Pulled Beef Chilli

During our visit to Cornucopia at the weekend I was in the mood to cook a chilli and saw a lovely looking piece of Beef Brisket from Snowden Hill and know exactly what recipe to cook!


INGREDIENTS

1.5kg beef brisket
1 large cinnamon stick
1 tbsp ground cumin
1 tbsp smoked paprika
1 heaped tbsp dried oregano
2 fresh bay leaves
2 red peppers
2 yellow peppers
2 x 400g tins chopped tomatoes
400ml beef stock
3–4 red chillies, 2 deseeded, sliced
2 red onions, finely sliced
Red wine vinegar


METHOD
1) Bash the cinnamon, cumin, paprika and oregano with a mortar and pestle then rub into the beef. Season well, drizzle over a little olive oil and brown the brisket over a high heat.

2) Place the bay leaves, peppers, tomatoes and stock in a large pan and bring to the boil.

3) Meanwhile, add the chilli and onion to the pan with the brisket, cook for 5 minutes, then transfer  to the pan with the tomatoes, cover, and leave to simmer for 4–4½ hours. Be careful towards the end of the cooking time as the sauce thickens it can catch at the bottom.

4) The beef should be tender enough to pull apart using two forks. Add a little vinegar to taste and adjust the seasoning.
5) Serve with soft bread to mop up all that lovely sauce.

Cornucopia

Cornucopia (in Latin also cornu copiae) or horn of plenty is a symbol of abundance and nourishment, commonly a large horn-shaped container overflowing with produce, flowers, nuts, other edibles.

And it certainly was!


I was lucky enough to be invited down to The Corn Exchange for the BIG breakfast on Sunday morning to meet the producers, before the event opens to the general public.

For the breakfast we sampled some of the produce that was on offer from the stallholders, which included:

Breakfast Brownies from The Yummy Yank
Oat and Nut Granola's from Yorkshire Dales Real Food
Brioche from Sunshine Bakery
Primos own Smoothies
Preserves from Lianne Marie Binks
Also some preserves from Pudsey Pickles
Buffalo Sausages from  Snowden Hill Water Buffalo
Preserves from The Chilli Jam Man
Nanaimo Bar from Fayre By Alley

I must admit it was great to see and even better to taste what the local producer are working so hard for. 

We spend a couple of hours there walking around chatting, sampling and even buying. The sausage rolls from Sunshine Bakery, well i couldn't resit. Some chutneys from Pudsey Pickles and a lovely bit of Beef Brisket from Snowden Hill. (See what I did with it here)

For a list of all the stallholders check out Cornucopia's website.

If you missed it shame on you, but it will be back in December (22nd -24th) keep an eye on their website as it could be even bigger and better.

A big thank you to Cornucopia and the event partners!