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Increasingly consumers are interested in drinking excellent beer with food. We receive a lot of enquiries from our customers for information about this topic. Below is an easy to read table showing our suggestions - we are always interested to hear your opinions so please email: beers@stpetersbrewery.co.uk to comment or give us some new thoughts and ideas.
We have also started a list of recipes featuring some of St. Peter's Beers which are below. If you would like to send in your recipe using St. Peter's Beers please email them to: beers@stpetersbrewery.co.uk Liz Curtis, who runs the successful ‘Lizzy B’ spices company (www.lizzy-b.co.uk) has provided this family favourite recipe for Steak & St Peter’s Old Style Porter Casserole. St Peter’s Beef and Porter Casserole (generous 4 – 6 servings) 2lb stewing steak, cubed 2 garlic cloves, crushed 1 red onion, chopped 1 bottle St Peter’s Old Style Porter Half pint good beef stock 1 Tablespoon brown sugar Good shake of Worcestershire sauce Ground black pepper/sea salt Method Cube meat and coat lightly in flour Seal in hot oil in batches and keep to one side Gently fry crushed garlic and finely chopped onion until soft Add beef back into pan Sprinkle in the sugar Splash in the Worcestershire Sauce Slowly pour in about half the St Peter’s ale, stir gently and bring to a simmer Stir in half the stock, keep simmering Season well Cover and transfer to a medium oven (150C) for an hour OR simmer on the hob, check frequently Stir in remainder of ale and stock Return to oven / hob for another hour Turn off oven and leave for another 30mins Serve with mash or French bread or pasta and green veg or salad Bon Appetit! Honey Porter Ice Cream ½ pint double cream 170gms brown sugar ½ pint Honey Porter Method Place sugar and Honey Porter into a suitable pan and warm until sugar dissolves Allow to cool, whip the double cream and then mix with the above Put into ice cream maker for 1½ hours / time indicated on your ice cream maker This makes approx 1 litre of ice cream This works equally well with other flavoursome St. Peter’s beers. St. Peter's Grapefruit Beer Granita 1 litre of Grapefruit Beer 400ml fresh lemon juice 600ml water 250g granulated sugar Method Heat the sugar & water in a pan & stir until the sugar has dissolved. Leave to cool, then add the beer & lemon juice. Divide between two one-litre plastic containers & freeze for around 3 hours, breaking up the mixture with a fork every 30 minutes or so. It will never freeze completely because of the alcohol content, & you want a granular texture. Serve in chilled cocktail glasses.
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