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Spicy Pulled Beef

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A sandwich filling? ✅ A wrap stuffing? ✅ A ramen topping? ✅ A sauce for rice? ✅ A base for soup? ✅ Serve it up in a bowl and eat by the spoonful? ✅✅✅ Such is the versatility of this pulled beef.  Good things take time and that's the same with this dish. You have to exercise patience.  INGREDIENTS 1.5kg beef (cut into large chunks)  Salt 5 tablespoons oil 3 tablespoons tomato paste 6 sundried tomato halves (optional)  10 garlic cloves  2 dried limes 3 bay leaves  5 attarugu (scotch bonnet)  1 small fresh ginger  2 small onions ½ teaspoon cumin ½ teaspoon coriander seeds ½ teaspoon black peppercorns ½ teaspoon red peppercorns 2 tablespoons dark soy sauce 3 tablespoons sugar  Water (enough to cover the meat + some more to top up when the liquid evaporates)  PROCEDURE  1. Get a heavy bottomed large pot or sauce pan that is at least 6litre capacity on your stove on medium high heat. Pour the oil into the pot and let it get ho...

Simple Popover Recipe

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If you're looking for low effort dish with minimal ingredients list then this is one solid one for you. The perfect imperfection that is popover. It wouldn't surprise you to know it got its name from how it mushrooms and puffs up way past the rim of its baking tin/pan. Simplicity is really the best 👌 This is quite similar to the Yorkshire pudding, the only difference being that popovers use melted butter in the recipe as opposed to rendered beef fat that the Yorkshire pudding uses.  Now that that's out of the way, let's get into it shall we?  INGREDIENTS  4 large eggs at room temperature  1 & half cups of milk  1 & half cups of all purpose flour  Half teaspoon of salt  3 tablespoons of melted butter (cooled slightly)  Butter for greasing the cavities of the popover tins. PROCEDURE  1) Before you do anything get the pans or tins you'll be using ready by washing and wiping them dry then add a teaspoon of butter in each cavi...