A Simple Shin Of Beef With Potatoes And Butter

[dieseldick]

mum brought us up on shin of beef every sunday with floury potatoes and butter, lovely !!

ive recently cooked shin and added all kinds of stuff to make it nice but it just doesnt taste the same.

what way should i cook it ? salt /pepper and a little bit of beef stock , only ?

[EDDIE51]

Very long slow cooking with carrots and onions. Needs 4 or 5 hours on slow. Great in a slow cooker. Needs to be tightly covered with double layer of foil if you are cooking it in a conventional oven. Do not add water it cooks in it's own juice. You can add beef stock to the cooking juices to make the gravy.

[LyndaB]

I put a bit of plain flour in a plastic bag with a few dried herbs, salt and pepper. Cut the beef into pieces whatever size you like, then add them to the bag and toss them about till they are well coated. Fry the flour coated pieces in hot oil till they are brown all over - this adds flavour and will thicken the gravy. Put the meat into a casserole dish with onions, carrots, and whatever else you fancy. Pour some beef stock into the pan you fried the meat and stir it well to get all the bits of meat that might be stuck onto the pan, (a bit of red wine is good too) then add the stock to the casserole. Cover it with a double layer of foil then a close fitting lid. Cook at a very very low temperature for at least 3-4 hours and the meat will be lovely and tender, the gravy will be thick and tasty and your house will smell divine! And - if you have time, let it cool down, put it in the fridge and reheat it the following day because it will taste even better then.

[grannie39]

If you follow LyndaB 's method you will not go far wrong, that is the way I always do it, and it's lovely,I don't always put wine in though and its just as nice.

[Tilly2]

Having the oven on for that long would heat up my kitchen, considering the weather. That's why I would use the slow cooker.

[sandyRoe]

That sounds tasty and easy to do, so I might have a try at it. How much shin would be needed for 4 portions?

[LyndaB]

Depending on how many veg you use, I'd say 1lb to 1.5 lbs of meat for four people. If you add loads and loads of veg you can get away with less

[Tilly2]

With lots of vegetables, 800gm.