How To Make Ox Cheek Pie - Farmison & Co

Ingredients

• For The Beef:
• 1 x kg ox cheek
• 6 x shallots split in half
• 2 x sticks celery cut into batons
• 3 x carrots cut in half lengthways
• 1 head garlic split in half
• Sprig of thyme
• 2 bay leaves
• 20 ml rapeseed oil
• 1 bottle Stout or Porter
• 100ml Ruby port (optional)
• 500 ml beef stock
• 1 tbls. English mustard
• Few drops Worcester sauce
• Salt & cracked black pepper to taste
• 1 x tbls tomato puree
• 1 x tbsp. cornflour mixed with a little cold water
• For The Pie Lid:
• Ready-made puff pastry
• 1 x egg yolk