Beef cheeks anyone ?
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Profpointy
Legendary Member
I've had 'em in (posh-ish) restaurants, usually sold as ox-cheeks, and they are delicious. Never bought them as a meat
cut per se
cut per se
I read that they used to be viewed as a cheap cut but that has changed a bit.
Hilldodger
Legendary Member
- Location
- sunny Leicester
£12.50 a kg at my local village butchers shop (they also have there own slaughter house out the back) so not that expensive by today's standards. Best to cook in a slow cooker for several hours, then it will be delicious!
Electric_Andy
Heavy Metal Fan
- Location
- Plymouth
That's exactly it. In early 2000s I used to buy pork cheeks in the mainstream supermarkets, and they were a lot cheaper than the equivalent weight of mince/stewing beef etc. But IIRC Jamie Oliver did a recipe using them, then they became popular and obviously tripled in price.
A little bit like tongue, they have a coarser texture and we used to slow cook them rather than quick fry.
Oh but to keep on topic, I've never seen beef cheeks in a restaurant or for sale in a shop
Homers Double
Senior Member
Beef and pigs cheeks are both delicious if cooked low and slow and you can't really ruin then unless you dry them out.
Pigs cheeks used to be approx £2 for two in a local supermarket but as people have cottoned onto how well they can be cooked the price has rocketed.
Pigs cheeks used to be approx £2 for two in a local supermarket but as people have cottoned onto how well they can be cooked the price has rocketed.
Nor have I.
The guy who told me about them also told me where the butcher is located......about 3 miles north of where I live.
