Don’t get me wrong ― I’m not against putting a novel twist on traditional recipes. For instance ... a little too close to ...

Add the carrot and continue cooking for another 10 minutes or so, turning the heat down to medium if you need. Add the mince, and a good pinch of salt and freshly cracked black pepper. Move the ...

For a more textured mince, and/or if you want to know exactly what has gone into it, choose a piece of beef and ask your butcher to mince it for you, or mince it yourself. For slow-cooked dishes ...

Vicki Cole, from Huddersfield, buys on average four 750g packs of mince per month for her batch cooking. "Minced beef is really versatile and reheats well so I make a lot of cottage pie ...

As with other types of mince, you generally get what you pay for. Cheap lamb mince can be very fatty; look for mince that has more red meat than white fat or ask your butcher to mince a piece for ...

is a popular Thai dish that's very easy to cook. It makes for a fantastic lunch, especially when topped with a fried egg and served over rice. This tastes best when made with minced chicken leg ...

Mince the ginger and spring onions ... refrigerate it for about an hour - this makes it easier to shape and cook. Heat oil to the depth of about 3mm (⅛ in) in a skillet set over a medium ...

Add the chopped onions, garlic and mushrooms. Cook over a high heat for 10 minutes, to get heat into the dish. Add the mince, break up well, and cook until it changes colour from red to fawny colour.

For me, the catch-all term “minced meat” often debased to just “mince”, does no justice to this popular cut — if we can call minced meat a cut. The Americans do it no better, calling it ...