Beef with pineapple and apricot and accessories

Cooking and Looking in Cairns and District with Rosemary Sinclair, Local Flavour series 1986 Sydney

Apricot Beef

Dice 1kg blade steak and brown, in a pan or cast iron casserole, in 2 tblspn heated oil.

Mix together and add to steak in pan: 1 X 425g can apricot nectar; 1 pkt French Onion soup; 1 X 440g can crushed pineapple; ½ tspn powdered ginger

Place lid on pan and simmer for 2 hours. Thicken if necessary. Garnish with copped parsely and croutons.

Serves 4-6

 

 

 

Lovely Jessica wearing some stunning earrings given to her for Christmas.

 

And a surprising accessory from Philip Garner's Better Living Catalogue 1983, it may not be pinapalia (or even useful) but it is tropical! Anne

 

 

 

Ladies who lunch on pineapple!

Ladies Who Lunch:  Easy, elegant recipes for brunch, lunch or dinner by Ann Reed and Marilyn Pfaltz 1972  USA

Pineapple Ham Loaf & Fluffy Mustard Sauce

¼ cup light brown sugar, packed; 1-1 ¼ cups pineapple chunks, drained; cloves; 2 eggs, beaten; 1 can (300ml) cream of mushroom soup; ¼ cup ketchup; ¼ cup water; 450g ground cooked ham; 450g ground veal; 1 cup dry breadcrumbs; ½ tsp salt; pepper to taste; 1 onion, minced; 3 tblsp minced green pepper

Preheat oven to 180°C.

Grease a 23cm x 12cm loaf pan & sprinkle pan with the brown sugar. Stick pineapple chunks with clove & place, clove side down, to cover the bottom of the pan. Combine eggs, soup, ketchup & water. Thoroughly mix remaining ingredients. Pack on top of pineapple in pan. Bake for about 1 hr. remove from oven & invert on serving platter. May be served hot or cold with Fluffy Mustard Sauce.

Serves 8 - 10.

Fluffy Mustard Sauce

1 tblsp sugar; 3 tblsp prepared mustard; 2 tblsp vinegar; 1 tblsp water; 33/4 tsp salt; 2 egg yolks, slightly beaten; 1 tblsp butter, melted; 2-3 tsp horseradish; ½ cup heavy cream, whipped

Add sugar, prepared mustard, vinegar, water & salt to the beaten egg yolks. Cook over hot water, not boiling, & stir until thickened. Stir in butter & horseradish. Remove from heat & cool thoroughly. Fold in whipped cream. Serve at room temperature. Yield: 1 ¼ cups.

As those were seriously dull photos here's an inventive keyring given to me by Larna, to lighten things up! Anne.

Accessorise . . . with pineapple!

These pretty earrings were acquired by Ann via etsy – thanks, I love them.

There have been some interesting acquisitions in our household this summer. Les has tracked down some real glamour accessories on the Internet! Ella found the bag in a recent clean up (?) of her childhood dress up box!

Thanks Ella for being such a co-operative model despite the challenges to your good taste! Anne.