Beer Recipes.....

[FelixFire]

Please move this if it needs doing i couldn't decide where to put it...

Basicly im going to start researching into writing a booklet type thing about cooking with beer, more specificly real ale.

Im doing this because it combines my two great loves in life, beer and cooking.

So i was wondering if anyone had any brilliant recipes which incorporate real ale which i can try, and of course if the recipe is used in my booklet i shall give all due credit to the creator.

Thanks

 

[Kyral210]

Not to be harsh, but if you know enough to be an authority on something (in this case cooking) should you need to ask a forum? If so, should you be writing it?

 

[Moley]

I don't know if that's entirely fair Kyral210, FelixFire declared a love of cooking but never claimed to be an authority on the subject.

I can't offer a recipe as I tend to make things up as I go along, but I still have a few bottles left from my earlier kit brews which are no longer considered fit for consumption on their own, and I think I make a pretty damned good steak & ale pie.

Moved to general discussions as “Brewdays” is something quite specific, but I'm not entirely sure where this question should belong.

 

[FelixFire]

I never actually claimed to be an 'authority' on it, and im not talking a book, i mean like a small booklet, to either give away at the brewery i work in or charge a small amount for charity. Im thinking of asking some of the local chefs as there are some brilliant ones in the area, a few holding mitchelin stars.

And NOBODY ever knows EVERYTHING, i could quite easily fill a booklet with a few recipes, but what's to say there the best? If someones got a great recipe i want to hear about it, you never progress if you dont take others advice.

 

[FelixFire]

And thankyou for moving Moley.

 

[marshbrewer]

If you have a look on Nottingham CAMRA's website here you will find pdf copies of their magazine, the Nottingham Drinker. It used to have a section every month called 'Jamie Ale-lover' (geddit??) which was all about cooking with real ale and cider.

That would be worth a look, although you'd need to get permission from them first before reproducing any recipes, me thinks.

<edit> looks like they've dropped the Jamie Oliver 'joke' since I left ~ it's just called 'Cooking with Ale and Cider' (Page 16) in the latest issue.<edit>

 

[markp]

My fave:

Very thin slices of rump steak, about 1lb of meat will serve 4
2 finely sliced onions
dash Worcester sauce
plain flour
salt & pepper
1 bottle of brown ale or 1 bottle ale of your choice (darker beers seem to work better for me, even stout)
a little oil for frying

Coat the meat in seasoned flour and quickly fry over a high heat to seal the meat. Place in oven proof dish.
Fry off the sliced onions until starting to soften, add these to the meat.
Add your chosen beer to the meat.
Add a dash of Worcester sauce, the crumbled oxo cube and season to taste.....a bay leaf is good too :)
Add a little water to cover the meat if required. Cover and cook.
I like to cook this real slow, 4 hours minimum; at 125 degrees.
You can get away with 2 hours at 180 degrees. But the meat won't quite be as tender.
About 30 mins before serving, check the gravy is nice and thick ...... carefully stir in a little corn flour/water mix if you require a little thicker gravy.
If cooking at the lower heat I like to raise temp to 180 deg for last 15 mins to get it piping hot to serve.
Serve as you like.....with traditional vegetables, potatoes (as you like them)....crusty bread is a must.

 

[Stone Cold]

my method for a stake and ale
brown off 1lbs stake pan with 2 onions 2 cloves of garlic tea spoon of thyme, tea spoon of chili powder and optional oxo cube.
add a pint of bitter ale and let sit in the oven until meat is delicious and sauce is thick. easy cooking.

i have seen lots of different uses for beer in cooking over the years as a chef but the only thing i like beer in is a glass or stake and ale.
the breconshire brewery restaurant had breconshire ale ice cream for a little bit but I dont think the idea of bitter ice cream really took off.
heres a load of recipes with beer i found at a quick search. chocolate porter cake sounds good.
http://homecooking.about.com/library/archive/blalcohol4.htm

 

[robsan77]

I have some ideas but o actual recipes.

Like chicken casserol with a bottle of sierra nevada pale ale in.

or pork in summer lightning.

I'd also quite like to batter some chicken in a really hoppy pale.