slow cooking recipes

Traditional Irish "Corned" Beef

Traditional Irish "Corned" Beef

This is the original corned beef. "Corned" is a English term for small bits and in this recipe the small bits are the Salt. It was posted in 1968 in the "Irish Times" to show the care Irish take with corned beef in order to be avoid being confused with English Corned beef, it is call "Spiced Beef". It was served with cabbage for Christmas, Easter, and St. Patrick's day. 

The Magic of Slow Cooking

The Magic of Slow Cooking

Yesterday I slow cooked a hind leg from my 1 year old ram that I harvested and butchered just before setting off to California. Normally I prefer to roasted leg of lamb, but due to a hectic schedule, I opted for the "set it and forget it" method.