Beef Lok Lak (Cambodian Recipe)

I ate lots of Lok Lak on a recent holiday to Cambodia. It’s similar to Vietnamese Shaking Beef although the Cambodians don’t like to admit that. In Cambodia it might come with chips (fries) and a fried egg or rice-I liked the rice option. You eat it by wrapping portions of the meat and salad ingredients in a lettuce leaf, then dipping that in the dipping sauce (the best part of it I reckon). Sometimes the meat is sliced, sometimes it’s cubed-I prefer slices. Semi ripe tomatoes are preferred to ripe ones, but use what you have!

Cornish Beef Pasties

Another recipe adapted from my favorite cookbook – The Creative Cooking Course by C. Turgeon. I hadn’t made this in about 10 years before making it for friends recently. This is not only good hot, right out of the oven, but also cold the next day. I’ll admit that my prep time is approximate as I didn’t stop to watch the clock when I made it and does not include the time the dough is in the refrigerator. It takes a little work to prepare, but it’s certainly well worth it.

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