Jamie Cooks Italy
By Jamie Oliver
About the recipe
Beef cheeks, when cooked gently, are one of the most delicious parts of the whole animal. Inspired by Nonna Miriam and her obsession for slow-cooking and making tough, cheaper cuts of meat the hero, this is amazing served with mashed potato, crusty bread or oozy polenta, or even tossed with freshly cooked pasta.
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20g dried porcini mushrooms
5 beef cheeks, trimmed
olive oil
150g piece of higher-welfare smoked pancetta
½ a celery heart
2 red onions
2 carrots
5 cloves
8 cloves of garlic
½ a cinnamon stick
1 bunch of mixed fresh herbs (30g), such as sage, bay, rosemary, thyme, basil, parsley
500ml Barolo red wine
1 x 680g jar of passata
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