cooking with beer

Good meat, good beer and good pastry – it’s clear why this steak and ale pie is a winner. 

How to make steak and ale pie

225 grams/8 ounces plain flour, plus extra for rolling out

salt

250 grams/9 ounces unsalted butter,

150 milliliters/¼ pint ice-cold water

free-range egg, beaten, to glaze

tbsp plain flour

olive oil

300 milliliters/½ pint brown ale

garlic cloves, roughly chopped

onions, roughly chopped

250 grams/9 ounces carrots, roughly chopped

celery,

bay leaf

thyme

300 milliliters/½ pint good-quality beef stock

tomato purée

tbsp balsamic vinegar

chestnut

butter

salt and black pepper

The classic ultra-light batter is perfect with prawns for a light snack with drinks or as part of a Japanese feast.

Prawn tempura

grams/2½oz cornflour

75 grams/2½oz plain flour

egg,

188 milliliters/6½fl oz beer

vegetable oil,

flour

soy sauce, to serve

This Chocolate Stout Pudding recipe is luscious, rich, decadent and sinful. It can be made with several different styles of stout (see Cooking Beer Suggestions below) to customize it for the time of year and theme of your dinner.

Chocolate Stout Pudding

cornstarch

sugar, light brown (firmly packed)

sugar, organic

salt, kosher

stout beer (such

milk, whole (preferably organic)

chocolate

vanilla extract (Bourbon based)

For a proper Sunday lunch that won't break the bank try this budget beef stew recipe from Eat Well for Less. Serve with creamy mash and plenty of your favourite veg.

Each serving provides 933 kcal, 60g protein, 60g carbohydrates (of which 15g sugars), 47g fat (of which 20g saturates), 8g fibre and 1.5g salt.

Beer-braised beef with creamy mash

tbsp rapeseed oil

onions,

carrots, sliced

celery sticks, sliced

½ garlic bulb, bashed

tbsp plain flour,

568 milliliters/1 pint ale

300 milliliters/½ pint beef stock

rosemary

floury potatoes,

150 grams/5½oz salted butter

milk

If you like Texas-style beans with a twist, this Bastard Black Beans with Smoked Turkey Leg is for you. Made with Oaked Arrogant Bastard Ale.

Bastard Black Beans with Smoked Turkey Leg

turkey leg, smoked

olive

onion, yellow, large, (peeled and chopped)

sugar, brown dark

Beef Brisket Spice Rub (recipe here)

tomato paste

tomatoes, fire roasted, diced, (canned)

Oaked Arrogant Bastard, (more infomation here)

salt, Mixteca (to taste, available at Rancho Gordo)

pepper, black, cracked (to taste)

What's not to love about a barbecued sausage? Add mustard and roasted onions for the full monty. 

Barbecued sausages with beer-mustard onions

150 milliliters/5fl oz dark ale

sugar

tbsp wholegrain mustard

good-quality, thick sausages (experiment with some of the

bread rolls, or pieces of French bread

Homemade Brewers Crackers with Spent Grain: These Spent Grain Crackers re-purpose what would be brewery waste or the leftover grain from the brewing process to add texture, flavor, and fiber and are wonderful for your next cheese | charcuterie platter, or perfect as a canape!

Homemade Brewers Crackers

flour, all-purpose (plus extra

spent grain

wort or beer (see Cooking Beer Suggestions below)

oil, olive

caraway, seeds

lemon zest,

peppercorns, mixed (freshly cracked)

oil, olive (preferably infused with garlic)

za'atar spice blend (recipe HERE)

orange zest,

coriander seeds, cracked

This hearty, slow-cooked stew is easy to throw together and creates very little washing up. 

Beef and ale stew

groundnut oil

onions, finely chopped

carrots,

celery sticks,

tin good-quality plum tomatoes

tsp black peppercorns

bay leaves

tbsp flour (seasoned with ½ tsp cayenne pepper)

500 grams/1lb 2 ounces diced braising steak

500 milliliters/17fl oz pale ale

Tender beef in a rich sauce made with beer and bacon, topped with crisp, golden puff pastry – this superb steak, mushroom and ale pie is a perfect autumn warmer.

Steak, mushroom and ale pie

4–5 tbsp sunflower oil

bacon

onions, sliced

garlic cloves, finely chopped

500 milliliters/18fl oz bottle real ale

500 milliliters/18fl oz good beef stock

tbsp cornflour

400 grams/14 ounces small chestnut mushrooms, halved or quartered

sea salt and black pepper

flour,

puff pastry

This quick and easy chicken is so full of flavor and never dry. It's really the perfect recipe for any weeknight meal.

Beer Braised Chicken Recipe

bone-in,

pepper

beer

brown sugar

Preheat oven to 450-degrees F.

Add olive oil to bottom of an iron...

Add olive oil to bottom of an iron or oven-proof skillet or dutch oven. Coat chicken with olive oil, generously sprinkle with salt and pepper on all sides.

Arrange chicken in a single layer.

Whisk together beer and brown sugar, and pour...

Whisk together beer and brown sugar, and pour over chicken.

Bake uncovered 30 minutes, or until chicken is...

Bake uncovered 30 minutes, or until chicken is done.

Sometimes I can get so fixated on a recipe that I find it hard to step away when, even after repeated testing and retesting, what I’m looking for continues to elude me. I’m glad that I persisted here, where more reasonable people would long since have given up, as I have finally created the dark, treacly bread I had hitherto only imagined and obsessed over.

I love this bread with smoked salmon, smoked trout, any smoked fish. And this is indeed how I suggest you serve it as a first course, if one is wanted.

No-knead black bread 

500 milliliters/18fl oz Irish stout,

large free-range egg, at room temperature, separated

dark muscovado sugar

tbsp extra virgin olive oil

tbsp black treacle

300 grams/10½oz dark rye flour

300 grams/10½oz strong white bread flour

cocoa

tsp activated charcoal (optional)

tsp nigella seeds, plus 1 tsp for sprinkling

tsp caraway seeds

fennel seeds

yeast

1¼ tsp fine sea salt

vegetable oil, for greasing

salmon

dill fronds

The rye bread recipe that we did for Norway was ace, but in terms of flavour this is on another level. It’s slow maturing bread, quite heavy but works a treat. It has a sweet and sour taste but with the caraway, yoghurt and beer it has a really complex flavour.  Oh well cutting through all that chat, it’s a very good loaf.

Really good rye bread

600 milliliters/20fl oz strong beer

rye flour

tbsp yoghurt

tbsp caraway seeds

tbsp olive oil,

bread flour

polenta,

East meets west as the intense savoury flavour of Japanese miso paste combines with the fruity bitterness of British beer in this chicken recipe. We cooked it on the barbecue but it’s just as good baked in the oven.

Miso and beer marinated chicken

chicken

150 grams/5½oz miso paste

milliliters/3½fl oz beer

grams/2¾oz sugar

garlic cloves, crushed

tbsp flaked dulse

tsp sriracha chilli sauce (optional)

salt and pepper

tbsp sesame oil

sesame seeds

chilli flakes

spring onions, finely shredded

Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall shows you how to make Welsh rarebit - it's like cheese on toast but fancied up to make something really special. Simple and so satisfying!

Perfect Welsh rarebit

250 milliliters/9 ounces strong beer, warmed

cheddar,

2tsp English mustard

Worcestershire sauce

black pepper

granary bread

Mustard is so very easy to make and the perfect addition to a ham sandwich. It makes a great homemade gift too.

Homemade beer mustard

mustard seeds

black mustard seeds

500 milliliters/18fl oz beer or ale

tbsp sea salt

175 milliliters/6fl oz cider vinegar vinegar

tbsp runny honey

tbsp ground mace or nutmeg

This slow-cooker brisket recipe brings two of our favourite things together.: tender shreds of beef and easy slow cooking. This recipe requires no browning, but the stout makes the beef dark, rich and  tender. A creamy bean mash is the perfect accompaniment.

If you are making this recipe to serve two, make half the mash as, unlike the beef, it won't freeze well.

Equipment: you need a slow cooker and a blender to make this recipe.

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