I have three:
Braised Beer Beef Shanks
4 Beef shanks
1 onion (ringed)
garlic cloves
½ cup beef broth
1 brown beer
Season shanks with salt and pepper.
Flour and brown the shanks in Dutch oven with some oil. Add crushed garlic, onions broth and beer. Just enough to cover the base of Dutch oven with liquid but not submerge the shanks. Bring liquids to boil. Reduce heat to low and cover with tight fitting lid and braise on low heat until done.
Remove shanks when done and tender. Add ½ tbsp. mustard and ½ tbsp. horseradish to braising liquid. Reduce on high heat to sauce like consistency, add two pats of butter.
Serve on shanks, or pour all over yourself in a beer and beer jubilation!!!!
Chili
2 lbs. Ground Sirloin (can use ground chuck or steak meat cut into cubes)
1 ea. 12oz. can tomato paste
⅓ cup Spicy BBQ sauce
2 ea. Medium onions chopped
2 ea. Stalks of celery cut into 1-2" strips
3 ea. Jalapeno peppers (keep seeds for spicier chili, or remove for mild)
2 ea. Medium green peppers (chopped)
1 ea. Small red pepper (chopped)
3+ tbsp. Chili powder depending on taste
½ tsp. Dry mustard powder
4 ea. Cloves of garlic (minced)
1½ tbsp. Cumin
1½ ea. 12oz bottles of pale ale (Sierra Nevada Pale Ale) Drink the other half bottle
1 can Chili beans with sauce
1 can Drained black beans
2 ea. Bay Leaves
1 tbsp. Oregano
2 tbsp. Extra-virgin olive oil
In stockpot heat olive oil over medium high heat and add onions and all the peppers. Cook in stockpot until they start to tender, and then add the garlic and meat. Brown the meat, drain and reduce heat to medium. Add all the rest of the ingredients to the pot along with the meat and peppers mixture. Bring to a slow boil and reduce heat again to simmer. Simmer for 30-60 minutes, add more beer or water if chili is thicker than you like.
Hefeweiss Lemon Mousse
Prep time: One to two hours
Recipe type: Dessert And Sweets
Ingredients:
3 ea. Large eggs, separated
1 cup Granulated white sugar
1 cup Hefeweiss (used in ⅓ cup measures)
1 tbsp. Cornstarch
½ cup Fresh lemon juice (three lemons)
1 tbsp. Finely minced lemon zest (yellow skin only)
1 tsp. Unflavored gelatin
½ cup Powdered confectioners' sugar
⅔ cup Whipping cream
1. Separate the yolks and whites. Prepare a double boiler (2-quart). While water heats, whip the egg yolks until thick and lemony colored, slowly mixing in ½ cup granulated sugar, in stages. The yolks will turn thick and pale yellow.
2. Blend cornstarch and lemon juice, whisking well to eliminate any starch lumps. Blend into the yolk mixture, then place in the top of the double boiler, and cook over simmering (not boiling) water until the yolk mixture has thickened. Slowly whisk in ⅓ cup Weissbier, warmed over the stove or in a microwave, to 140°F. The warmed Weissbier will not curdle the sauce. Whisk well, and bring the yolk blend to 160°F, or until steaming and thickened, stirring often. Do not let simmer or boil. Remove from the heat, scrape with a spatula into a large 1-gallon stainless steel or glass bowl, and let cool.
3. In a quart saucepan, bring ⅓ cup Weissbier and ½ cup granulated white sugar to a boil, until it reaches syrup stage (200°F). While the bier syrup heats, whip egg whites to very soft peak stage, then slowly drizzle in the hot bier-sugar syrup to "cook" the meringue. Continue to whip the egg whites until the volume has almost doubled and firm peaks form. Set aside to cool in the refrigerator.
4. Blend unflavored gelatin and ⅓ cup Weissbier in a small saucepan, and let soften at room temperature for 2-3 minutes. Place over low heat and simmer until gelatin is fully dissolved. Set aside to cool.
5. Whip the heavy cream and powdered sugar until stiff peaks form. Blend the gelatin-Weissbier mixture with the cooled yolk custard base. Whip ⅓ of the reserved chilled egg white meringue into the custard, mixing well to temper and lighten the base, then, in several additions, fold the remaining whipped cream and egg white meringue into the custard base.
6. Ladle the mixture into 4-oz. serving cups and freeze for 5-6 hours. Or, pour the entire mousse mixture into a large 1-gallon tub and freeze solid. Serve scooped, like ice cream. Will hold up to two weeks, frozen in a sealed, airtight container...but expect the beer flavor to intensify with time.