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Braised Ox Cheek #2

Braised Ox Cheek #2 recipe, eat well on universal credit

Just once in a while our supermarket within walking distance have Ox Cheek. We’ve done a similar recipe before, but it was certainly worth a repeat! ( http://www.eatwellonuc.org.uk/index.php/recipes/436-braised-ox-cheeks )

At just over £4 we had more than enough for the two of us and some meat left over for the Foxes tonight.

Ingredients:-

1 Ox Cheek, cut into equal halves
1 Onion, diced
3 Cloves of Garlic, minced
2 Tbsp of Tomato Puree
3 Bay Leaves
120ml of Red Wine
400 Ml of Beef Stock
100g of Mushrooms, quartered
2 Tbsp of Plain Flour (Gluten free for us)
100g of Smoked Bacon Lardons
2 Tbsp of Olive based Margarine
1 Tbsp of Oil
Salt & Pepper to season

Method:-

(1) Season the Flour with Salt & Pepper.
(2) Coat the meat in the seasoned Flour.
(3) Heat the Margarine and Oil over a medium heat in a Dutch Oven, adding the Ox Cheeks to brown all over.
(4) Remove and set aside.
(5) Add the Lardons, Onions, Bay Leaves and cook until the Onions softens.
(6) Stir in the Tomato Puree, Garlic, Wine, Beef Stock and allow to simmer for a minute or so.
(7) Return the Ox Cheek and cover with the lid.
(8) Place in a pre-heated oven at 160c for up to 4hours, until the meat is very tender.
(9) half way through cooking stir in the Mushrooms.
(10) Before serving remember to remove the Bay Leaves.

We served ours over Mashed Potatoes with Chopped Spring Onions stirred in, Baby Sweetcorn, Peas and Chives as a garnish. The whole dish is very Rich, hearty and filling.

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Pastrogi & Special Fried Rice

 

What do the get if you create a fusion between a classic Polish dish, a classic Cornish dish and a classic Anglicised Chinese dish? Pastrogi with special fried rice obviously! For those don’t have the same sort of mental health issues as us that is a crossed between a Pasty and a Pierogi!

As far as we know this is a first – An invention – An innovation – A monstrosity…. Take you pick!

We didn’t really weigh the ingredients as such. For the pastry you are looking for a workably sticky dough consistency, add a little extra Gram flour if the dough feels too wet or a little extra milk if it feels too dry.

It’s also a while since we did an “Ingredients Alphabet” recipe. So this is “D” for Dill.

Ingredients for the filling:-

Pork mince
Soy Sauce
Salt & Pepper
Dried Dill
Chilli flakes
Garlic Salt
Onion Salt

Ingredients for the pastry:-

1 Egg
Milk
Plain (Gluten free in our case) flour (¾ of the flour content)
Gram flour (¼ of the flour content)
Salt & Pepper
½ tsp Xanthum Gum
1 tsp Dried Dill

Method:-

(1) Mix the filling ingredients and set aside.
(2) Mix the pastry ingredients and adjust the consistency so that you have a workable dough.
(3) Roll the pastry on a floured surface and cut out circles about 6cm across.
(4) add filling to each Pastrogi close to form a mini Pasty shaped parcel and use a little Milk to seal the join.
(5) Shallow fry to brown all sides.
(6) Place in a preheated oven at 180C for 20 minutes.

We had a DIY special fried Rice with ours. But the Pastrogi would work equally well cold for a pack-up or cold tea.

 

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