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<span style="font-weight: bold">Island Beef Stew and Guinness</span>
<span style="font-style: italic">Ingredients</span>
1 kg stewing beef, cubed
500ml Guinness
1 large onion, diced
2 large carrots, diced
6 cloves garlic, minced
2 stalks scallion, finely chopped
1 tbs tomato paste
2 tbs Picka Peppa sauce
1 tbs brown sugar
1 tbs flour
1 whole Scotch bonnet
2 sprigs thyme
Salt and pepper to taste
1 tbs vegetable oil
<span style="font-style: italic">1. In a large Dutch pot</span>, brown the beef in batches over high heat and remove from pan.
2. Reduce heat to medium and to the same pan, add onions, sauté until soft, then add the carrots and scallion and continue cooking for another couple of minutes until carrots are tender.
3. Add garlic, mix well and sauté for a minute more.
4. Mix in the flour to coat the vegetables.
5. Pour in 250 ml of the stout and deglaze the pan and reduce by half.
6. Add the Picka Peppa sauce, tomato paste, bay leaves, scotch bonnet, thyme, brown sugar and the rest of the stout.
7. Replace the browned beef to the pot with any accumulated juices and bring back to a boil.
8. Reduce heat and simmer on a gentle heat until the sauce is thick and the meat is fork-tender.
9. Season the stew with salt and pepper to taste.
Makes four healthy servings.
Note: If slightly bitter, you can add a little more brown sugar for your desired taste.
<span style="font-weight: bold">Jamaican Spiced Ginger Loaf with Guinness</span>
<span style="font-style: italic">Ingredients</span>
1 cup Guinness
3/4 cup Jamaican molasses
3/4 cup Jamaican logwood honey
1 cup brown sugar
1 cup unsalted butter
3 cups all-purpose flour
1 1/2 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp salt
2 tbs ground ginger
1 tsp ground cinnamon
1/2 tsp ground nutmeg
1/2 tsp ground pimento
3 large eggs
1 tbs grated oragne peel
1 heaped tbs finely chopped, crystallised ginger
<span style="font-style: italic">1. Preheat oven to 325F/160C</span>.
2. Butter a 9 x 12 inch baking dish.
3. In a non-reactive saucepan, add stout, molasses, honey, brown sugar and butter and warm through over low heat. Keep stirring until the ingredients have melted and are combined.
4. Remove from heat and add to a bowl; cool down.
5. When the mixture has cooled, add the eggs one at a time and beat until well combined.
6. Sift the flour, baking powder, salt, ginger, cinnamon, pimento and nutmeg together in a large bowl.
7. Pour in the liquid ingredients a little at a time and fold into the dry ingredients until a batter is formed.
8. Gently stir in the crystallised ginger pieces and orange peel.
9. Bake in oven for one hour and 30 minutes.
Remove and allow to cool, then serve warm or at room temperature with vanilla ice cream.
Yields 12 portions.
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<span style="font-style: italic">Ingredients</span>
1 kg stewing beef, cubed
500ml Guinness
1 large onion, diced
2 large carrots, diced
6 cloves garlic, minced
2 stalks scallion, finely chopped
1 tbs tomato paste
2 tbs Picka Peppa sauce
1 tbs brown sugar
1 tbs flour
1 whole Scotch bonnet
2 sprigs thyme
Salt and pepper to taste
1 tbs vegetable oil
<span style="font-style: italic">1. In a large Dutch pot</span>, brown the beef in batches over high heat and remove from pan.
2. Reduce heat to medium and to the same pan, add onions, sauté until soft, then add the carrots and scallion and continue cooking for another couple of minutes until carrots are tender.
3. Add garlic, mix well and sauté for a minute more.
4. Mix in the flour to coat the vegetables.
5. Pour in 250 ml of the stout and deglaze the pan and reduce by half.
6. Add the Picka Peppa sauce, tomato paste, bay leaves, scotch bonnet, thyme, brown sugar and the rest of the stout.
7. Replace the browned beef to the pot with any accumulated juices and bring back to a boil.
8. Reduce heat and simmer on a gentle heat until the sauce is thick and the meat is fork-tender.
9. Season the stew with salt and pepper to taste.
Makes four healthy servings.
Note: If slightly bitter, you can add a little more brown sugar for your desired taste.
<span style="font-weight: bold">Jamaican Spiced Ginger Loaf with Guinness</span>
<span style="font-style: italic">Ingredients</span>
1 cup Guinness
3/4 cup Jamaican molasses
3/4 cup Jamaican logwood honey
1 cup brown sugar
1 cup unsalted butter
3 cups all-purpose flour
1 1/2 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp salt
2 tbs ground ginger
1 tsp ground cinnamon
1/2 tsp ground nutmeg
1/2 tsp ground pimento
3 large eggs
1 tbs grated oragne peel
1 heaped tbs finely chopped, crystallised ginger
<span style="font-style: italic">1. Preheat oven to 325F/160C</span>.
2. Butter a 9 x 12 inch baking dish.
3. In a non-reactive saucepan, add stout, molasses, honey, brown sugar and butter and warm through over low heat. Keep stirring until the ingredients have melted and are combined.
4. Remove from heat and add to a bowl; cool down.
5. When the mixture has cooled, add the eggs one at a time and beat until well combined.
6. Sift the flour, baking powder, salt, ginger, cinnamon, pimento and nutmeg together in a large bowl.
7. Pour in the liquid ingredients a little at a time and fold into the dry ingredients until a batter is formed.
8. Gently stir in the crystallised ginger pieces and orange peel.
9. Bake in oven for one hour and 30 minutes.
Remove and allow to cool, then serve warm or at room temperature with vanilla ice cream.
Yields 12 portions.
JamaicaDailyGLeaner