Braised whole beef shin with gremolata
- ⏱ 3 hours 5 minutes
- Medium
- Serves 1
- 👥 2-cook recipe
Whole beef shin is braised with vegetables, red wine, stock and orange juice, then finished with an olive gremolata.
Adapted from Great British Chefs.
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Braised whole beef ...
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COOK 1COOK 2
1Sear the beef
2Braise
Cook the garlic cloves for braise
3Plate and serve
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Braised whole beef ...
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COOK 2COOK 1
1Sear the beef
In a cast iron casserole dish, season the beef shin...
Remove the beef from the dish and set aside
2Braise
3Plate and serve
+ 7 more steps in the app
Ingredients
- 2 kg beef shin
- 1 fennel
- 2 carrots
- 1 onion
- 4 garlic cloves for braise
- thyme, to taste
- 8 anchovy fillets
- 1 orange for juice (juiced)
- 1 bottle red wine
- 500 ml beef stock
- 1 orange for zest (zested)
- 4 garlic cloves for gremolata
- 1/2 bunch flat-leaf parsley
- 1 handful black olives (pitted)
The full plan
Split between two cooks — each step says who's on it.
1. Sear the beef COOK 1
- In a cast iron casserole dish, season the beef shin with salt and pepper, heat some olive oil, and once hot, sear the beef until brown all over
- Remove the beef from the dish and set aside
2. Braise COOK 2
- Cook the garlic cloves for braise
3. Make the gremolata COOK 2
- In a mixing bowl, pick the parsley leaves from the stalks and finely chop them
- Using a microplane or fine grater, grate in the orange zest and garlic cloves, Finely chop the black olives, add them to the bowl and mix well
- Season with a little salt and pepper
4. Preheat the oven COOK 2
- Preheat the oven to 160°C/gas mark 3
5. Cook the vegetables COOK 1
- In the cast iron casserole dish, roughly chop the vegetables and add them with the anchovies and thyme, stirring briefly
🤝 Cook 2 hands the cast iron casserole dish to Cook 1.
6. Braise the beef COOK 1
- In the cast iron casserole dish, place the beef on top of the vegetables and cover with the wine, stock and orange juice
- Bring to the boil, cover with a lid and place in the oven for 2.5 hours
7. Plate and serve BOTH
- Carve the shin and divide between plates
- Spoon over some cooking juices and sprinkle with the gremolata to finish
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