Fireman Bobs Vegetarian Casserole My Way Food

FIREMAN BOB'S NOODLES AND SHORT RIBS SOUP MY WAY..

Steps:

• 1. Note: This recipe brings beef and noodles together in a soup and begins by cooking beef short ribs until the meat falls off the bone, then adding homemade egg noodles to the pot to make soup. Have your Butcher cut the short ribs down to about 2 inches long if needed.
• 2. Preheat oven to 275 degrees. Chop the onion, celery, carrots, and garlic, and set aside. Generously season the beef short ribs with salt and pepper. In a large Dutch oven, brown the beef on all sides over high heat in a small amount of oil. Remove beef from pot and set aside.
• 3. Now add the carrots, celery, onions and garlic and simmer in the beef drippings till almost browned. Add the grape juice and use a wooden spoon to loosen all the " tid bits " from the bottom of the pan. Add the tomatoes, bay leaves and the browned beef.
• 4. Add the stock, and cider making sure the liquid covers the meat, add more beef stock until the ribs are covered by an inch. Bring to a boil, then cover and transfer to the oven. Allow the beef to cook untouched for 5 hours.
• 5. Remove pot from oven and carefully remove the beef ribs from the liquid. Remove the meat from the bones and gently pull the meat into bite-sized pieces. Also, " DIG " out the bone marrow from inside the bones and add with the meat. Set aside.
• 6. Preparing the Noodles
• 7. In a large bowl, stir together the flour, salt, pepper, and fennel. Add the beaten eggs, milk, and butter. Knead dough until smooth, about 5 minutes. Let rest in a covered bowl for 10 minutes. On a floured surface, roll out to 1/4 inch thickness. Cut into desired length. Allow to air dry 20 minutes before cooking.
• 8. Add the noodles to the liquid and simmer over a medium heat for about 6 to 8 minutes or until the noodles are tender. Turn off heat.
• 9. Add the beef and stir until the meat is heated through. Season to taste with salt and black pepper. Top off each bowl with the green onions. Serve hot with a good crusty bread.
• 10. ENJOY !!!

FIREMAN BOB'S MEATBALLS PURE AND SIMPLE

Steps:

• Combine beef, veal, and pork in a large bowl. Add garlic, eggs, cheese, cinnamon, fennel seeds, parsley, red pepper flakes, roasted red peppers, and salt and pepper. Mix all together very tenderly ( don't over mix , just bring together )
• Blend bread crumbs into meat mixture. Slowly add the water 1/2 cup at a time. The mixture should be very moist but still hold its shape when rolled into meatballs. NOTE: *** Only use enough water to get moist consistency ***
• Shape into 24 meatballs.
• Place the extra virgin olive oil, tomato juice, tomato paste in a large 9 x 13 oven pan. Stir to make a sauce.
• Place meatballs in pan and cover. NOTE: *** You will want to use 2 pans so meatballs have room and not touching each other *** Cook 2 hour at 250 degrees or until done. Serve with warmed crusty bread and sauce and napkins https://www.justapinch.com/recipes/bread/other-bread/the-best-crusty-bread-dutch-oven.html?p=7 *** They Freeze Well Too *** Enjoy !
• Enro Gay's Version for a Family Gathering with her Gravy...
• Enro Gay... " Hello, Bob... the meatballs were a huge success. I reduced the recipe by using 4 pounds meat (2 ground beef, 1 veal and 1 pork sausage) and used dry Italian bread crumbs in place of day-old bread (and adjusting other ingredient amounts to match). Since these were made for homemade meatball subs, I made them much smaller and cooked them a short time in the oven before transferring to my slow cooker. "
• " I did not use your "gravy" as outlined above, but used this instead: "
• Small onion, fine chopped Small green pepper, fine chopped 2 cloves garlic, fine chopped 3 Tbsp EVOO 6 ounce tomato paste 1/4 cup dry red wine 3/4 cup chicken broth 2-15 ounce cans tomato sauce 1 tsp dried oregano 3/4 tsp dried basil 1 tsp sugar Salt and fresh ground pepper to taste
• Saute onion and green pepper in EVOO for a couple minutes, add the garlic and cook another minute. Then add the tomato paste and wine, stirring for another minute or so. Then add the chicken broth, tomato sauce and spices, stirring to combine. Bring to a boil, then simmer covered for about 3 hours... YUMMY!
• " I made it the night before, then warmed in up, transferred sauce to the slow cooker and added the meatballs to simmer on low until we got ready to eat. I will make the dinner size meatballs next time and serve to my hubby with spaghetti, a favorite of his. Thanks for a wonderful meatball recipe! "
• " Absolutely... feel free! Even though the sauce and meatballs were sealed up in my locking-lid slow cooker, my mother and I could smell this during our 1.5 hour trip to see my son... just about drove us crazy! :-) "
• " Ummm.. Thank You again... it DOES have that quality!!! Lol!!! " HOPE YOU ALL ENJOY!!!!!!!

"BOB'S" BEEF BRISKET

Steps:

• The Day Before Serving.
• On stove top, in a roasting pan or heavy Dutch oven with a tight-fitting lid, brown all sides of brisket.
• Pour the beer, chilli sauce and soup mix over the browned brisket.
• Top with the ketchup.
• Bring mixture to a simmer, cover pot and reduce heat to low. Brisket should cook at a low "bubble". Slower, longer cooking is the key to a tender brisket.
• Baste brisket periodically and turn it once or twice during cooking. Also check bottom of brisket to be certain it isn't burning. Otherwise, keep it tightly covered.
• Brisket will be done when it is fork-tender in the center. Center will be brown, not pink.
• When cooked, remove brisket from the gravy, cover and refrigerate overnight.
• Pour gravy into a seperate container, cover and refrigerate as well.
• The Next Day:.
• 3-5 hours before serving, skim the fat from the top of the gravy.
• Slice the brisket against the grain. The thickness of the slices is your choise.
• Lay the brisket slices in the roasting pan or Dutch oven and pour the skimmed gravy over the meat.
• Onions, carrots and/or potatoes can be added to the gravy and brisket, if desired.
• Heat the gravy and brisket (and optional vegetables) on a very low heat for 3-4 hours.
• The meat will absorb some of the gravy and be extra moist and juicy.
• Remove brisket (and veggys) from the gravy to a serving platter.
• Serve gravy separately.
• Serve with horseadish as a condiment.
• Sit back and enjoy the raves!

VEGETARIAN CASSEROLE

Steps:

• Heat 1 tbsp olive or rapeseed oil in a large, heavy-based pan. Add 1 finely chopped onion and cook gently for 5 - 10 mins until softened.
• Add 3 sliced garlic cloves, 1 tsp smoked paprika, ½ tsp ground cumin, 1 tbsp dried thyme, 3 sliced carrots, 2 finely sliced celery sticks, 1 chopped red pepper and 1 chopped yellow pepper and cook for 5 minutes.
• Add two 400g cans tomatoes, 250ml vegetable stock (made with 1 stock pot), 2 thickly sliced courgettes and 2 sprigs fresh thyme and cook for 20 - 25 minutes.
• Take out the thyme sprigs. Stir in 250g cooked lentils and bring back to a simmer. Serve with wild and white basmati rice, mash or quinoa.