Beef Skirt

[hammerman]

Just went to Tesco and they had 500g of Beef skirt for £2.50 (on offer)

What shall i do with it ? Caserole in the slow cooker ? chuck it on the barbie ?

Suggestions welcome.

[wolf63]

Wear it?

Sorry !

[Vicasso]

I'd love a bit of skirt...............Sorry

[Mrs-Mop]

Beef skirt requires long, slow cooking. If you don't it will be incredibly tough. Stewing, braising or cooking in a slow cooker is ideal. It needs at least 3 hours at 150 degrees or gas mark 2 or 3. You can consider beef bourgignon, beef casserole, pasties can be made but I would cook the meat first. You can also make steak pie, steak and mushroom pie or steak and ale pie using this cut of meat. Happy cooking.

[zebo]

I'm off down to Tesco! A long time in a slow cooker, it's almost impossible to over cook it, I find some beef goes stringy if it's cooked for too long, not skirt.

[corylus]

This is the animals' diaphragm, a huge muscle that needs slow cooking but is extremely tasty and tender after this, stews casseroles are ideal for skirt, good flavour as well.

[Sycamore3House]

Skirt is known as pasty steak where I come from. And you can't get a better pasty than homemade.

[237SJ]

It used to be a really cheap cut because it`s so tough but has become fashionable and is known as Onglet in posh (read pretentious) restaurants.

[gingejbee]

If you chuck it on the barbie...you can then chuck it in the bin, or sole your shoes with it.

[sunny-dave]

Cooking beef skirt is easy - simply place a stainless steel knife in the pot with the meat.

When the knife is tender, the skirt will be cooked (although add another 45 minutes to be certain).

[tamborine]

Casserole in oven till tender, or in pressure cooker for 20mins. Ideal mixed with kidneys for steak & kidney pud. Apply puff pastry over for 30mins baking.

[hammerman]

Thank you, will put slow cooker on low in a minute and cook for 10 hours

[hammerman]

Right, 8.30am and it's on, intend to eat at 7pm. Currently it's cooking in stock but will add to that later. Will also put whole shallots, mushrooms, peppers and baby carrots in with it and serve with dumplings and maybe rice or new potatoes.

[1ozzy]

Slow cooking is the only way to cook beef skirt Hammerman.
Can I come to dinner?
Haven't had dumplings in years.

[Samuraisan]

How was it Hammerman ?

[hammerman]

It was absolutely delish. Added some small new potatoes to the slow cooker and a tin of baked beans (don't knock it until you've tried it).

Very tasty beef....and guess what i've got for dinner today :-)

[gollob]

Most of the answers on here are rubbish . There are two types of skirt mainly rump skirt and goose skirt. The rump skirt is cut off the fillet part of the rump and can be used for B B Q or slowly grilled. The goose skirt is indeed best for casseroling and is ideal for Cornish Pasties or Beef Pies. Both skirts contain nearly no fat at all