Contents

Acknowledgments

Introduction

PART I: THE BEEF CASE

Chapter 1 How Grass Becomes Beef

Chapter 2 What’s the Beef?

Chapter 3 How to Cook Like a Butcher

PART II: COOKING WITH GRASSFED BEEF

Chapter 4 Great Ground Beef

Perfect Grassfed Hamburgers

Whole-Wheat Hamburger Buns and Lardo Ketchup

Deluxe Pimento Cheeseburgers

Thai-Style Hamburger Wraps

Hamburger Steaks in Onion Cream Sauce

Miso-Glazed Meatloaf with Quick-Pickled Cucumber Salad

Pure Beef Meatloaf

Variation: Gluten-free Meatloaf

Variation: Meatballs

Poor Man’s Beef Wellingtons

Baby Meatballs in Tomato-Basil Sauce

Joe’s Special

Feta-Stuffed Sliders with Tahini-Yogurt Sauce

Shepherd’s Pie

Real Tamale Pie

Bolognese Meat Sauce

Variation: Spaghetti Squash Bolognese

Polenta Torta

Chipotle and Corn Sloppy Joes

Lemony Chard Bundles

Variation: Cabbage Rolls

Beef Ravioli with Sage Butter Sauce

Indian-Spiced Stuffed Peppers

Variation: Stuffed Zucchini Rounds

Chapter 5 Slow Simmered Feasts

Grassfed Pot Roast with Parsnips, Carrots, and Fingerlings

Potato-Pot Roast Croquettes

Rolled Cranberry-Glazed Beef Brisket with Braised Red Cabbage

Roast Beef Braised in Zinfandel with Winter Herbs and Potato Gnocchi

Last-Minute Beef Ragù

Tomato-Braised Beef Cheeks with Wilted Spinach and Oven Polenta

Whiskey Pot Pie

Suet-Butter Pie Dough

Heavenly Green Stew

Cuban-Style Shredded Beef and Peppers (Ropa Vieja)

Boston Baked Beans with Brisket and Beet-Carrot Slaw

Basque Cutlets Baked in Red Pepper Sauce

Variation: Beef Tongue Fritters

Cowboy Coffee Beef Stew with Whole-Wheat Buttermilk Biscuits

Richard Olney’s Beef Bourguignon

Chickpea-Beef Tagine with Harissa

Two-Bean Chili Colorado

Variation: Chili Colorado Casserole

Chapter 6 Global Beef Cuisine

Rice Noodle Bowl with Lemongrass Beef

Jamaican Jerked Tri-Tip with Coconut-Scallion Rice

Turkish Yogurt Kebabs with Grilled Summer Vegetables

Tamarind Beef Satay with Indonesian Salad (Rujak)

Mixed Grill Chimichurri

Korean Barbecue

Flying Greens with Beef in Oyster Sauce

Laotian Beef Salad with Sticky Rice

Dry-Fried Beef with Crispy Kohlrabi and Carrots

Tacos with Avocado-Tomatillo Salsa

Ethiopian Steak “Tartare” with Gingered Collard Greens

Thai Red Curry with Roasted Peanuts

Japanese Surf and Turf Stew (Nikujaga)

Roasted Tomatillo Posole with Cilantro Cream

Bobotie

Aromatic Eggplant-Beef Timbale

Baked Argentinian Empanadas

Hot Water Pie Dough

Chapter 7 Steaks Done Right

Grassfed Top Blade Steak with Arugula Salad and Scorched Croutons

Rib-Eye Steaks and Grilled Romaine with Hot Tomato Vinaigrette

Hawaiian-Style Teriyaki

Coriander-Rubbed Sirloin with Pita Bread Salad (Fattoush)

Tequila-Lime Skirt Steak Fajitas with Roasted Corn Salsa

T-bone Steak with Fennel-Radicchio Relish and Olive Oil Flatbreads

Variation: Olive Oil Breadsticks

Olive Oil-Poached Steaks with Thyme

Flank Steak Spirals with Spinach, Figs, and Fontina and Port Sauce

Variation: Braised Flank Steak

Chicken Fried Steak with Buttermilk Gravy

Variation: Finger Steaks

Steaks Smothered in Bacon-Stout Sauce

Bistro Steak with Herb Aïoli and Oven Steak Fries

Filet Mignon in Brandy Sauce with Mixed Mushroom Sauté

Steak Stroganoff

Martini Steak Sandwich with Green Olive Tapenade

Salt-Seared Steak with Chard-Gorgonzola Gratin

Skillet Steak Peperonata

Chapter 8 Winning Roasts

Grassfed 4-Bone Rib Roast on Hay and Herbs with Butternut Squash Bread Pudding

Porcini-Rubbed Tenderloin with Saba Sauce and Braised Lentils

Roast Beef Stuffed with Red Onions, Mushrooms, and Barley

Garlicky Roast Beef with Gravy and Yorkshire Pudding

Herbes de Provence Roast with Fig-Red Onion Marmalade

Variation: Roast Beef Bruschetta

Dutch Oven Barbecue

Mojo Beef with Black Beans and Rice (Moros y Cristianos)

Coffee Bean-Chile Rubbed Sirloin Roast with Cowboy Beans

Smoked Brisket with Tangy Barbecue Sauce

Chapter 9 Pure to the Bone

Short Order Stock

Variation: 60-Minute Pressure Cooker Beef Stock

Roasted Beef Stock

Crystal Clear Consommé

New England Simmered Supper with Whole-Grain Mustard

Variation: Fuit Mustard

Creamy Wild Mushroom-Rice Soup

Winter Minestrone

Pho

Home-Style French Onion Soup

Tortilla Soup

Short Ribs Rendang

Goulash with Spelt Dumplings

Ginger-Glazed Short Ribs

Brazilian Beef Shanks with Chorizo

White Truffle Risotto with Roasted Marrow Bones

Boneless Oxtail and Buckwheat Crêpe Purses with Chive-Horseradish Cream

Buckwheat Crêpes

Chapter 10 Simple Homemade Charcuterie

Summer Sausage

Sage Breakfast Sausage

Garlic-Fennel Sausage

Deli-Style Salami

Grassfed Beef Terrine with Crackerbreads

Crackerbreads

Chorizo

Corned Beef

Variation: Mustard-Glazed Corned Beef

Pastrami

Peppered Hamburger Jerky

Coca-Cola Jerky

Sources

Bibliography

Author Bio

Index