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Beef Rissoles with Warm Potato and Spinach Salad

Rissoles are small croquettes that are rolled in breadcrumbs. It is a traditional Irish way to use up leftovers including cooked meat and vegetables.

Chargrilled Vegetable and Rare Roast Beef Sandwich

This colourful picnic-style loaf could also be made with jars of char grilled vegetables, but sometimes it’s nicer to make your own. It needs to be weighed down and left overnight to be successful. If you plan to have a barbecue one day and a picnic the next, make these at the end of the barbecue in preparation for the next day’s outing. They’re a meal in themselves so you will have no more need to cook for the picnic.

Chopped Steak Burger

What was the classic American fast food can now be found on the menus of the finest restaurants served with everything from foie gras to slices of black truffle. This is the chef’s version of a regular burger. The idea is that you very finely mince chuck or flank steak using a large chef’s knife. As with all good it comes down to the best ingredients simply prepared. It’s a good idea to leave about 10% fat in the mixture or the chopped beef will become too dry as it cooks. This is a gourmet burger delicious enough to serve at a dinner party!

Pepper Steaks with Summer Puree and Roasted Baby Tomatoes

If you have time, cover the peppercorn-crusted steaks with plastic wrap and leave at room temperature for 2-3 hours to allow the flavours to marinate.

Rare Beef and Blue Cheese Flatbread with Roasted Butternut Squash and Sweet Pickled Onions

These authentic pizzas are incredibly easy to make, you can buy ready made pizza dough or use your favorite pizza dough recipe. It also makes a great topping for open faced sandwiches, using think slices of sour dough, French baguette or ciabatta loaves as a base.

10-Minute Beef Stir-fry

Use best quality cuts of beef for this and make sure the oil’s smoking hot before you start cooking. You’ll be rewarded with a delicious healthy dish that’s a great supper when you’re in a hurry.

Roast beef salad with ginger sesame dressing and peanut sauce

This salad is perfect for al fresco eating, whether you decide to cook it on the barbecue or on a griddle pan so that it can be brought along as part of a picnic in separate containers so that it can be put together at the last minute.

Grilled Cachaca Flank Steak

This South American recipe is a really wonderful way to treat steaks for the grill. Cachaca is a white rum made from sugar cane and really helps to tenderise the meat. Ask your butcher for flank steaks and remember it is best sliced across the grain before serving to maximise the tenderness.

Warm Hanger Steak Salad with Griddled Little Gem & Spring Onions

Beef Wellington

If you are thinking of a change from the regular festive fare there must be no better recipe to showcase a beautiful piece of Irish beef fillet than this. How often have you seen Beef Wellington and wondered how to make it? Well here’s the answer and it’s not half as difficult as you’d think. It is a wonderful classic dish that no one ever seems to tire of and keeps the cost of fillet steak to a minimum. It can be made up to 12 hours in advance and kept covered in the fridge until needed which means that you can relax and enjoy the day as much as your guests. Just remember to give it a little longer in the oven if you are using it straight from the fridge.

Braised Beef with Irish Stout and Parsley Dumplings

This is comfort food at its best. What could be nicer than a plate of steaming beef stew on a cold winter’s day?

Chateaubriand with Bearnaise Sauce

This recipe may look a bit complicated but it’s well worth the effort. Even better, this is a dish that actually benefits from being prepared the day before you plan to serve it. The perfect stand-by for a dinner party!