Category: Lamb

The taste and texture of lamb is sensational whether you serve it as an elegant Sunday lunch or sizzled gently on the barbecue. We can offer leg of lamb, lamb steaks, and minted lamb steaks.

Our delivery area includes Hertfordshire, Cambridgeshire, Essex, Suffolk, and London (North & East). We supply schools, colleges, hotels, restaurants, care homes, and other catering businesses. Furthermore, we provide a next-day home delivery service.

4 Good Reasons for Eating Beef – Apart from the obvious!

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good reasons for eating beef - steak with asparagus and potatoes

If you’re a beef lover, there’s a good chance that one of your good reasons for eating it is the taste. Whether you enjoy a succulent fillet steak, a joint of roasted topside, or even some great value steak mince, beef is versatile, and delicious enough to cook simply with minimal fuss.

But there’s more to beef than just a great tasting meal. Beef and other red meats such as lamb or pork have some important health benefits.

Protein builds muscle and helps the body repair itself

Your body uses amino acids to build muscle and repair tissue, and the protein in red meat is a good source of this. Protein is also important for the prevention of illness as it aids the production of a variety of hormones and enzymes.

So, whether you’re a body builder and actively seeking to build muscle, or even if you just want to ensure that you’re giving your body the tools it needs to repair itself, eating beef is a good way of getting that protein.

Iron promotes red blood cell production and boosts immunity

Ingesting iron regularly will keep your body producing red blood cells, and keep you healthy. Although iron is available from a variety of sources, the body absorbs it particularly well when it comes from meat.

Your red blood cells undertake the important function of carrying oxygen to all parts of your body. A lack of red blood cells, otherwise known as anaemia, leaves you susceptible to a wide range of illnesses.

Zinc is necessary for physical development and a healthy metabolism

Since our bodies don’t store zinc, we have to ensure that we get a regular dose of it through our diet, and beef is good for this.

While zinc is important for the body’s development from infancy into adulthood, it also supports the immune system and metabolism.

B vitamins keep your body working properly

B vitamins promote various functions of the body. B12 is great for the nervous system, while B6 promotes a healthy immune system. B3 (niacin) gives the digestive system a helping hand, and B2 (riboflavin) promote healthy skin, hair, and nails, and also helps prevent certain eye conditions.

Enjoy as part of a balanced diet

Whatever your good reasons for eating beef, a healthy, balanced diet means getting other essential nutrients from fruit and vegetables too. So, whether you’re roasting a joint, sizzling a steak, or cooking up a storm at the barbecue, get a decent portion of tasty fresh vegetables on your plate along with the meat.

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How to barbecue meat to perfection

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Selection of meats and vegetables cooking on barbecue grill

Summer is the time to get out into the garden and enjoy a barbecue with family and friends. To help you make the most of this barbecue season, we’ve put together some tips on how to barbecue meat to perfection, and secure your position as the star of the grill.

Follow our barbecue guidelines for an al fresco dinner that won’t fail to impress.

Prepare and preheat your barbecue grill
If you didn’t clean the barbecue after you last used it, you should do so now. No one really wants a succulent fillet steak contaminated by old burnt bits of food.

An electric or gas barbecue will take around 10 or 20 minutes to get up to cooking temperature. On the other hand, if you’re using charcoal, allow about 45 minutes from ignition. You want the flames to have died down and the charcoal should be covered in an even layer of ash.

About 20 minutes before you’re ready to cook, remove the meat from the refrigerator. This will give it plenty of time to reach room temperature. You really want to avoid barbecuing meat straight from the fridge. If you’re using a marinade and haven’t already applied it, now is the time to do so.

Cook
It is advisable to brush meat with oil as this will help with cooking and will stop it from sticking to the grill. Use an oil with a high smoke point such as peanut oil or vegetable oil.

Lay the meat on the barbecue and cook gently until brown. You should only need to turn it once.

If possible, cover the barbecue during cooking. Food cooks more evenly this way and you will end up with a more authentic barbecue flavour and less possibility of flare-ups. In addition, it is a more efficient way of cooking larger items such as whole chickens and meat joints.

Be vigilant
Flames jumping up and licking at your steaks and burgers may look tantalising but it is best avoided. If anything looks in danger of burning, remove it from the grill or place it on a higher shelf.

Rest
Most meats, whether steaks, burgers, chicken, sausages and so on, benefit from a short resting period prior to being served. It gives the meat time to relax, making it juicier and more tender. So, having removed the meat from the barbecue, transfer to a plate and serve after ten minutes or so.

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