Beef cheek stew (serve with mash!). These slow cooked beef cheeks are so meltingly tender that you can eat them with a spoon. And the sauce is so flavourful you'll want to drink it out of a cup! Beef cheek stew (serve with mash!) Perfect for a chilly spring day.
Beef cheek stew (serve with mash!) Perfect for a chilly spring day. alex London. Beef - Hello, beef is in the name of the recipe. Carrots and Peas - Vegetables are important for health, flavor, and color. You can have Beef cheek stew (serve with mash!) using 15 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you cook it.
Ingredients of Beef cheek stew (serve with mash!)
- You need 1 tablespoon of tomato paste.
- It's 1 bottle of red wine.
- It's 700 g of beef cheek.
- It's 1 stick of celery.
- Prepare 2 of carrots.
- Prepare 2 punnets of chestnut mushrooms.
- It's 2 cloves of garlic.
- Prepare 2 of anchovies.
- It's 2 of bay leaves.
- Prepare Stick of thyme.
- You need of Plain flour.
- It's 2 of onions.
- It's 500 mL of chicken or beef stock.
- It's of Orange zest (quarter of an orange).
- Prepare of Potatoes.
We eat with our eyes first then our mouths. Onion and Garlic - This duo always brings out an "Mmmmm, what are you making? Remove beef and place into a plate. You can add other vegetables to this stew like yuca, green beans, and peas.
Beef cheek stew (serve with mash!) step by step
- Dust the cubed beef cheek with flour and Brown the meat in a frying pan.
- Put the meat to one side and add the chopped vegetables (carrot, onion, celery). While the veg softens finely slice the mushrooms..
- Add meat and stuff and veg to Stew pot. Meanwhile add mushrooms to frying pan and cook down. Add any liquid from the mushrooms to the stew pot for added flavour and to avoid steam mushrooms in their own juice..
- Add mushrooms to the stew pot. Deglaze pan with red wine, boil off the alcohol and add to the pot with stock, herbs, roughly cut garlic, seasoning, anchovies, orange zest and tomato paste..
- Cook on a low heat for three hours, tasting every hour. TIP: add in extra tomato-based and stock if a bitter taste emerges. Add small amount of vinegar if too sweet..
- Prepare mash 30 minutes before desired eating time.
Even plantains make a wonderful addition to this stew. I served this Beef Cheek Stew with white rice to soak-up the flavorful tomato sauce, but feel free to serve it over mashed potatoes, egg noodles or polenta. Like all stews, it can be made at least two days ahead and. If you are going to serve your stew with mashed potatoes or even a rice pilaf you may want to leave out the potatoes and instead add some turnip, parsnips and green beans. Next day beef stew is also amazing with some dumplings dropped on top and steaming in the gravy while the stew is warming up.