My ground beef recipes
July 17th, 2010 in Beef Dishes, Main Dish Recipes, Pasta Dishes by MeCooking Several weekends ago, when I asked Yuriy what should we prepare for dinner, I got an answer – lasagna, and I was intimidated a bit – I never prepared lasagna before. So I spent some time in internet researching recipes and found several I liked. I’ve combined them, added some touch to my taste and prepared this lasagna.
This was my first attempt to make lasagna. And main challenge for me was to properly prepare noodles: according to the instructions on the pack they required boiling before using. I’ve added 2 tablespoons of oil to the boiling water and was boiling them layer by layer and it totally helped to prevent noodles from sticking while boiling.
This lasagna turned out perfectly: balanced combination of meat and vegetables (just how I like it), noodles were very tender, it was totally worth all the time I’ve spend boiling them, getting out of water and trying arrange them in the pan.
Tags: baked, bechamel, bell pepper, carrot, cheese, dinner, garlic, ground beef, italian, lunch, noodles, onion, pasta, tomato, vegetables
July 3rd, 2010 in Beef Dishes, Main Dish Recipes, Pasta Dishes by MeCooking Lots of recipes require using clear soup (meat broth, stock), however not all of them also require boiled meat which is often used to prepare meat broth. So the question is, are there any good recipes which actually require boiled meat and no broth?
This is one of them: russian pasta with ground boiled beef and fried onions (btw, it is called “makarony po-flotski” in Russia; I have no idea why, but we always called this dish so).
Any “al dente” kind of pasta will work here: I’ve used penne, just read instructions on the pack and cook them accordingly. You may also vary proportion of meat to pasta to taste.
Tags: boiled meat, dill, dinner, ground beef, lunch, meat, noodles, onion, pasta
January 23rd, 2010 in Beef Dishes, Main Dish Recipes by MeCooking This it a traditional russian recipe for minced meat cutlets which includes meat, white bread soaked in milk and a lot of onions. Some people prepare those cutlets from beef only, some add a bit of pork or pork fat in them. I prefer just beef.
You may grind or mince meat yourself or buy a ground one and simply add finely chopped or grated onions: whatever you prefer. Either way I am sure it will taste delicious!
I’ve served those cutlets with fried potatoes and greek salad, just in case you were curious.
Tags: beef, cutlet, dinner, egg, ground beef, ground meat, lunch, russian, shallot
July 25th, 2009 in Beef Dishes, Main Dish Recipes by MeCookingIn Greek cuisine, moussakas (moussaka, musakka) is a layered casserole made of vegetables (eggplant as a main ingredient) and minced meat.
It takes a bit of time and require some coordination in order to make it. But even if you spend a lot of time preparing moussakas, it totally worth it! It is great dish, and it tastes good served as hot as well as cold.
Tzatziki is good addition for Moussakas Casserole.
Tags: bechamel, bell pepper, cheese, dinner, egg, eggplant, greek, ground beef, ground meat, main dish, meat, milk, onion, potato, soft food, tomato, vegetables
April 5th, 2009 in Beef Dishes, Main Dish Recipes by MeCookingMy better half doesn’t like fresh bell peppers, so I do stuff them with ground beef and rice and stew for a bit and here we go, it is his favorite meat dish.
Stuffed Bell Peppers are easy and fast to do. They are being served without side dish and are tasty!
Tags: beef, bell pepper, dill, ground beef, ground meat, lunch, main dish, meat, onion, rice, russian, stuffed
March 8th, 2009 in Hot Soups, Soup Recipes by MeCookingEating soups is healthy, let’s make it also tasty!
Homemade beef broth, a lot of vegetables and meatballs, sounds good for me, what about you?
Tags: beef, bell pepper, broth, carrot, ground beef, ground meat, onion, parsley root, peas, potato, rice, soup, vegetables
