Australian Ground Beef Rarebit Recipes

AUSTRALIAN GROUND BEEF RAREBIT

Steps:

• Melt the butter in a deep skillet over medium heat. Add onions and peppers and saute 5 minutes.
• Add meat and cook until browned, stirring almost constantly.
• Add salt, cayenne and beer.
• Add cheese, stirring until melted.
• Serve over toasted English muffins.

AUSTRALIAN MEAT PIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C). Grease a 12-cup muffin tin.
• Heat a large skillet over medium-high heat. Cook and stir ground beef and onion in the hot skillet until meat is browned and crumbly, 5 to 7 minutes. (Drain and discard grease.) Add 3/4 cup water, ketchup, Worcestershire sauce, bouillon cubes, oregano, and black pepper. Bring to a boil, reduce heat, and simmer until combined, about 10 minutes.
• Mix 1/4 cup cold water and cornstarch together in a bowl to form a paste; stir into meat mixture. Cook until thickened, about 5 minutes more. Remove from heat.
• Use a 4-inch biscuit cutter to cut the pie crusts into 12 circles. Line each muffin cup with a circle, pressing into the bottom and sides. Fill each with the meat mixture. Use a 3-inch biscuit cutter to cut puff pastry dough into 12 circles. Top each filled muffin cup with with a circle and seal edges together. Brush pastry tops with beaten egg.
• Bake in the preheated oven until crusts are brown and flaky, 15 to 20 minutes. Cool in pan before removing pies, about 10 minutes.

AUSTRALIAN ROAST BEEF WITH FRESH HERB DRESSING

Steps:

• Trim any sinew or fat from beef, tie into neat shape with string. Roll in peppercorns. Heat butter and oil in baking dish. Add beef to dish, cook over heat until well browned all over. Place dish in oven at 350F, bake 45 minutes for medium rare or until cooked as required. Remove from oven, cool to room temperature.
• Remove string, slice beef thinly.
• Arrange beef on serving dish, top with dressing. Serve remaining dressing separately.
• Fresh herb dressing: Combine parsley, chives, shallots, tarragon, capers, peppercorns and mustard in bowl. Stir in vinegar, oil and sugar.

TRADITIONAL WELSH RAREBIT

Steps:

• Preheat the oven grill.
• Combine cheese, ale, mustard, thyme, salt and pepper in a pot over very low heat or in a double boiler.
• Melt, stirring occasionally, until smooth and well mixed.
• Spread mixture on bread, and heat under the grill for about 1 minute and serve, or spread on toasted bread and eat immediately.