Slow-cooked Beef Cheeks

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Beef cheeks, when cooked long and slow result in tender, juicy and flavoursome beef. When paired with silky smooth polenta, doused in a rich sauce spliced with a little orange for freshness, you have a dish made in heaven. Impress your guests this winter with a recipe that requires minimum fuss but delivers maximum impact.

Prep: 1 hour

Cook: 3 hours 30 mins

Serves 4-6

Low Fat

Excellent source of iron

Low Sodium

Ingredients

Beef

4 beef cheeks, trimmed of silver skin
3 tablespoons seasoned flour
2 stalks celery, strings removed and finely diced
1 carrot, very finely diced
1 onion, finely diced
3 cloves garlic, crushed
2 bay leaves
Pared rind of 1 orange
1 teaspoon ground cumin
½ teaspoon ground allspice
1 cup red wine
2 cups Campbell’s Real Stock - Beef

To serve

Polenta or mashed potato
Carrots (or your choice of veges)
Fresh parsley, chopped

Method

Beef

Preheat the oven to 160°C.

Add a dash of oil to a large casserole dish (one that is suitable for stovetop and oven) and place over a medium-high heat. Dust beef cheeks with seasoned flour, place in casserole dish and brown on both sides (do this in batches to avoid overcrowding the dish). Transfer to a plate as you go.

Lower the heat and add another dash of oil. Add the celery, carrot and onion and cook until soft. Add the garlic, bay leaves, orange rind, ground cumin and allspice and cook for a further one minute.

Return browned beef cheeks to the casserole dish, pour in the red wine and bring to the boil. Pour in the beef stock, bring up to the boil again then cover with a disc of baking paper and a tight fitting lid. Place in the oven and cook for 3-3 ½ hours or until the beef cheeks are almost falling apart. Stir beef cheeks halfway through cooking and check
seasoning as required.

To serve

Remove bay leaves and serve beef cheeks with polenta or mashed potato and carrots that have been cooked in a little water with a teaspoon of honey and butter. Garnish with a sprinkle of fresh parsley.

Slow cooker option

Preheat slow cooker for 20 minutes. Brown ingredients as per recipe and make the sauce, then transfer to preheated slow cooker and slow cook on low for 8 hours.

Suitable Cuts
Nutrition
Tips & Tricks

Nutrition Information Per Serving*

Serving size: 384g

Energy kJ (kcal)	1460 (348)
Protein (g)	48.7
Fat (g)	11.0
Saturated (g)	4.7
Carbohydrate (g)	5.3
Sugars (g)	2.0
Sodium (mg)	301
Iron (mg)	7.2
Zinc (mg)	10.2
Vitamin B12 (ug)	4.5
Vitamin D (ug)	0
Selenium (ug)	13.2

* Based on the ingredients for the beef cheek, not including polenta or carrots.

Order your beef cheeks in advance from your supermarket or butcher as they have become a very popular cut of meat.
Don’t be afraid to keep cooking beef cheeks at a low temperature. There is a significant difference between them being meltingly tender and not cooked quite enough.
This dish can be made the day before and reheated at a low heat in the oven for approximately an hour.
Dishes using beef provide a super source of iron and zinc, contributing to a stronger immunity system through the cooler months.