Ingredients
- 4 Beef cheeks (trimmed)
- 2 tablespoon Plain flour
- 60 millilitre Olive oil
- 2 Brown onions (roughly chopped)
- 100 gram Streaky Bacon (diced)
- 4 clove Garlic (crushed)
- 750 millilitre Red wine
- 450 millilitre Beef stock
- 2 tablespoon Tomato paste
- 400 gram Small button mushrooms
- Salt and pepper (to season)
- 1 tablespoon Flat-leaf parsley leaves (chopped, to garnish)
- Mashed potato, crushed peas and roasted truss cherry tomatoes (to serve)
Instructions
- Pre-heat oven to 170◦.

- Sprinkle flour over beef cheeks to coat. Heat half the oil in a heavy based casserole dish, add cook for 3-4 minutes each side. Set aside.

- Reduce heat to medium, add remaining oil. Add onions and bacon. Cook, stirring for 5 minutes or until onion has softened. Add garlic, cook for 1 minute.

- Return beef cheeks and juices to pan. Add wine, bring to the boil. Add stock and tomato paste, bring back to the boil. Remove from heat and cover.

- Transfer casserole dish to the oven and braise for 3½ hours or until meat is tender.

- Add mushrooms. Cover and return to oven for a further 20 minutes, along with cherry tomatoes on a roasting tray. Season with salt and pepper and garnish with parsley.
- Serve with mashed potato, crushed peas and roasted cherry tomatoes.
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