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Braised ox cheek, pickled walnuts, smoked anchovy, glazed carrots and mash
Photo: Gabriel Gurrola

Braised ox cheek, pickled walnuts, smoked anchovy, glazed carrots and mash

28 ingredients Serves 4 openrecipes

Just leave everything braising in the oven for deliciously tender ox cheeks and extra rich sauce to go with the creamy mash.

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Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)

1199
Calories
72g
Protein
67g
Fat
76g
Carbs
What these numbers assume — 20 portions →
Ingredient Portion assumed kcal
Beef 100g cooked 250
Anchovy 100g 210
Potato 1 medium (173g) baked 161
Milk 1 cup (244ml) whole 149
Olive Oil 1 tbsp (14g) 119
Butter 1 tbsp (14g) 102
Cream 1 tbsp (15ml) heavy 51
Onion 1 medium (110g) 44
Walnut 1 walnut half (4g) 26
Carrot 1 medium (61g) 25
Wine 2 tbsp cooking wine (30ml) 25
Lemon juice of 1 lemon (48ml) 12
Black Pepper 1 tsp ground (2.3g) 6
Celery 1 stalk (40g) 6
Garlic 1 clove (3g) 4
Thyme 1 tsp dried (1.4g) 4
Bay Leaf 1 leaf (0.6g) 2
Tarragon 1 tsp dried (0.5g) 2
Parsley 1 tbsp chopped fresh (3.8g) 1
Salt 1 tsp (6g) 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 ox cheeks, trimmed
  • and freshly ground saltblack pepper
  • 50ml/2fl oz vegetable oil
  • 100g/3½oz carrot
  • 100g/3½oz onion
  • 50g/1¾oz celery
  • 1 head of garlic
  • 375ml/13fl oz red wine
  • 150ml/5fl oz Madeira
  • 100g/3½oz passata
  • 1.5 litres/2½ pints beef stock
  • 4 sprigs thyme
  • 4 bay leaves
  • 15g/½oz dried ceps
  • 4 juniper berries
  • 4 smoked anchovy fillets
  • 3-4 pickled walnuts
  • 2 tbsp chopped flatleaf parsley
  • 300g/11oz Chantenay carrots
  • 75g/2½oz butter
  • salt
  • 100g/3½oz carrot
  • 1 sprig tarragon
  • squeeze of lemon juice
  • 1kg/2lb 4oz Maris Piper or Yukon Gold potatoes
  • 150ml/5fl oz hot milk
  • 150ml/5fl oz hot cream
  • 250g/9oz butter

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By bbcfood · Recipe sourced from openrecipes

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