Kitchen Window:
Coooking with Beer
The mouth of a perfectly contented man is filled with beer, according to an ancient Egyptian hieroglyphic inscription. Many of us would agree that after a hard set of tennis or an afternoon cutting firewood, there is little more satisfying than a cold, bubbly pint. Doubly agreeable is lifting a mug while eating food cooked with beer.
In fact, ancient Egyptian and Sumerian physicians considered cooking with beer a healthy practice.
I don't recall when I first cooked with beer, but I do recall what I cooked: Welsh rabbit. For years this was the only thing I cooked using beer, but eventually I began to experiment with other dishes. I figured, I regularly cook with wine, so why not beer? I started adding it to chili, including beer in my barbecue sauce and braising corned beef brisket in it.
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2 Comments:
Growing up, my grandparents owned a beer depot. So, naturally we grew up surrounded by many different types of beer.
I started cooking with beer by a fluke of luck, serendipity or to tell the truth, I didn't have wine and didn't want to use water or stock. It was a eureka moment.
Since that time, stout pot roasts, pork with hard cider or ale, quick breads made with beer, beer in marinades, basting sauces, brines, dips, soups and stews....well, you know the drill. And it's fun too. When people ask for a recipe, they're most often very surprised by beer as an ingredient.
I just came across a recipe for a dunkel date bread. Just the idea of it makes my mouth water.
As you already know, I adore your recipes. And the chilly weather is telling me a pot of your beef carbonade would be the perfect dish to not only perfume and warm the house, but will make a VERY satisfying dinner.
Thanks again Kevin.
Guinness Ale lamb shanks! Yumm.
The best part is the Guinness bottle is very big and only a cup of beer is used in the lamb shank recipe, so I 'have to' finish the bottle before it loses its gusto.
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