WHAT'S FOR DINNER: Mediterranean beef, pie favourites, Pita Pit creations, Osso Bucco with Jack Crosti

This week on What’s For Dinner? we want to entice you with a Mediterranean beef recipe with gremolata, our favourite pies you should make at home, new beef and lamb creations on the Pita Pit menu and Osso Buco by Jack Crosti.

Comfort food with dried fruit and cinnamon

This Mediterranean-inspired recipe is sweet sophistication. Meltingly tender beef paired beautifully with the sweet flavours of dry fruit and cinnamon makes this dish irresistible. Serve with Israeli couscous, wilted spinach and steamed green vegetables.

Cooking tips: This recipe says to use the oven, but you can also make this dish in the slow cooker. See the 'Tips & Tricks' section below the recipe to learn more.

What is it about pies?

Just the very word, pie, conjures up images of steaming, tender, meaty filling and flaky, buttery pastry. We feel it's our duty to equip you with our favourite pie recipes to tempt you into trying one of these this weekend.

New beef and lamb creations at Pita Pit

Our Ambassador Chefs Jack Crosti and Tejas Nikam have teamed up with Lisa Carrington to bring you two new Pita Pit creations: Smoked Chipotle Steak & Harissa Spiced Lamb. These are available now at your local Pita Pit in-store & online for a limited time!

Osso Buco with Jack Crosti

Osso Buco means ‘hollowed bone’ which refers to the marrow-filled shin bone that the dish is made from. Traditionally, this Milanese recipe was made using veal. Veal Osso Buco is available at most butchers but if you can’t find it then using beef shin is also fine. Beef + Lamb Ambassador Chef Jack Crosti of Number 5 Restaurant created this dish for Nose-to-Tail Month. Here is the full recipe.