Beef

• 21 Roast beef with lemon and anchovy butter
  Ingredients (Serves 4-6) 1 x 1.3kg/3lb lean topside or top rump joint Salt and freshly ground black pepper Watercress and seasonal vegetables, to serve For the anchovy and lemon butter...

• 22 Thai beef salad
  Ingredients (serves 4) For the dressing 2 tbsp Thai Taste Palm Sugar 2 tbsp Thai Taste Fish Sauce Juice 3 limes 3 cloves garlic, crushed 1 bird’s eye chilli, deseeded and...

• 23 Peppered beef with Cognac and Parma-wrapped greens
  Ingredients (Serves 4) Few glugs of olive oil 3 shallots, peeled and chopped Salt and freshly ground black pepper 800g (13⁄4lb) beef fillet 40g (11⁄2oz) butter ...

• 24 Beef Rendang
  Ingredients (Serves 8-10) For the spice paste 6-8 Bird’s eye chillies depending on how hot you like it 1 inch ginger 1 inch galangal 4 cloves of garlic 1 tsp turmeric...

• 25 Sirloin steak paillards
  Ingredients (Serves 4) 4 sirloin steaks, each 200-250g/7-9oz and 1-1.5cm/½-¾in thick, trimmed of all fat and silver skin Extra virgin olive oil Sea salt and freshly ground...

• 26 Mark Hix’s Barbecued Beef Ribs
  INGREDIENTS 1 tbsp vegetable oil 12-16 Freedom Food-labelled short beef ribs For the sauce 25g/1oz knob of butter 4 large shallots, peeled...

• 27 Mark Hix’s Barbecued Beef Ribs
  INGREDIENTS 1 tbsp vegetable oil 12-16 Freedom Food-labelled short beef ribs For the sauce 25g/1oz knob of butter 4 large shallots, peeled...

• 28 The perfect steak
  The cut you choose is up to you. Most foodies now have sworn off fillet, preferring something slightly chewier, with a little more fat equating a much greater flavour. A rump or sirloin, treated properly,...