Beef feather blade with pumpkin and cavolo nero

Ingredients

2kg beef feather blade
750ml red wine
2 litres Essential Cuisine premier beef stock
Mixed vegetables (celery, carrot, onion diced)
3 cloves garlic
Sprig of thyme
Black pepper
2 star anise

Method

Seal the beef in dripping or hot oil then colour the vegetables before adding to a casserole dish.

Add the red wine, stock, thyme, garlic and pepper.

Bring to the boil then place in the oven with a tightly fitting lid, cook at 120 degrees for 4 hours until very tender.

Ingredients

1/4 pumpkin chopped
Truffle oil
Double cream

Method

Coat the pumpkin in olive oil, then roast the pumpkin until very soft.

Blitz in a food processor adding a little double cream and truffle oil.

Season to taste. 

Ingredients

300ml white wine
300ml Essential Chicken stock glace
Cabbage

Method

Cook the cavolo nero in the white wine and stock.

Reduce the stock and wine until it begins to coat the cabbage.

Assembly

Separate the beef from the liquid and remove the star anise. Put the liquid and vegetables in a blender and puree until smooth.

Place a slice of the the beef on the pumpkin then pour the sauce around.

Top with the cavolo nero.