We were supposed to get Marmite for Aunt Em, but I thought we should expand her food variety a little. That's how I landed myself with a whole jar of Vegemite ...uhuh, Aunt Em didn't like it one bit. No doubt producers of Marmite would thrill over this news - Vegemite, not so mite-y after all.
| Vegemite |
Can't possibly donate this to someone else now, could I? It seemed like an impolite thing to do. It seemed like what a spoilt brat would do.
So, I did the only thing I could think of (because it was brown..is that even logical??). I got down to including it into any dish which uses soy sauce as a key flavour. Vegemite makes a great replacement. I can now testify to that after experimenting with a couple of dishes.
Here's one of my lip-smacking discovery:
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| Tender, tender |
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| You ARE messy. Clean the sides! |
Recipe? Roughly..
Ingredients:
- 3/4 thumb sized ginger (thinly sliced)
- 200g beef fillet (thinly sliced, otherwise cook longer until tender)
- 5 baby carrots (cut bite sized)
- 2 sprigs Spring onions (sliced into 1-inch pieces)
- 1 tsp cornflour (mix with a bit water in a bowl)
- 3/4 tsp Vegemite
- A weeee bit of dark soy sauce for colour
- A pinch of salt and pepper, to taste- A dash of Worcestershire sauce for zing
Todo:
- Heat wok with a bit of oil. Stir fry ginger.
- Add sliced beef and carrots.
- Stir, stir, stir, add pinch of salt and pepper. A dash of Worcestershire sauce here and there and finally a teaspoon of Vegemite and that weeee bit of dark soy sauce.
- Add water and let it simmer, covered, until meat is tender.
- Finally, pour in a bit of cornflour. Stir quickly.
- Switch off the heat. Throw in two sprigs of crunchy fresh spring onions (chopped into 1inch sizes). Stir and serve immediately.
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