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Les Croucher’s Slow Cooked Beef Cheeks

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July  5, 2016
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Les Croucher’s Slow Cooked Beef Cheeks
Photo by Annabelle Chapple
  • Serves 4
Author Notes

This is a fabulous winter warmer! And the big game-changer in the recipe? The silky mushrooms. Thanks to Les Croucher from Rayners Meats in New Farm, Brisbane. I interviewed him for the New Farm Village News. —AC

What You'll Need
Ingredients
  • 1 tablespoon olive oil
  • 1.7 ounces plain flour
  • 2.2 pounds beef cheeks
  • 1 cup red wine
  • 7 ounces fresh shiitake mushrooms, diced
  • 14 ounces (1 can) whole canned tomatoes
  • 1 handful fresh thyme leaves
  • 1 clove garlic, diced
  • 1 handful flat leaf parsley, to garnish
Directions
  1. Heat the olive oil in a large frying pan over a medium-high heat. Dust the beef cheeks with flour, then place in pan, searing on both sides. Remove when lightly browned
  2. Add the wine to the frying pan to deglaze, then add mushrooms, tomatoes, garlic and thyme and cook until mixture is simmering.
  3. Place the beef cheeks in the slow cooker, pour the mushroom mixture over the meat and cook on the lowest setting for 6-8 hours.
  4. Before serving sprinkle with parsley. Pairs well with mashed potatoes or cooked polenta.
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1 Review

Jennifer S.
Jennifer S. December 13, 2017
Quite tasty, although the sauce is runny, as is often the case in the crock pot. I served it over gnocchi.