EVERYONE KNOWS THAT GROUND BEEF MAKES A PERFECT CHRISTMAS PRESENT FOR ANYONE ON YOUR LIST!
We have 1 lb packages of ground ready to go at $6.50 per lb.
Get them while supplies last! Contact us to place an order:
https://rockyhillfarmbeef.com/contact-us/
Get ready for the Holidays, it’s time for beef and beer happy hour! Plan to pick up your beef and share a drink at Rocky Hill Farm and Beef Friday, November 18th, 5-7:30 pm.
Beef is currently aging and being prepared to your specification at the butcher and will be picked up from the butchers just hours before the beef and beer happy hour. If you can’t make it, reach out to us and we can make other arrangements!
You will receive your individual hanging weights and invoices in a separate e-mail so you can bring your check with you when we meet at the farm.
Didn’t order beef? That’s ok! Come out for the happy hour and meet the Rocky Hill Farm and Beef team and tour the farm. Want to be alerted for the next order in Spring 2017? Email us and ask to be added to our alert list.
Rocky Hill Farm- 897 Roberts Lane, Earlysville, VA 22963
Frank: 434-531-5094, Mark: 602-524-2716
Please note GPS often takes you down a farm road that isn’t friendly- better to follow these directions: From Earlysville, bear Left onto Buck Mountain Road, go roughly two miles, Right onto Robert’s Lane (at Chestnut Ridge Subdivision)- farm at the end of Robert’s Lane- drive back to the shop!
Cut: Ground Beef from Rocky Hill Farm & Beef
Yield: Serves 6
Our favorite meatballs can be dished up just about any way you like. This time we served them over spinach linguine with some local tomato sauce.
Cook onions in extra-virgin olive oil in a 12-inch heavy skillet over medium heat, stirring occasionally, until softened, about 10 minutes. Add garlic and cook, stirring occasionally, until softened, about 3 minutes. Transfer to a large bowl to cool.
Stir together cooled onion mixture, bread crumbs/panko, eggs, parmesan, parsley, oregano, lemon zest, salt, and pepper until combined.
Add meat to bread mixture, gently mixing with your hands until just combined (do not overmix).
Form meat mixture into about (1 1/2-inch balls with dampened hands, arranging meatballs on a large baking sheet.
Heat olive oil ¼ cup olive oil in a 12-inch heavy non-stick skillet over medium-high heat until hot but not smoking, then brown meatballs in 4 or 5 batches, turning frequently, about 5 minutes per batch. Return to baking sheets while you cook the remaining meatballs as to not overcrowd. Add more olive oil as needed while cooking the remaining batches.
Add all meatballs back to the pan* and add your favorite local tomato sauce and gently simmer, covered, stirring occasionally, until cooked through, 20 to 30 minutes.
Serve over your favorite pasta!
*I recommend leaving all of the juices from the cooking process in the pan. It adds flavor and you will find there is not a lot of it as grass fed beef is lean!
People who advocate eating less beef often argue that producing it hurts the environment. Cattle, we are told, have an outsize ecological footprint: They guzzle water, trample plants and soils, and consume precious grains that should be nourishing hungry humans. Lately, critics have blamed bovine burps, flatulence and even breath for climate change…. It isn’t just that the alarm over the environmental effects of beef are overstated. It’s that raising beef cattle, especially on grass, is an environmental gain for the planet. READ MORE
OK, Team Beef, we are processing beef on January 27th!
Let us know if you are ready for some delicious, healthy grass fed beef – we would love to fill your freezer for the winter.
Hope everyone has a wonderful 2014!
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