Beef with plum

1 large dried ancho chili* 1/2 dried New Mexico chili* 1 large plum tomato 1 cup water 4 tablespoons olive oil 6 garlic cloves, chopped 1 cup (or more)[...]

8 ounce penne 1 lb beef , tenderloin 1 x red pepper , charred, deseeded, and, skin removed 1 bn asparagus , blanched, and, grilled 1 lrg onion , grilled, and,[...]

1/2 cup oil or 1/2 cup lard 5 ounces bacon 3 medium Spanish onions 2 -3 tablespoons sweet Hungarian paprika 6 -8 cubanelle peppers 6 -8 plum tomatoes 10[...]

4 x Fillets steak, each weighting about 140g     Salt and freshly grnd black pepper 3 Tbsp. Vegetable oil 4 lrg Flat mushrooms 20 gm Unsalted butter 4 Tbsp.[...]

3 Tbsp. Oil rendered from suet (or possibly bacon drippings) 3 lb Grnd beef , the leanest, chili grind 2 lb Round steak, extra lean (or possibly flank steak),[...]