I’ve made this a couple of times now and served it with both Stoemp and skinny fries (the photo is of the skinny fries and salad version), it’s best done in the slow cooker but if you don’t have one you can do it one the stove or in the oven. The stoemp can be [...]
View Post beef in ale, beef in beer, Belgian Beer
On our recent trip to Belgium one of my favourite meals was pork ribs cooked in Kriek and served with a huge bowl of salty, crispy skinny fries and mayo, It was delicious so I’ve re created the flavours using pork shoulder and my slow cooker. It’s really easy and you can choose to leave [...]
View Post beer and food, cherry beer, cooking with beer, Fruit Beer
Last week Hardknott ran an #OpenTheRhetoric event on twitter where the idea was those with a bottle of their latest beer would open it then discuss it via twitter. I was lucky enough to have a bottle so decided to try and pair it with some food and make a proper event of it. I [...]
View Post beer and food, beer and pizza
A couple of days ago a bottle of Cobra and a bottle of Thornbridge Jaipur arrived in the post and went straight in the fridge and then last night a freshly baked Dominos Tandoori Hot pizza arrived just before 19:00. The pizza was swiftly shared and consumed with the beers, spot on it was too, [...]
View Post beer and food, Cobra, jaipur, Thornbridge
It seems wrong that I’ve not written about Magic Rock beers on here before, especially as I’ve supped an awful lot of them from bottle, cask and even keg. So I thought it was about time I broke the duck, jumped on the bandwagon and wrote a little bit about them. Based in Huddersfield, Magic [...]
View Post beer and cheese, beer and food, Beer and food pairingThis was sumbitted for the cooking with beer competition by Gregg, it sounds and looks delicious! Thanks to Gregg for taking part, you can find a bit more about him here Serves 2 hungry people 4 Lean Pork Steaks or 2 Pork chops 2 Cloves Garlic (chopped) 1 tsp Fennel seeds 1 tsp Course Seasalt [...]
View PostThis is another one of the entries in the Cooking with Beer Competition. It comes from Phil Hardy or Filrd on twitter, not only does he love his beer and chilli he supports a decent football team. You can read his blog here. Ingredients 1kg Lean casserole steak Two desert spoons Cornflour (seasoned with salt [...]
View Post beer recipe, beer stew, cooking with beerI love risotto, as a result we usually have it once a week, Risotto is so flexible, it’s a great way of cooking up a tasty meal with bits of left overs or when you don’t have much in the cupboard, on the other hand you can make it really luxurious by chucking in loads [...]
View Post cooking with beer, recipeThis recipe was part of the winning menu on Masterchef, and is taken straight from the BBC website here, Hope Tim doesn’t mind as I’ve been a bit cheeky and jumped on the bandwagon but these burgers looked amazing and they have beer and chilli in the recipe what more could you want? Big Congratulations [...]
View Post beer and burgers, beer and food, beer recipe, beer recipes, burgers, cooking with beer, masterchefThis simple recipe for beef and mushroom casserole was sent in for the cooking with beer competition I thought it sounded delicious, thanks to Melanie for sending it in. Melanie also said it makes a great filling for a pie. Ingredients 3 tbsp olive oil 500g braising beef, seasoned with a little salt and pepper [...]
View Post beer recipe, cooking with beer, food