Et maintenant le voyage, a la supermarche.
Le pamplemousse!
Ananas!Jus d'orange, boeuf, soup du jour,
Le camembert, Jacque Cousteau,
Baguette, mais oui!
Le pamplemousse!
Ananas!Jus d'orange, boeuf, soup du jour,
Le camembert, Jacque Cousteau,
Baguette, mais oui!
Foux Du Fa Fa, Flight of the Conchords
The English translation of this week's dish is beef on a string - as with most of the French language, the English translation is far more prosaic. And as you can see, it is literally beef on a string:
I lucked in because my beef roast was already strung together, so I just had to add a string going the other way to lift it out of the pot with. The beef was also surprisingly not as expensive as I had thought - it was $16 for a 700g roast, which is not exactly cheap, but it won't break the bank either.
On the other hand, if I had made the bullion, the oxtail would have cost a fortune. Oxtail has crossed over from scraps to gourmet food here, with a price to match. I didn't have the time to make the bullion anyway, and Campbell's beef stock served me well.
There was lots of vege preparation for this recipe - potatoes, turnips, carrots, shallots, celery and - that's right, there was supposed to be leeks, but in my excitement, I bought fennel instead by accident, so that is what I used.
The finished dish was really delicious - poached beef doesn't sound appetising, but it was really good. I poached mine more to the "well done" end of the spectrum. I also topped my beef with some homemade pepper sauce.
To see what the other Doristas thought of beef on a string, visit the LYL section of the FFwD website.
21 comments:
This looks great! Unfortunately, I'm having to skip this week's assignment. Maybe I'll come back to this one as a make-up.
This was much better than I thought it would be. I don't get the whole "string part". Mine had string on it but I just used tongs to lift it out of the broth...
A lot of those secondary cuts are so expensive here aren't they? Lamb shanks and oxtail are a good example/
First time poaching beef - agree with you that this was rather good!
Lucky for me to have found a new gourmet supply outlet without a price to match!
Lucky you that your meat was reasonably priced! Mine was $35 for a pound!!
I'm glad you enjoyed this...we did,too, but I think it will be a one timer recipe :)
Yes - this was way better than I thought it would be - although it probably won't be my go to for those pricey loin cuts.
I am going to make this when I have more people to feed. Thank you for sharing your version!
Glad you liked this and that it wasn't as expensive as you thought it would be! Love Flight of the Concords! :)
It's amazing how expensive scraps have become, now that they are fashionable. When I saw the price of oxtails at the first store, I was going to go the route of premade beef stock, but at the last store I tried, the oxtail and beef marrow bones were reasonable priced, not too much more than purchasing broth would have been. A lucky break.
Poached beef was much tastier than I expected too.
It looks like a difficult recipe but worth it when executed well :D
Delicious job!
Cheers
Choc Chip Uru
I agree - so much better than it sounds! Wouldn't it be great if we could share the smell, too? I was starving by the time this dish was ready to eat!
Have a wonderful weekend!
Everyone seems to be quite surprised and quite unanimous in thinking this was a delicious way to cook beef. I intend to make it next week along with the salad and will be very happy for the leftovers. I don't think your meat is well-done, sorta rare. Love that pink-tinged center. How did the fennel taste? Bet it was good. Glad you liked it, Gaye. I am looking forward to making it.
That sounds great!
A lovely presentation, that piece of meat is cooked perfectly.
This was a bit too rare for us so I added more time,
but we enjoyed it all the same.
Wise woman not spending your money on oxtail for a broth.. maybe if it was the centerpiece of the dish I might splurge… lovely piece of meat. Glad you enjoyed it.
you probably got the best price on the cut! ;)
Glad you loved this one! :)
This was much better than it sounded…we really enjoyed it! I bought one oxtail and it was just over 3 dollars...which is not a lot, but it really is just scrap meat. This surprised me! My grandfather and mother were butchers and they used to give cuts like that away!
Yours looks just perfect. We also enjoyed it ( I really never heard of this concept of poaching meat before ) and my hubby who likes rare meat adored it. Cute video ;)
Pepper sauce sounds really good. Oxtails and bones thankfully, are still pretty cheap by me. But I did get a whole filet and just cut it down to the size for dinner and made some additional steaks for the freezer. Glad you liked this- and love the video! Funny!
Wow, who knew oxtails would be so pricey! Great dish, and cute videos!
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