Braised beef clay pot curry recipe from Thai in 7 cookbook - YOU Magazine Fashion Beauty Celebrity Health Life Relationships Horoscopes Food Interiors Travel Sign in Welcome!Log into your account Forgot your password? Password recovery Recover your password Search Sign in Welcome! Log into your account Forgot your password? Get help Password recovery Recover your password A password will be e-mailed to you. YOU Magazine Fashion Beauty Celebrity Health Life Relationships Horoscopes Food Interiors Travel Home Food Thai in 7 braised beef clay pot curry By You Magazine - July 5, 2020 Clay pots are perfect for cooking over a high heat. The food loses little to no moisture because it is surrounded by steam, creating a tender, flavourful dish. If you don’t have a clay pot for this beef clay pot curry recipe, you can use a roasting tray as below. Nassima Rothacker FEEDS 2 GLUTEN FREE 400g beef cheeks, excess fat removed, chopped into 3cm chunks 2 lemongrass stalks, bruised using a pestle and mortar 4 kaffir lime leaves, torn to release flavour 600ml-700ml coconut cream 1 heaped tbsp light soft brown sugar 20g Thai basil leaves 1. Coat the beef in 50ml of vegetable oil and 1 tablespoon of coarse sea salt, mixing well with your hands and ensuring that all the meat gets a good coating of oil and salt. 2. Light up a kettle barbecue (ie, one with a domed lid). For best results, lightly smoke the beef cheeks over wood. To do this, ignite some wood and allow it to burn until it begins to combust and turn black. Place the beef cheeks on the hot grill, above the wood, and flick a little water on to the wood to create smoke. Close the barbecue lid and smoke for 10 minutes. Open the barbecue lid, turn the cheeks over and then close again for a further 10 minutes. At this point, the beef should be a little charred on either side, smoky and ready to be slow-cooked, so remove it from the barbecue and set aside. If you don’t have a barbecue, this can be replicated in a large pan on the hob. 3. Preheat the oven to 140C/ 120C fan/gas 1. 4. Add the smoked beef cheeks, lemongrass, kaffir lime leaves, 2 long red chillies (bruised using a pestle and mortar), 1 head of garlic (sliced in half through the middle), the coconut cream, 4-5 teaspoons of fish sauce and the sugar to a large roasting tray, then tightly wrap the tray in foil. Place on the middle shelf in the oven and cook for 4-5 hours. 5. Remove the beef from the oven and check that it is really tender; you should be able to break up a piece of meat with a spoon. 6. Once the beef is ready, taste the broth. It should be delicately sweet from the coconut cream with a moreish saltiness from the fish sauce, so add a little more of either if you think it necessary, then stir in all the Thai basil. Serve the beef clay pot curry in bowls topped with Thai basil flowers, if you have some to hand, accompanied by steamed jasmine rice. Buy the book with 40 per cent off Our recipes are from Thai in 7 by Sebby Holmes, which is published by Hachette, price £17.99. To order a copy for £10.79 until 19 July go to whsmith.co.uk and enter the code YOUTHAI at the checkout. Book number: 9780857838346. For terms and conditions, see whsmith.co.uk/terms. RELATED ARTICLESMORE FROM AUTHOR Kids can eat for free at these restaurants during October half-term How to make the viral negroni sbagliato with prosecco at home 7 Halloween recipes with serious hex factor Popular in Food Gabriela Peacock 14-day plan Anytime baked eggs May 23, 2021 Joe Wicks’ maple-glazed chicken thighs with Asian slaw June 6, 2021 Mary Berry is returning to TV screens for a brand new June 15, 2021 Eleanor Maidment My summer taste notes July 4, 2021 Uyen Luu’ s sticky mustard marmalade ribs July 25, 2021 Annie Bell’ s white peach bellinis recipe August 8, 2021 M& S has launched a new crunchy Caramilk-inspired golden chocolate spread August 24, 2021 Deliciously preserved pickle and jam recipes September 19, 2021 Gordon Ramsay’ s bang bang cauliflower October 3, 2021 Wow right now Clodagh McKenna’ s speedy family dinners October 24, 2021 Popular CategoriesFood2704Life2496Fashion2240Beauty1738Celebrity1261Interiors684 Sign up for YOUMail Thanks for subscribing Please check your email to confirm (If you don't see the email, check the spam box) Fashion Beauty Celebrity Life Food Privacy & Cookies T&C Copyright 2022 - YOU Magazine. All Rights Reserved