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Braised beef cheeks with beer and mash
Photo: Lily Banse

Braised beef cheeks with beer and mash

16 ingredients 30 min Serves 4 openrecipes

Cook this flavourful cut of meat low and slow and you'll be rewarded with the most tender meat imaginable.

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Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)

956
Calories
41g
Protein
49g
Fat
85g
Carbs

Counts 12 of 13 ingredients — the other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and contribute nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume — 12 portions →
Ingredient Portion assumed kcal
Beef 100g cooked 250
Potato 1 medium (173g) baked 161
Milk 1 cup (244ml) whole 149
Olive Oil 1 tbsp (14g) 119
Butter 1 tbsp (14g) 102
Sugar 1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated 49
Onion 1 medium (110g) 44
Beer 1/4 cup (60ml) for cooking 43
Carrot 1 medium (61g) 25
Black Pepper 1 tsp ground (2.3g) 6
Garlic 1 clove (3g) 4
Thyme 1 tsp dried (1.4g) 4
Star Anise not in our table 0

Totals for the whole recipe, adding one typical portion per ingredient — listed above. Quantities in the recipe are not counted, so this is a rough guide only — not suitable for medical or dietary planning.

Ingredients

  • 4 large beef
  • 2 onions
  • 5 carrots
  • 1 bulb of garlic
  • 3 sprigs thyme
  • 2 x 500ml/18fl oz bottle porter beer
  • and freshly ground sea saltblack pepper
  • 2 tbsp olive oil
  • 150g/5½ oz butter
  • 750ml/1¼ pint beef stock
  • 5 star anise
  • 50g/1¾oz caster sugar
  • 1kg/2lb 4oz floury potatoes
  • 150g/5½oz butter
  • 150ml/5fl oz full-fat milk
  • and freshly ground saltblack pepper

Directions

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By bbcfood · Recipe sourced from openrecipes

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