While watching Heston Blumenthal's tv programme about Little Chef, I remembered seeing him make a steak and kidney pie and he used Ox Cheek which they were drooling over. I was shopping in Waitrose the other week and saw ox cheek on the butchery counter, very reasonably priced. The lady serving was extremely helpful and had a file of recipes from the Internet, it gave me the inspiration to buy some and try it. I realised that the recipe sheet was quite involved, so had a surf for other recipes. This recipe is the one I picked, it is free to register to get the full details and well worth it from chefspencil.com.
You do need a sharp knife to cut through the ox cheek, but never fear with the long slow cooking, the finished ox cheek melts in the mouth. It was so scrummy I took some over to my parents, who were equally impressed. The taste really lingers, it's suitable for a dinner party.
If you love braised steak, you will adore this, it's much better, more succulent and the best meat for braising slowly.
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