How To Make Ox Cheek Cooked In Stout With Parsnip Mash

Name: How To Make Ox Cheek Cooked In Stout With Parsnip Mash
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 4 h
Total time: 4 h 30 min
Yield: 4
Ingredients: 1 x kg ox cheek; 6 x shallots split in half; 2 x sticks celery cut into batons; 3 x carrots cut in half lengthways; 1 head garlic split in half; Sprig of thyme; 2 bay leaves; 20 ml beef dripping or rapeseed oil; 1 bottle Stout or Porter; 100ml Ruby port (optional); 500 ml beef stock; 1 tbls. English mustard; Few drops Worcester sauce; Salt & cracked black pepper to taste; 1 x tbls tomato puree; 1 x tbsp. cornflour mixed with a little cold water

30 mins
4 hours
medium
4

Recipe by

Jeff Baker

Ingredients

1 x kg ox cheek
6 x shallots split in half
2 x sticks celery cut into batons
3 x carrots cut in half lengthways
1 head garlic split in half
Sprig of thyme
2 bay leaves
20 ml beef dripping or rapeseed oil
1 bottle Stout or Porter
100ml Ruby port (optional)
500 ml beef stock
1 tbls. English mustard
Few drops Worcester sauce
Salt & cracked black pepper to taste
1 x tbls tomato puree
1 x tbsp. cornflour mixed with a little cold water

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Method

ox cheek in stout with parsnip mash recipe ingredients

Preheat oven 140°c fan assisted or 160°c without a fan (gas 3) or set the slow cooker.
Take a large, heavy-based frying pan, and add a little oil & fry the ox cheek on all sides then transfer to a casserole dish or slow cooker.
Next fry the vegetables in the same pan until lightly browned then add the Stout & Port if using, reduce by two thirds then add the herbs, mustard, Worcester sauce, puree & beef stock then reduce a little. Thicken with a tablespoon of cornflour mixed with a little cold water stirred into the boiling broth.
Pour the sauce over the ox cheek and vegetables then cover with a tight-fitting lid & place in the oven and cook for 3½ hours or until the meat is tender when pierced with a skewer.
When cooked pass off the sauce through a fine sieve into a clean saucepan & reduce to a glossy finish then pour back over the meat ready to serve discarding the vegetables & spices.