Ingredients
- For the Ox Cheeks:
- 4 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
- 4 Ox Cheeks
- 50g plain flour, seasoned with salt and freshly ground black pepper.
- 1 large onion, chopped
- 4 carrots, peeled and cubed
- 3 garlic cloves, smashed and peeled
- 30g tomato purée
- 100ml single malt whisky
- 3 springs rosemary
- 3 bay leaves
- 1l rich beef stock
- Sea salt flakes and freshly ground black pepper, to taste.
- Coriander leaves, roughly chopped, to serve.
- For the Yorkshire Puddings:
- Farmison & Co Yorkshire Pudding Batter
- Beef Dripping or Chicken Schmaltz
Introduction
Lia Teixeira cooks up a treat for Yorkshire Pudding Day 2022. Exploring the rich flavours from ox cheeks with fresh ingredients sourced locally.
Method
For the ox cheeks:
- Heat the oil in a large pan, over a high heat.
- Dust the Ox Cheeks evenly with the seasoned flour.
- Add the cheeks to the pan and brown them all over, until dark and golden.
- Remove the cheeks from the pan and set aside.
- Add the chopped onion, carrots and garlic to the same pan over a medium-low heat and sweat down until soft and lightly caramelised.
- Stir in the tomato purée and cook for 2 minutes.
- Deglaze the pan with the whisky, scraping the base of the pan to mix in all the caramelised bits.
- Return the meat to the pan.
- Stir in the rosemary, bay leaves and beef stock, then bring everything to the boil.
- Transfer the mixture to your slow cooker pan and cook on high for 4 hours, or until the meat is very tender but not falling apart.
- Remove the meat from the pan, cover with foil and keep it warm.
- Transfer the cooking liquid to a small pan, discarding the bay leaves and rosemary stalks, and reduce it over a high heat, until you have a "gravy" consistency.
- Taste for seasoning.
For the Yorkshire Puddings:
- Preheat oven to 200°C (fan-assisted)
- Add half a teaspoon of beef dripping into each tin
- When very hot, divide batter equally into each tin
- Cook for 25 minutes or until golden and risen
To serve:
Put one Yorkshire on each plate, top each one with one Ox Cheek, sprinkle with chopped coriander leaves, and serve alongside the "gravy/sauce".
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