Beef Cheeks in Red Wine Casserole

Beef Cheeks in Red Wine Casserole is a dish of slowly cooked beef cheeks in red wine, celery, carrots and onions until its fork tender.

Another simple recipe for today, all you need is basically set and forget, the only problem is that it will smell really good in your kitchen you might get impatient. Beef Cheeks in Red Wine Casserole is our recipe for today, basically it’s a simple seared beef cheeks cooked with vegetables like celery, carrots, onions and garlic on a whole bottle of red wine and beef stock braised for 3 to 4 hours in a Dutch oven until it is fork tender. Beef cheeks is a really nice cut of beef to be used in this dish, it’s so flavourful and it absorbs all of that wine goodness, a nice dish to serve with mashed potatoes or even rice.

Beef Cheeks in Red Wine Casserole

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• Author: Raymund
• Prep Time: 15 mins
• Cook Time: 5 hours
• Total Time: 5 hours 15 mins
• Yield: 5-6 1x
• Category: Main Course
• Cuisine: Free Style

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Description

Beef Cheeks in Red Wine Casserole is a dish of slowly cooked beef cheeks in red wine, celery, carrots and onions until its fork tender.

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Ingredients

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• 1 1/2 kg beef cheeks
• 1 bottle (750 ml) red wine
• 1 cups beef stock
• 2 tbsp cup tomato paste
• 1 large carrot, cubed
• 2 stalks celery, chopped
• 1 large red onion, chopped
• 6 cloves garlic, minced
• 6 sprigs fresh thyme
• 3 sprigs fresh rosemary
• salt
• freshly ground black pepper
• olive oil

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Instructions

1. Generously season beef cheeks with salt and freshly ground black pepper.
2. Place a Dutch oven on stove top, add oil then once it’s very hot place the seasoned beef cheeks and sear each side until brown.
3. Push the beef cheeks on the side then sauté onions and garlic.
4. Add carrots and celery the continue to sauté vegetables
5. Pour in the wine and beef stock then add the thyme, rosemary and tomato paste. Cover then bring it to a boil then turn the heat off.
6. Place into the 160C preheated oven then cook for 1 hour.
7. Turn the beef cheeks to its other side then reduce heat to 135C then braise for 3 to 3½ hours or until meat is really tender. On each hour while you are braising turn the beef cheeks to the other side to ensure cooking and flavours are well distributed, also check the liquid levels adding water if needed or it starts to dry out.
8. Remove it from the oven, place the beef cheeks on a separate container.
9. Place the Dutch oven on a stove top, remove the herb sprigs then reduce the sauce to a thick consistency, using a hand blender, blend to make gravy. Season with salt and pepper if needed.
10. Return the lamb leg to the Dutch oven, spoon some sauce over the top then serve.

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