Beer and Mustard Sauce for Pork or Lamb

Great with Italian polenta

A great sauce for pork or lamb without getting fancy. All you need is beer and Dijon mustard for the basic sauce. You can fancied it up in many ways, adding shallot, garlic or cream. You can add mushrooms as well.

Cook your chop, steak or tenderloin the usual way. While this is cooking, mix a cup of beer with one or two teaspoons of Dijon mustard and grounded black pepper, coarse is better. Lower the heat and pour the sauce in the frying pan with the meat. Partially cover and simmer to reduce the sauce. If you want to add cream, do it after removing the meat and only stir the sauce on the burner just long enough to blend the cream and get it to thicken just a little. Immediately pour the sauce over the meat in the serving plates.

Pasta Meat Sauce

Fresh and tasty!

Get creative and make it your own style! There is no rule for a great tasting pasta sauce. Each sauce recipe is someone's character, so make it your own, write it down and tune it up to your taste over time. You can make it with beef, pork, lamb, chicken or mix and match your left-over. I think the best flavor comes from scraping the bones of beef ribs or cutting up left-over steaks. Chicken will be weak, so you may want to compensate with either more herbs or make it spicy with chili.