Beef & Ale stew – Jamie Oliver Recipe

Ingredients

• 3 Dried or fresh bay leaves

• 500g stewing beef – diced

• 500ml ale, Guinness or stout

• 2 sticks celery- trim and chop

• 2 medium onions – peel and chop

• 2 carrots – peel and chop

• olive oil

• 1 heaped tablespoon plain flour

• 400 g tinned chopped tomatoes

• sea salt

• freshly ground black pepper

Method

1. Put all the vegetables and the bay leaves into the pan or casserole pan with 2 lugs of olive oil and fry for 10 minutes.
2. Add your meat and flour. Pour in the ale and tinned tomatoes. Give it a good stir, then season with a teaspoon of sea salt (less if using table salt) and a few grinds of pepper.
3. Bring to the boil, put the lid on and either simmer slowly on your hob or cook in an preheated 180C oven for 3 hours.
4. Remove the lid for the final half hour of simmering or cooking until meat tender.
5. Remove the bay leaves before serving, taste it, seasoning and serve.

Honey Pork Jerky – Homemade recipe

Ingredients

• 600g minced pork
• 100g sugar
• 2tbsp honey
• 1tbsp light soy sauce
• 1/2tbsp Chinese rice wine
• 1/2tbsp fish sauce
• 1tbsp oyster sauce
• 1tsp dark caramel sauce
• 1/8tsp Chinese five spices powder
• A dash of Pepper
• 1/2tsp-3/4tsp salt or to taste

Method

1. Mix all ingredients in a large bowl with a pair of chopsticks. Stir the mixture in one direction until the meat stick. Rest in the fridge for several hours.
2. Spread the marinated minced pork on baking paper, cover with cling wrap. Roll the minced with cling wrap to desire thickness or about 2-3mm. Place the rolled meat patty on baking paper onto the baking tray.
3. Bake at pre-heated oven at 160C for 20mins. Remove from oven. Increase the oven temperature to 240C.
4. Cool slightly the meat patty and cut into your desired size. Place at same baking tray.
5. Grill (top heat only) one side at 240C for 10mins, then remove from oven, turn over another side, wait oven temperature back to 240C and grill for 7mins or until golden brown with slightly caramelized.