Recipes with beef

Osso buco with gremolata served over pasta

Inspired by a dish we once enjoyed at Almon Marina (it's been off the menu for a while), the beef shank is cooked the Italian osso buco stew style and served with the likewise traditional gremolata. The pasta is tossed in osso buco sauce.

Cook time: 2 30

Servings: 3 people

Beef pares

A meal that hails from the Philippines, pares (pah-res), literally “pair”, means a combination of rice and protein, usually very tender stewed beef. Brisket, short ribs, flank or shanks are ideal for making beef pares.

Cook time: 2 30

Servings: 4 people

Baked meatballs Parmesan

Meatballs, tomato sauce and cheese. Put them together and you have a lovely dish that adults and young ones will love.

To make this dish really, really good, you have to have great meatballs (good quality meat, the correct seasonings and binders are all essential), a very tasty tomato sauce (I made my own) and a rich cheese that melts well.

Cook time: 30

Servings: 3 people

Chinese five-spice beef stew

Browned beef is pressure-cooked with ginger, chilies, star anise, fennel seeds, cloves, cinnamon bark, Sichuan peppercorns, soy sauce and rice wine in this beef stew recipe.

Cook time: 1 20

Servings: 6 people

Beef Burgundy

A peasant dish that has been elevated to fine dining stature, beef bourguignon, sometimes spelled bœuf bourguignon or bœuf à la bourguignonne, literally translates to beef Burgundy.

Cook time: 3

Servings: 6 people