How about Beer & Ale!
Pete’s Steak & Ale (2014)
Serves 4
Ingredients
1 Tbsp. flour (4/4= 1 syn per person)
1 Tbsp. Worcester sauce
1 Tbsp. Tomato puree (s) (sff)
8 Shallots cut in half (s) (sff)
150g Mushrooms, quartered (s) (sff)
200mL Knorr dark beef stock
440mL can of Guinness original (6.5/4=1.625 syns per person)
450g Chuck steak, cut into chunks (ff)
Twig of thyme
Method
Cook the shallots in a frying pan on a low light, sprayed with frylight, for about 15 mins to allow going golden in colour. Set aside.
In the meantime, in a casserole pan, cook the beef to brown it, sprinkle the flour over it & mix well, when browned, remove the meat & set aside.
Deglaze the pan with the Guinness, scraping the base with a wooden spoon, increase the heat & reduce the Guinness by half.
Return the beef back to the pan, with the mushrooms, shallots, stock, thyme, tomato puree, reduce the heat to a simmer, cover & cook on an “Eco” setting (90C) for several hours.
15 Mins before the meal remove from the oven, uncover & check the thickness of the liquid, if to thin increase the heat & keep stirring until it thickened up as the liquid is boiled off. Remove the thyme twig.
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How about this for him! Pete’s Pulled Pork (2014) Serves 4 Ingredients 1 Onion, finely chopped (s) (sff) 1 Tbsp. Tomato purees (s) (sff) 1 Tbsp. Smoked paprika 2 Tbsp. Worcester sauce 3 Garlic cloves, finely chopped (sff) 3 Tbsp. Sweetener 3 Tbsp. Cider vinegar 400g Chopped tomatoes (s) (sff) 1 Kg Aldi Pork shoulder joint (ff) Slow cooker Method In a small saucepan, sprayed with frylight, cook the onion & garlic until soft. Add the other ingredients, bring to the boil then reduce the heat & cook until it thickens up, stirring from time to time. Using a hand blender, reduce to a smooth sauce, when thickened, set aside. Pre-heat the slow cooker. Carefully remove the meat from the package, remove & keep the string loops, cut off all the fat that you can from the meat, replace the string loops. In a hot large frying pan sprayed with frylight, brown the meat all over. Pour a layer of the sauce in the base of the slow cooker, place the meat on top, pour the remaining sauce over the meat, place the lid on the slow cooker & switch to “low” then cook for at least 6 Hrs until the meat can be pulled apart with a pair of forks. <img src="http://www.minimins.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=139688"/><img src="http://www.minimins.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=139689"/><img src="http://www.minimins.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=139690"/>
Have you looked at the website slimming eats.com? There are loads of fantastic recipes on that. I tried the beef stroganoff tonight and my husband and 10 year old son both loved it. Served it with rice. I'm going to try the chicken and cauliflower curry recipe next.