Featured Recipe
Warm Beef Heart Salad with Herbed Vinaigrette
Thursday, December 06, 2018| |
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Beef heart is an inexpensive and flavourful meat that does not taste like organ meat, but rather like a lean cut of steak. It is more dense with a higher nutrient content and additional protein. Beef heart contains all essential amino acids, zinc, selenium and phosphorus. It has more than double the elastin and collagen than other cuts of meat and a highly concentrated source of coenzyme Q10. The beef heart is versatile and easy to prepare. It does well to either quick stirfry or long stewing.
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- Trim the beef heart by removing all of the spongy and artery looking things from the heart. Slice or cube if desired.
- On a large skillet, heat over medium- low heat and add in the ghee. Once the ghee melts, add in minced garlic. Stir briefly. Add in sliced beef heart and ginger. Cook for 5 minutes or until the meat is medium rare (or longer if you want it a little more cooked). Season with black salt and freshly milled peppers, then add in the arrowroot starch. Swivel so that the starch circulates and is blended to thicken the meat.
- For the vinaigrette, combine the vinegar, shallot and salt and allow to sit for 5 or 10 minutes. Stir in the remaining herbs.
- Arrange the bell peppers, radicchio and belgium endive on plates. Top with some stirfried beef heart slices and drizzle some vinaigrette over. Serve immediately.
Beetroot Walnut Loaf with Red Wheat
Tuesday, November 27, 2018| |
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A delicious quick bread made with beetroot, walnuts, raisins and freshly milled red wheat sweetened with maple syrup. The pureed beetroot gives this loaf a unique flavor and makes it extremely moist. Make the most of beetroot season and bake this delicious beet walnut bread!
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- Preheat the oven to 180C/350F. Grease and line a 22cmx11cmx9cm loaf pan with baking paper and set aside.
- Warm the ghee in a medium size saucepan on very low heat. Add the maple syrup and milk chocolate and stir until the chocolate is melted.
- Remove from heat. Stir in the pureed beetroots, eggs and vanilla extract. Sift in cocoa powder, red wheat flour, ground walnuts and baking powder. Stir to combine.
- Fold in raisins and chopped walnuts. Scrape the batter into the prepared pan. Top with walnut halves and sprinkle the coconut sugar over.
- Bake for1 hour or until a skewer inserted comes out clean. Leave to cool for 5 minutes in the tin, before turning out and cooling completely.
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Beef Liver Paté with Pinenuts
Saturday, November 17, 2018| |
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This is a delicious way to get more nutrient-dense liver into your diet and a great addition to any party. Perfect for feeding a crowd with some crackers, or toasted French bread and seasonal fruit on the side. This recipe is gluten-free, low-carbs, and keto-friendly. If you want to make it dairy-free, just replace ghee with olive oil or coconut oil, and heavy cream with coconut cream.
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- Gently rinse liver under cold water. Slice and place them in a large bowl, barely cover with water and add the juice of a lemon. Soak for an hour before cooking, drain and pat dry.
- Heat a large non-stick skillet over medium heat. Add ghee and cook shallots and ginger for 5 minutes until aromatic.
- Add liver slices and cook until no longer pink inside, about 7 minutes. Stir in brandy if using. Remove from heat and cool for a few minutes, then transfer to a food processor. Add salt, peppers, nutmeg, sage, and heavy cream. Blend until smooth.
- Pack into small serving dishes, then cover and refrigerate for 15 minutes.
- Melt ghee or butter for the topping. Cool slightly and pour over pate. Top with pink peppercorns and pine nuts or hemp seeds.
- Once the butter sets, cover the pate with plastic wrap and place in the fridge overnight to set and develop the flavours. The pate can be stored for up to 5 days in the fridge.
Dairy-Free Keto Bread with Herbes de Provence
Thursday, November 08, 2018| |
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A soft, tender, absolutely delicious keto bread with a killer crumb. Smear with butter or chocolate spread, and you will think you are eating the real thing!
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- Line a 20cm loaf pan with parchment paper. Add all the ingredients in a medium bowl. Stir with a spoon until smooth and well combined. Pour the batter into the prepared loaf pan and set aside to rest for 20 minutes.
- Preheat the oven to 180C/350F. Bake the loaf for 35 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center of the loaf comes out clean.
- Remove from the oven and cool slightly. Turn out onto a wire rack to cool completely before slicing.


