K Jons Italian Beef Food

RIGATONI ALLA GENOVESE

Steps:

• Heat oil in a large pot over medium heat. Cook pancetta until most of fat is rendered out, about 6 minutes. Remove cooked pancetta with a slotted spoon and save.
• Raise heat to high and transfer meat to the pot. Season with salt. Cook and stir until liquid releases from beef and begins to evaporate, and meat browns, 10 to 15 minutes.
• Reduce heat to medium-high. Add celery, carrots, reserved cooked pancetta, salt and pepper. Cook and stir about 5 minutes. Add a heaping tablespoon of tomato paste, bay leaf, and white wine. Cook and stir, scraping up the brownings from the bottom of the pan, 2 to 3 minutes. Add sliced onions. Reduce heat to medium. Cover pot and cook 30 minutes without stirring. After 30 minutes, stir onions and meat until well mixed. Cover again, and cook another 30 minutes. Stir.
• Reduce heat to low and cook uncovered 8 to 10 hours, stirring occasionally. Skim off fat as mixture cooks. If sauce seems to reduce too much, add water or broth as needed to maintain a sauce-like consistency. Cook until beef and onions seem to melt into each other.
• Bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil. Cook rigatoni in the boiling water, stirring occasionally until just barely al dente, 10 to 12 minutes. Drain.
• Add rigatoni to the sauce and cook until heated through. Serve topped with a pinch of marjoram and freshly grated Parmigiano-Reggiano cheese.

K-JON'S BEEF BOURGUIGNON

Steps:

• Marinade beef with first ingredients 24 hours, discard marinade.
• Cook bacon until crispy and set aside. Brown Meat on all sides, remove with bacon.
• Add Butter if you need more Oil.
• Cook carrots, celery, onion 10 min in bacon fat.
• Add Garlic and cook 3 minute more. Salt & Pepper!
• Add Cognac & light to burn off liquor.
• Add tomato paste and thyme, parsley, bay leave & wine.
• Add meat (chuck & bacon) Cover meat with Beef stock and Worcestershire.
• Cook 10 minute & skim off brown foam (blood, yuck).
• Simmer 2 hours or more to liking. Salt & pepper.
• Add butter flour mixture (3 tbs butter room temp & 3 tbs. flour mixed well).
• Whisk into stew until blended well.
• Saute mushrooms in 2 Tbs. butter 10 minute add onions 2 minute more. Then add to stew.
• Cook 15 minute more and Eat with crusty bread!

K JON'S BEEF STROGANOFF

Steps:

• 1. Melt 4-6 tablespoons of butter in a large pan (that has a lid). Then add the onions, mushrooms and garlic, and saute for a few minutes. Then cover pan, lower heat and simmer until tender (another 5-10 minutes).
• 2. Remove this mixture from the pan, including all juices, and set aside.
• 3. Melt the remaining butter in the same pan. Then add the beef strips, and saute until browned. This takes 5-10 minutes.
• 4. Add the stock,Worcestershire, paprika, salt and pepper, and bring to a boil.
• 5. Once this boils, cover the pan again, lower heat and simmer 30 minutes.
• 6. Add mustard, nutmeg, and tarragon to mushroom mixture.
• 7. Remove lid and add onion-mushroom mixture -- simmer 10 minutes more.
• 7. Take 1 cup sour cream, add flour and mix well ( this is used to thicken sauce -- slowly add to mixture.
• 8. Bring to a boil, then reduce heat and stir in remaining sour cream.
• 9. Heat until everything is warmed through, but do not boil.
• 10. Garnish with parsley. & serve with wide egg noodles!

K-JON'S ITALIAN BEEF

Steps:

• -Season meat and brown in fat or oil on med high heat ( 5 minutes per side).
• -Add onion and garlic, saute 8 -10 minutes.
• -now add the rest of ingredients and simmer until tender (3 hours).
• - Rest meat 15-20 minutes, and strain broth, reserve pepperoncini's.
• -slice meat against grain very thin and return to broth, simmer 15 minutes more.
• - chop reserved pepperoncini's (remove stem) and use to garnish sandwich with giardiniera ( check my giardiniera recipe Don't skip ingredient!).

K-JON'S HEARTY BEEF VEGETABLE SOUP

Steps:

• -Add all liquid ingerdients and beef boullion and
• bring to boil (I use microwave).
• - combine all dry ingredients in small bowl mix well.
• -Brown meat in oil.
• -sautee onion and garlic till soft.
• - add dry ingredients sautee 1 minute more.
• -add the rest of ingredients and simmer 1 1/2 hours or till vegetables are cooked.