Silverside With White Sauce Food

CORNED BEEF (SILVERSIDE)

Steps:

• Trim corned silverside/brisket or any excess fat or visible sinew.
• Place corned silverside/brisket into a large pot that has a lid with all of the ingredients. Cover with cold water.
• Bring the pot to a boil and then reduce to a gentle simmer. Put the lid on pot the and simmer for 2 ½ hours.
• Skim any brown scum/foam from the pot as it forms.
• Leave corned beef to cool in the cooking liquid.
• Warm sliced garlic and olive oil in a small saucepan over low heat for a minute or two. It is important not to fry the garlic, you want it to soften slightly. Place to the side to cool.
• In a small bowl soak panko crumbs in milk.
• Place walnuts in a saucepan of cold water. Bring to the boil over high heat and then drain immediately in a colander. Rinse walnuts with cold tap water and place back in the saucepan again. Cover with cold water and bring to the boil again. Repeat this process twice.
• In a small food processor or blender, blend walnuts, soaked panko crumbs, parmesan, and a pinch of salt until smooth.
• Add garlic, oil, and a tablespoon or two of water. Blend until you have a thick sauce. Adjust water as needed.
• Season to taste and serve with corned beef.
• Store excess sauce in a container in the fridge for up to a week

GLUTEN FREE WHITE SAUCE

Steps:

• place butter, flour and milk in a saucepan.
• using a whisk, stir over medium heat allowing sauce to thicken.
• continue until smooth and thick then bring to the boil.
• remove from heat and season.

POT-ROAST BEEF WITH FRENCH ONION GRAVY

Steps:

• Heat oven to 160C/140C fan/gas 3. Rub the meat with 1 tsp of the oil and plenty of seasoning. Heat a large flameproof casserole dish and brown the meat all over for about 10 mins. Meanwhile, add 2 tsp oil to a frying pan and fry the carrots and celery for 10 mins until turning golden.
• Lift the beef onto a plate, splash the wine into the hot casserole and boil for 2 mins. Pour in the stock, return the beef, then tuck in the carrots, celery and bay leaves, trying not to submerge the carrots too much. Cover and cook in the oven for 2 hrs. (I like to turn the beef halfway through cooking.)
• Meanwhile, thinly slice the onions. Heat 1 tbsp oil in a pan and stir in the onions, thyme and some seasoning. Cover and cook gently for 20 mins until the onions are softened but not coloured. Remove the lid, turn up the heat, add the butter and sugar, then let the onions caramelise to a dark golden brown, stirring often. Remove the thyme sprigs, then set aside.
• When the beef is ready, it will be tender and easy to pull apart at the edges. Remove it from the casserole and snip off the strings. Reheat the onion pan, stir in the flour and cook for 1 min. Whisk the floury onions into the beefy juices in the casserole, to make a thick onion gravy. Taste for seasoning. Add the beef and carrots back to the casserole, or slice the beef and bring to the table on a platter, with the carrots to the side and the gravy spooned over.