Crockpot Beef & Broccoli

Another new recipe from Amy Foster of Gilcrest Farm. Amy is a regular supplier of quality meat products and quality recipes for our blog.

1 lb Gilcrest stir fry beef

1 cup beef broth

½ cup soy sauce

1/3 cup dark brown sugar

1 TBL sesame oil

3 garlic cloves, minced

2 TBL cornstarch

4 TBL sauce (from the crock pot after the dish is cooked

Frozen broccoli florets (as many as desired, I used 2 cups)

In the insert of the crockpot, whisk together beef broth, soy sauce, dark brown sugar, sesame oil, and garlic. Place your sliced beef in the liquid and toss to coat. Turn crockpot on low and cook for four hours. After four hours, remove about 4 TBL of the liquid from the crockpot and whisk in the cornstarch. Return to the crockpot and stir to mix well. Add broccoli on top and cook on low for an additional 30 minutes to thicken the sauce and steam the broccoli. Serve over hot rice. Enjoy.

Gilcrest Beef -- Stir Fry + Goulash

Korean Stir Fry

Ingredients:

1.       1.5 pounds ground Gilcrest Beef

2.       2 TBL olive oil

3.       ½ cabbage, chopped

4.       3 ribs celery, chopped

5.       ½ large onion, chopped

6.       1 green pepper, chopped

7.       4 carrots, sliced thinly

Brown beef, then add oil and vegetables (cabbage last) and cook until tender. Add tamari or soy sauce to taste. Serve over rice.

Hungarian Goulash

Ingredients:

1.       2 pounds Gilcrest Beef

2.       1 medium onion, sliced

3.       1 small clove garlic, minced (or more depending on your garlic preference

4.       ¼ cup shortening or olive oil

5.       2/4 cup catsup

6.       2 TBL Worcestershire sauce

7.       1 TBL packed brown sugar

8.       2 TSP salt

9.       2 TSP paprika

10.   ½ TSP dry mustard (or 1 TSP prepared)

11.   Dash of cayenne pepper

12.   ¼ cup cold water

13.   2 TBL flour

14.   Egg Noodles

Cook and stir beef, onion and garlic in shortening until beef is brown, drain. Stir in 1 ½ cups of water, the catsup, and next six ingredients. Heat to boiling, reduce heat, cover and simmer until beef is tender – 2 to 2 ½ hours. Add water if needed.

Shake ¼ cup cold water and flour to mix and stir gradually into beef mixture. Heat to boiling stirring constantly. Boil and stir one minute. Serve over hot noodles. Makes 6-8 servings.

Gilcrest 3-Meal Chicken

Gilcrest 3-Meal Chicken

Plan A:

1.       Roasted Chicken – Roast the chicken at 325 for 20 minutes/lb, stuffed with herbs such as rosemary and bay leaf. After you consume maybe half the chicken, debone the remaining chicken and boil the carcass at a gentle simmer for fabulous broth.

2.       Chicken with tomatoes—slice the remaining breast meat and gently warm in a frying pan containing a little chicken broth, garlic, basil, and tomatoes. A little white wine wouldn’t hurt.

3.       Soup time – reheat the broth, add vegetables, a little salt and pepper, and your favorite herbs. Chop the chicken and add it at the end. Bake/pick up some crusty bread and enjoy.

Plan B:

1.       Roasted Chicken – Roast chicken at 3425 for 20 minutes/lb. stuffed with fruits such as muscadine grapes, lemon or lime, or apples. Debone the remaining chicken and boil the carcass at a gentle simmer for broth.

2.       Chicken and gravy over rice –slice some of the remaining chicken meat and gently warm in a frying pan with two cups of chicken broth, salt and pepper, and chopped herbs. Thicken with flour and water to make gravy.  Serve over rice, Freeze remaining broth.

3.       Chicken wraps – pull out some tortillas and warm the chopped chicken with cumin, onions, chopped greens and tomatoes and salt and pepper. Add some sour cream at the end. Maybe add some hot peppers?

Summer Salad

A nice summer salad recipe from Sheila Greene . . . perfect for this season of abundant and very fresh salad veggies at the market.

Summer Salad

Chopped Tomatoes (varieties of your choice) I chose heirlooms for great taste and beautiful color

Chopped Onions ( I cut them in moon shape and then halved them

Chopped cucumbers ( I use 3 large)

1 chopped sweet banana pepper

You can just use the portions that you like of each ingredient. I always cut up my tomatoes first and salt them pretty good and set aside to let them make their own juice while I am chopping the other ingredients. Combine all the ingredients together.

For the dressing, I sprinkle Kraft Zesty Italian Dressing over the top. 

For a similar salad, Carol Schmidt uses a combination of Balsamic or red wine vinegar and olive oil, with a ratio of one part vinegar and two parts olive oil

Peach Cobbler

A peach cobbler from Sheila Greene.

Easy Peach Cobbler

Melt a stick of butter in a 9 x 13 baking dish

In a bowl, mix :

1 cup sugar

1/3 cup of crushed walnuts

1 tsp of ground cinnamon

1cup self-rising flour

1 cup regular milk

Pour this mixture into the melted butter.

Sprinkle 4 cups of cut up peaches with a little extra sugar and let set a few minutes, stirring a couple times, then pour the peaches all over the top of the flour mixture.

Bake @350 for 30 min. or until golden, (don't overcook, the crust will be hard)

Sorghum Cake & Cookies

Sorghum Recipes

David Goforth has provided us with two recipes that originate with his grandmum, who is now over 100 years of age. The recipes use sorghum to create a cake and some wonderful cookies.

Sorghum Syrup Cookies

1 cup sugar

1 cup sorghum syrup

½ cup milk

2 eggs

½ cup shortening

5-6 cups of flour, enough to get a nice consistency

Mix ingredients in a bowl until the flour has incorporated the liquids and is ready to form the cookies.

Bake cookies at 350 degrees for 12 minutes.

Sorghum Syrup Cake

1 cup sorghum syrup

1 cup sugar

3 eggs

2/3 cup shortening

3 cups flour

2/3 cup milk

½ teaspoon ground ginger . . . cinnamon may be substituted

Beat sugar and shortening together. Add syrup, then eggs and beat well. Mix flour and spice. Add to milk and mix until ready to form into a loaf.

Bake at 350 degrees for 20 minutes.

David notes that, he has substituted butter for the shortening to good effect. 

Beef tacos in Slow Cooker

Slow-cooker beef tacos with cabbage and radish slaw

This recipe comes to us from our Granddaughter Amy. She lives in New England and loves good food. So thanks Amy for contributing to Farm Foodies.

Ingredients

3 pounds beef chuck, trimmed and cut into 2-inch pieces

1 large onion, thinly sliced

4 cloves garlic, chopped

1 to 3 tablespoons chopped canned chipotles in adobo sauce(very hot, may want to just   use adobo sauce to start)

1 teaspoon dried oregano

2 bay leaves

Kosher salt

4 cups thinly sliced cabbage (about 1/3 medium cabbage)

4 radishes, halved and thinly sliced (I leave these out)

1/4 cup chopped fresh cilantro

2 tablespoons fresh lime juice, plus lime wedges for serving

12 6-inch corn tortillas

Sour cream, pickled jalapeño peppers, and hot sauce, for serving

Preparation 

In a 4- to 6-quart slow cooker, toss together the beef, onion, garlic, chipotles, oregano, bay leaves, and 1 teaspoon salt. Cover and cook until the beef is very tender, on low for 7 to 8 hours or on high for 3 ½ to 4 hours (this will shorten total cooking time). Twenty minutes before serving, heat oven to 350 degrees F. In a large bowl, toss together the cabbage, radishes, cilantro, lime juice, and ¼ teaspoon salt. Wrap the tortillas in foil and bake until warm, 5 to 10 minutes.

Transfer the beef to a medium bowl (reserve the cooking liquid) and shred, using 2 forks. Strain the cooking liquid through a fine-mesh sieve into the bowl with the beef and toss to combine. Fill the tortillas with the beef and slaw. Serve with the sour cream, jalapeños, hot sauce, and lime wedges.

Hands-on time: 30 minutes | 

Total time: 8 hours 30 minutes