Lump of rump

MEATER made rump roast with Hollandaise sauce and vegetables

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MEATER made rump roast of red meat goodness on a windy and cold winter evening in Canberra made decadent with homemade spicy Hollandaise sauce and made “healthful” with kale sprouts, cauliflower, and mushrooms. You’ll find out why the word healthful is in quotation marks as you read the recipe and how I cooked these elements of the dish.

Dedicated to a good colonoscopy result and my specialist consultant physician gastroenterologist.

Hopefully all my future colonoscopies return NAD results

MEATER made rump roast

On Thursday I had a colonoscopy and was relieved when my gastroenterologist smiled and said, no abnormality detected (NAD).

Warning! The recipe and Q&A sections are distinctly a Yummy Lummy effort with the sort of colourful language you’ve come to expect on this blog.

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Yummy Lummy Reconciliation Day Lump of Bovine Rump

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Yummy Lummy Reconciliation Day Lump of Bovine Rump

It’s Monday, 28 May 2018, and in the Australian Capital Territory (ACT) it’s Reconciliation Day.

I did contemplate cooking kangaroo today but I’ve eaten kangaroo recently and it’s not a meat I really savour. I much prefer the bovine flesh. I had also contemplated a sous vide cook but after returning from my weekend in Brisbane when I went grocery shopping on Sunday evening I spotted a nice lump of bovine rump. My mind went straight to a relatively low and slow roast beef meal. It would mean I would have leftover beef for lunches. For the last few months I’ve been eating chicken thighs most days so the thought of tender beef cold cuts really got my attention.

The next question was what to serve with my lump of bovine rump. I wanted something colourful so I got some sweet potato and Brussels sprouts which I thought I’d cook with the beef. That said, I knew the colour would be lost after a few hours in the oven.

This is a Yummy Lummy original recipe.

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