Tag: beef

“The Farm” Soup

Mirepoix: red onion, celery, carrot. Bacon, beef, chicken, yellow squash, beet, shroom, blueberry, mandarin orange, horseradish, white onion, beef bouillon, turmeric, white pepper, fresh basil.

Martin scoured the farm for this one: bovine, porcine, and avian protein included. Plus some nice fruit. Excellent.

“Some eyes threaten like a loaded and levelled pistol, and others are as insulting as hissing or kicking; some have no more expression than blueberries, while others are as deep as a well which you can fall into.” Ralph Waldo Emerson

Super Bowl Leftover Soup aka Steak, Bean and Goat Cheese Soup

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Mirepoix: yellow and red onion, parsnip, celery. Beef top round steak, top sirloin, pork sausage, goat cheese, parsnip, crimini shroom, bean dip bowl, refried beans, black beans, corn, tomato, tomato paste, pineapple, lemon ginger burst juice, garlic, pico de gallo, mild salsa, beef bouillon, tomato bouillon.

This was a hoot to make–the guiding principle was “why not?”

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Steak and Potato Soup

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Mirepoix: red yellow and white onion, carrot, celery, red bell pepper. Tri-tip, potato, shroom, flour, tomato bouillon, tomato paste, garlic, beef bouillon, fresh sage, fresh rosemary, mashed potato mix.

The mashed potato mix really thickened this up.

“My friend said to me, ‘You know what I like? Mashed potatoes.’ I was like, Dude, you have to give me time to guess. If you’re going to quiz me you have to insert a pause.” Mitch Hedberg

Coconut Beef Ramen Soup

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Mirepoix: yellow onion, fresh garlic, celery, poblano pepper. Ground beef, flank steak, asparagus, coconut milk, coconut flakes, fish sauce, ramen noodle, ginger, curry powder, cinnamon.

Sort of an Asian feel.

“I expect more people from China and Asia to end up in the NBA.” Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

Cauliflower Beef Soup

Carrot, onion, flank steak, cauliflower, butt squash, corn, vinegar, sugar, fresh marjoram, fresh dill, worcestershire sauce, corn starch.

Martin’s Trifecta Part II

I drool just writing the ingredients. Nice job.

“Training is everything. The peach was once a bitter almond; cauliflower is nothing but cabbage with a college education.” Mark Twain

Beef Mushroom with Roasted Vegetable Soup

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Mirepoix: yellow and red onion, celery, rainbow carrot, green bell pepper. NY steak, crimini shroom, butternut squash, beet horseradish, paprika, potato starch

Martin often finds a fun key ingredient. Today it was beets marinated in horseradish. Added a unique twist.

“Breathe properly, stay curious, and always eat your beets“. Tom Robbins, Jitterbug Perfume

Japanese Beef Kale Soup

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Mirepoix: yellow and red onion, rainbow carrot, green bell pepper. Sirloin, tri-tip, New York steak, kale, shiitake shroom, togarashi (red pepper, sesame seed, paprika, coriander, seaweed, orange and lemon granules), soy sauce

Togarashi is good fun, also known as “shichimi” or seven flavors.

HOLY SHIITAKE

Coconut Meat and Asparagus Soup

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Mirepoix: yellow onion, carrot, yellow bell pepper. Stew meat, bacon, turkey bacon, asparagus, coconut flakes, Mike’s Organic Curry Love Massaman, coconut milk beverage, worcestershire sauce, garlic

This is one of the meals Maryann made, followed naturally by a desert of coconut cream pie.

Beefy Bean and Pepper Soup

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Standard mirepoix. Beef, red black and great northern beans, Anaheim pepper, bell pepper, spring onion, sugar, paprika, lemon juice, mint, basil, chive, lime leaf, corn starch.

Martin knocked this one out of the park. A lush potpourri of tastes. Me like.

“An idealist is one who, on noticing that roses smell better than cabbage, concludes that it will also make a better soup.” H.L. Mencken

Golconda Beef Soup

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Mirepoix: yellow onion, green bell pepper, celery. Top round steak, strip steak, potato, cauliflower, worcestershire sauce, sour cream, flour, ginger-turmeric milk, curry powder, coriander, cumin, ginger, turmeric, garlic.

Now I think of it, should have added lentils thus making it dal. Oh well.

“My best India v Pakistan moment is from our first match in the ICC World 2007, which was a tie.” Virender Sehwag

Japanese Beef Potato Soup (almost Nikujaga)

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Mirepoix: yellow onion, green and red bell pepper, carrot (sweated in ghee). Tenderloin, ribeye, potato, garlic scape, teriyaki sauce, soy sauce, sugar, ginger, garlic, rice vinegar.

Nikujaga is a great, down-home simple dish of meat and potatoes, something I enjoyed often in Tokyo. This is my homage.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GF5U83UIX1o

Ghanian Peanut Beef Soup

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Mirepoix: red onion, celery, carrot, fresh parsley. Flank steak, top round steak, roasted yellow squash, butternut squash, red green and orange bell peppers, peanut butter, cauliflower, chopped almonds, chives, worcestershire sauce, clove, cinnamon, cumin, coriander, garlic, honey

“While the rest of the world has been improving technology, Ghana has been improving the quality of man’s humanity to a man.”  Maya Angelou

Cream of Beef, Potato, and Corn Soup

Mirepoix: yellow onion, yellow bell pepper. Ground beef, potato, corn, fresh marjoram, garlic, parsley, butter, flour.

Often the ground beef we get is in the form of a howitzer shell, half frozen. I cut my thumb trying to get into this bag of fat, and had to go to the emergency care clinic up the road. I had walked half the way there when I noticed I still had my apron on.

At any rate Camille my partner took over what I had prepped. I hear it was fine.

Made 8/15/18

Spicy Back Rib Soup

Mirepoix: yellow onion, carrot, celery, jalapeno (hotpoix). Back rib meat, turnip, roasted pepper, heirloom tomato, kohlrabi, mushroom, eggplant, BBQ sauce.

A bit of a pain cutting off the meat from the ribs, but no choice as that was the only protein available. The prepared peppers had a bit of a kick to them, but the BBQ sauce tranquilized things to an extent.

Made 8/29/18

Sino-Beef Honeydew Stew

Mirepoix: carrot, yellow and red onion, celery, shallot, red bell pepper, fennel. Beef sirloin, green orange and red bell peppers, honeydew melon, green beans, shrooms, chives, cumin, oyster sauce, soy sauce, lemon juice, garlic, red pepper flakes, beef stock

No picture (ugh forgot). But it was tasty.

Made 5/29/19

Blue Beef and Potato Soup

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Mirepoix: red onion, celery, red bell pepper, carrot, poblano pepper, parsley. Beef, potato, asparagus, blue berries, chopped walnuts, fish sauce, worcestershire sauce, garlic, fresh oregano, fresh thyme, fresh rosemary, sugar.

A blueberry by any other name would taste as sweet.

Made 5/21/19

Dijon Beef Lentil Soup

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Mirepoix: yellow and red onion, carrot, green pepper. Lentils, NY strip steak, chard, extra carrots, fresh basil, dried basil (with mirepoix), Dijon mustard.

“Dr. McCoy, perhaps your other patients are content with your beads and rattles, but a good lentil soup is much more fascinating.” Paraphrased quote by Spock.

Made 5/15/19

Adriatic Beef Soup

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Mirepoix: yellow and red onion, carrot, bell pepper. Strip steak, tomato, Brussels sprouts, green beans, great northern beans (pureed with mirepoix), curds, balsamic vinegar, Italian seasoning, sugar.

Arch Duke Ferdinand customarily ate this when visiting his southern dominions. He had one eye in the mirror as he watched himself gavotte.

Ok, I made that up.

Made 5/15/19

Tahini Beef and Noodle Soup

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Mirepoix: red, yellow, and white onion, carrot, green bell pepper. Beef, broccoli, asparagus, egg noodle, tahini, lime leaf, minced garlic, curry powder, lime juice, glace de poulet, sugar.

Made by Martin.

Abandon hope all ye who enter here. Truly a great, savory, thick soup with unexpected flavors. This bastard is making better soups than me.

Made 5/8/19

Figgy Beef and Lamb Soup

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Mirepoix: yellow onion, parsnip, celery, carrot, leek. Beef, lamb, roasted cauliflower, potato, radish, figs, lemon zest and juice, lime juice, Thai basil, fresh mint, turmeric, ginger, garlic.

Oh my gentle Jesus we have an additional soupmaker, my buddy Martin, who made this extravaganza. I love the use of figs, to give a little sweetness, and mint, to give brightness (and paired with lamb–genius). Great soup.

Martin will be guest-starring in the future. Can’t wait to see what he’ll make.

Made 5/1/19

Turkish Beef Soup ala Ataturk.

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Mirepoix: white onion, celery. Ground beef (browned with turmeric and dill), zucchini, baby kale, red pepper, garbanzo beans, cannellini beans, sheep yogurt, mint, lime juice, garlic.

Can only hope Mustafa would approve.

“Istanbul was Constantinople, now it’s Istanbul, not Constantinople”.

Made 4/16/19

Modi’s Indian Beef Stew

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Mirepoix: red onion, celery, red and green pepper (I think that’s the Holy Trinity, no?). Beef, potato, cauliflower, tomato, mushroom, cumin, coriander, cayenne pepper, paprika, sugar, lime juice, worcestershire sauce.

“You’re a better man than I am, Gunga Din”.

And as Morrissey says, “I am cumin and I need to be loved”.

Made 4/10/19

Taj Coconut Beef Soup

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Mirepoix: yellow onion, red bell pepper, jalapeno pepper, rainbow carrot. Beef, Napa cabbage, potato, butter chicken simmering sauce, whipping cream, coconut milk, sweetened coconut flakes, turmeric, coriander, cumin, garlic.

I mentioned in another post how the coconut milk was near insipid. Problem fixed with coconut flakes. Yay!

Made 12/18/18

West African Peanut Beef Soup

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Mirepoix: yellow onion, carrot, green bell pepper. Butternut squash, potato, beef, asparagus, peanut butter, curry powder, cayenne pepper, coriander, lime juice, garlic, cinnamon

Clients and staff liked this one a lot, and it was great to work with real beef that wasn’t ground and fatty.

Made 10/3/18