Cooking with Beer

Award winning chef, Paul Mercurio brings together his two great passions, cooking and great beers, to produce this collection of more than 80 delicious and original dishes. The beer in these recipes is an essential component, not a gimmick. Used as an ingredient, beer adds all sorts of wonderful complexity to a dish. There are more than 80 beer styles in the world, each with its own flavors that will add something special to whatever you’re cooking – savory or sweet, simple or made for entertaining. Dive in and discover how good these dishes can be. Recipes in this book include:
 

• Barbecued pork ribs
• Crisp beer-battered shrimp
• Lamb shanks in Guinness
• Beer can chicken
• Upside-down rhubarb stout cake