Sweet and Sour Meatballs

Ingredients:
1 pound lean ground beef
3/4 cup minced celery
1/4 cup chopped almonds or cashews
1 clove garlic, finely chopped
1 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup soft bread crumbs
1 teaspoon soy sauce
1/2 teaspoon monosodium glutamate
2 eggs, slightly beaten

Sauce:
1 cup chicken bouillon
1/2 cup sugar
3 Tablespoons cornstarch
1/2 cup pineapple juice
1/2 cup vinegar
2 Tablespoons soy sauce
1 bell pepper, chopped
1 (8-ounce) can pineapple chunks

Procedure:
1. Mix all meatball ingredients.
2. Form into small meatballs and deep-fat fry.
3. Make sauce by combine first 6 ingredients.
4. Cook for 3 minutes or until thickened.
5. Add bell pepper, pineapple chunks, and the fried meatballs.
6. Simmer about 15 minutes.

Corned Beef and Cabbage Recipe

Ingredients:
2 pounds Corned Beef brisket
1 small head cabbage, chopped
1 tablespoon ground black pepper
3 bay leaves
2 teaspoons kosher salt
1/4 pound diced carrots
1/2 pound diced onions
3/4 pound potatoes, peeled and chopped
1/4 pound diced celery

Procedure:
1. Soak beef brisket in brine for a few hours.
2. Combine corned beef, pepper, bay leaves and salt in a pot.
3. Put 3-quarts of water.
4. Cover and bring to boil.
5. Decrease the heat to low and simmer for 2 1/2 hours.
6. Add carrots, onions, potatoes and celery.
7. Simmer for 15 minutes.
8. Add the cabbage until cabbage is tender.
9. Remove bay leaves and serve immediately.

Serves six people.

Steak with Gingersnaps

Ingredients:
2 pounds beef round steak
Seasoned flour
Bacon drippings
2 onions, finely chopped
2 fresh tomatoes, peeled and chopped
Salt and pepper
2 bay leaves
6 peppercorns
4 whole cloves
2 cups beer
6 gingersnaps, crushed
2 or 3 Tablespoons lemon juice

Procedure:
1. Cut steak into cubes or bite-sized strips.
2. Dredge in seasoned flour and brown on all sides in small amount of bacon drippings.
3. Add onions, and saute until soft.
4. Add tomatoes, salt and pepper.
5. Tie bay leaves, peppercorns and cloves in a cheesecloth bag and add to beef.
6. Stir in beer.
7. Cover and simmer slowly 2 to 3 hours, or until beef is tender.
8. Thicken gravy with crushed gingersnaps; add lemon juice.
9. Serve with buttered noodles.

Serves six people.

Steak Provencal

Ingredients:
2 red bell peppers, sliced
3 yellow bell peppers sliced (2 seeded, 1 with seeds)
2 green bell peppers, sliced
2 jalapeno peppers, diced
8 mushrooms, sliced
1 Tablespoon diced garlic
3 medium onions, chopped
1/4 cup butter
1/4 cup olive oil
4 tomatoes, peeled, seeded and chopped
1/2 cup white wine
8 ounces tomato puree
1/2 teaspoon bouquet garni
4 steaks, individual fillets or strip steaks

Procedure:
1. Combine peppers, jalapenos, mushrooms, garlic and onions in a large skillet and saute in butter and oil until almost tender.
2. Add tomatoes, wine, tomato puree and bouquet garni to vegetables and simmer 10 minutes.
3. Broil or barbecue steaks.
4. Pour sauce over steaks and serve.

Serves four people.

Simple Meatloaf

Ingredients:
1-1/2 pounds ground beef
1 envelope dry onion soup
1 (6-ounce) can evaporated milk
1 egg, slightly beaten
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce
Pepper to taste
Sharp cheese slices (optional)

Procedure:
1. Mix all ingredients together, except cheese, and form into a loaf.
2. Bake in lightly greased shallow pan at 350 degrees for 1 hour.
3. Slices of cheese may be placed on top of meatloaf to melt just before serving.

Serves six people.

Quick Beef Casserole

Ingredients:
2 Tablespoons margarine
2 pounds ground beef
2 cloves garlic, minced
2 teaspoons salt
Pepper to taste
2 teaspoons sugar
15-ounce can tomato sauce
8-ounce package wide noodles
12 green onions, chopped
8 ounces cream cheese, softened
2 cups sour cream
Nonstick cooking spray
1/2 cup shredded Cheddar cheese

Procedure:
1. Melt the margarine in a large skillet.
2. Add the ground beef.
3. Brown, stirring until crumbly; drain.
4. Stir in the garlic, salt, pepper, sugar and tomato sauce.
5. Simmer for 20 minutes.
6. Fill a large saucepan with water, and bring to a boil.
7. Add the noodles.
8. Cook, uncovered, until al dente; drain.
9. Rinse with cold water.
10. Combine the green onions, cream cheese and sour cream in a bowl.
11. Coat a large baking dish with the cooking spray.
12. Layer the noodles, sour cream mixture and ground beef mixture in the baking dish.
13. Top with the Cheddar cheese.
14. Bake at 350 degrees for 30 minutes or until bubbling and heated through.

Serves ten people.

Beef Stew

Ingredients:
1/2 cup olive oil
3 pounds top round, cubed
3 cups full-bodied red wine
2 cups beef broth
1 Tablespoon tomato paste
3 garlic cloves, minced
1/2 teaspoon thyme
1 bay leaf
Salt

Procedure:
1. In a large stockpot, heat oil.
2. Add beef and brown evenly on all sides.
3. Add wine, broth, tomato paste, garlic, thyme, bay leaf and salt.
4. Bring to a boil.
5. Cover and simmer for 2-1/2 to 3 hours, until beef is tender and liquid is thickened.
6. If broth needs additional thickening, mix 3 Tablespoons water with 1 to 2 Tablespoons flour and whisk until smooth.
7. Add to stew and stir.

Serves six people.

Hungarian Goulash

Ingredients:
2 pounds lean beef or veal, cut into 1-inch cubes
Salt and freshly ground pepper to taste
2 Tablespoons peanut oil (or salad oil)
2 teaspoons butter
2 cups onions, thinly sliced
1-1/2 Tablespoons paprika
1-1/2 Tablespoons flour
1-1/2 cups beer
1/2 cup fresh or canned chicken broth
1 teaspoon Dijon or Duseldorf mustard
1 teaspoon caraway seeds
1 cup sour cream

Procedure:
1. Season meat with salt and pepper.
2. Heat oil and butter in skillet and brown meat on all sides.
3. Transfer meat to heavy casserole.
4. Add onions to skillet and cook, stirring, until wilted, adding more butter if necessary.
5. Stir in paprika and flour.
6. Add beer and chicken broth, then mustard and caraway seeds, and bring to a boil.
7. Add salt to taste and pour mixture over meat.
8. Cover and bake at 350 degrees for 1 to 1-1/2 hours.
9. Just before serving, stir in sour cream.

Serves six people.

How to make Shawarma? I give you the Shawarma recipe.

Ingredients:
Main:
1 1/2 lbs beef, thinly cut
1 cup plain yogurt
1/4 cup vinegar
2 cloves garlic, crushed
1 teaspoon pepper
1/2 teaspoon salt
2 cardamom pods
1 teaspoon allspice
juice from 1 lemon

Sauce:
1 cup tahini
2 cloves garlic, crushed
1/4 cup lemon juice
2 tablespoons yogurt

Fillings:
8 loaves of pita bread or 4 large
thinly slice cucumbers
thinly sliced onions
1/2 teaspoon sumac
thinly sliced tomatoes
1/2 cup fresh parsley, finely chopped

Procedure:
1. Combine all ingredients except for beef, fillings and sauce ingredients.
2. Marinate beef in solution for at least 8 hours.
3. Roast beef, set aside.
4. Combine sauce ingredients and mix well then set aside.
5. Take the onions, tomatoes, cucumbers and sprinkle with sumac.
6. Place enough beef on pita bread together with the vegetables.
7. Add the sauce.

Serves eight people.

Beef Casserole

Ingredients:
2 pounds ground beef
1 cup chopped celery
1/4 cup chopped green pepper
3/4 cup chopped onion
1/2 cup margarine
2 cans tomatoes
1 can mushroom pieces, drained
1 can water chestnuts, drained and sliced
1 cup cubed American cheese
1/2 cup chopped green olives
1/2 cup chopped black olives
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon pepper
6 ounces egg noodles, uncooked
2 cups shredded Cheddar cheese

Procedure:
1. Brown ground beef; drain.
2. Saute celery, green pepper, and onion in margarine.
3. Add tomatoes and their juices.
4. Add all remaining ingredients, except Cheddar cheese, and simmer 20 minutes. Pour into 13 x 9-inch pan.
5. Sprinkle Cheddar cheese on top and bake at 350 degrees for 40 minutes.

Serves twelve people.

Starting today, we shall be doing short lists of past recipes posted here to help you, our readers find easy recipes without much going through the archives. For the first recipe list, I now present to you three beef dishes from our recipe archives.

Sirloin Steak with Mushroom
Pepper Steak
Beef Parmigiana

Sirloin Steak With Mushrooms

Ingredients:
3-1/2 pound sirloin steak (2-inches thick)
1 Tablespoon olive oil
2 Tablespoons butter
1/2 teaspoon salt
3/4 teaspoon thyme
2 garlic cloves, peeled
1/4 pound fresh mushrooms
1/2 cup Burgundy
2 Tablespoons chopped parsley

Procedure:
1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
2. Wipe steak with damp paper towels.
3. Heat oil in large heavy skillet until very hot.
4. Brown steak well, about 5 minutes, on each side.
5. Remove steak and pour off all fat.
6. Replace steak and spread with 1 Tablespoon butter.
7. Sprinkle with salt and thyme.
8. Place garlic beside steak.
9. Insert meat thermometer into side of steak, being sure point is near center of meat.
10. Bake uncovered, 25 to 30 minutes, or until thermometer registers 140 degrees for rare or 150 degrees for medium rare.
11. Remove steak to serving platter.
12. Discard garlic.
13. Keep steak warm.
14. Saute mushrooms in skillet until browned.
15. Add wine and heat to boiling over high heat.
16. Stir to dissolve browned bits in pan.
17. Boil, uncovered a few minutes, to reduce liquid slightly.
18. Remove from heat.
19. Stir in 1 Tablespoon butter.
20. Pour over meat.
21. Sprinkle with parsley.
22. To serve, carve steak thinly on diagonal.
23. Spoon sauce over slices.

Serves eight people.

Pepper Steak

Ingredients:
1-1/2 pounds sirloin steak, 1/2-inch thick
1/4 cup olive oil
1 cup beef bouillon
1 onion, cut into 1/4-inch slices
1 clove garlic, minced
2 green peppers, cut into 3/4-inch strips
1 tablespoon cornstarch
1 tablespoon soy sauce

Procedure:
1. Trim fat from meat and cut into strips.
2. Heat oil in large skillet. Brown meat in oil, turning frequently while cooking.
3. Stir in bouillon, onion and garlic.
4. Reduce heat; cover and simmer 4 to 8 minutes.
5. Add green peppers during last 5 minutes of simmering.
6. Blend cornstarch and soy sauce. Stir into meat mixture.
7. Cooking, stirring constantly, until mixture thickens and boils.

Serves six people

Beef Parmigiana

Ingredients:
2 pounds round beef steak
1 egg, beaten
1/2 cup grated Parmesan cheese
1/2 cup bread crumbs
1/2 cup cooking oil
1 large onion, chopped
1 teaspoon salt
1-1/2 teaspoons pepper
2 cans tomato paste
1/2 pound Mozzarella cheese, sliced

Procedure:
1. Cut steak into bite sizes.
2. Dip meat in egg and roll in mixture of Parmesan and crumbs.
3. Heat oil in skillet
4. Fry steak over medium heat.
5. Lay as single layer in baking pan.
6. Cook onions in skillet until soft.
7. Add all seasonings and tomato paste.
8. Add 4 cups water and simmer for 5 minutes.
9. Pour most of sauce over meat.
10. Place cheese slices on meat and add remaining sauce.
11. Bake uncovered at 350 degrees for 1 hour.
12. Serve over spaghetti.

Serves eight people.