Gentleman’s relish

Would you like some gentleman’s relish on your roast beef? Gentleman’s relish and slow cooked beef

Would you like some gentleman’s relish on your roast beef? Gentleman’s relish and slow cooked beef

Two weeks ago I slowly cooked lamb and then last week I slowly cooked pork (ham hock). This week, I’m slowly cooking beef.

Earlier in the week, I was watching the “Sorted” program on YouTube, and the hosts were doing a chef versus chef sandwich challenge. One of the chefs made and used some gentleman’s relish. I’d never heard of gentleman’s relish before so I went to Google and discovered it’s an anchovy and butter paste. It sounded right up my alley.

Just the thought of the savoury buttery taste and consistency had my mouth watering. I thought it might taste really good on some beef along with some raw vegetables.

I did some searching online and discovered that apart from the anchovies and butter, gentleman’s relish also requires breadcrumbs. Given my desire to minimise my carbohydrate (CHO) intake, I thought about what I could use instead of breadcrumbs.

I’ll take any opportunity to exploit one of my favourite foods, viz., the Queensland nut (genus Macadamia).

As far as I know, this is an original Yummy Lummy recipe.

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