Cooking with Beer: Use lagers

75 delicious recipes using beer as a key ingredient.

75 delicious recipes using beer as a key ingredient.

A beer with your food is a great thing. But what about beer in your food? It's an even better thing! The next step for any beer lover is to try using beer as an ingredient, and that's where COOKING WITH BEER comes in. Self-confessed beer geek Mark Dredge has combined two of his passions—great brews and delicious food—to come up with over 65 awesome recipes using beer as a key component.

Every occasion is covered, from lazy hangover brunches featuring a beer-cured bacon sandwich and Hefeweizen French toast to tasty main meals like Tripel Pulled Pork and desserts including a must-try Carrot Cake made with a Double IPA. If you really want to go to town, the Ultimate section has meal ideas where every element involves beer in some way—beer pizza anyone? And of course there is a selection of beer snacks that you can enjoy with a well-earned pint in your hand.

Mark Dredge is an award-winning beer, food, and travel writer from London, England. In 2011, 2013, and 2014, he was awarded Beer and Food Writer of the Year from the British Guild of Beer Writers for the work on his blog Pencil and Spoon and then his first two books, CRAFT BEER WORLD and BEER AND FOOD, which also won an award from the North American Guild of Beer Writers. His writing has featured in leading publications across the globe and he's an international beer judge. His latest book, THE BEST BEER IN THE WORLD is published in October 2015. You can follow him on Twitter and Instagram: @MarkDredge.