made with beautiful butcher’s sausages, carefully seasoned mash and a slowly cooked onion gravy. That ability to move between humble family supper and proper pub meal has given it unusual staying power.

This Country Beef Stew was created through a little trial and error, plenty of taste testing, and a genuine desire to create a hearty, old-fashioned recipe using simple ingredients.

After plenty of trial and error, and a few batches that crumbled, turned into slop or simply missed the mark, I've finally created a meatball recipe that I'm genuinely proud of.