Freddy Bird’s slow cooked Ox cheeks in Pedro Ximenez with mashed potato recipe

Freddy Bird served up slow cooked Ox cheeks in Pedro Ximenez sherry with mashed potato on Saturday Morning with James Martin.

The ingredients are: 2 ox cheeks, cut in half, 2 litres fresh chicken stock (ideally made with a pig’s trotter or two), 300ml Pedro Ximenez, 2 carrots, roughly diced, 1 stick celery, roughly diced, 1 large onion, roughly diced, 4 cloves chopped garlic, 1 sprig rosemary and Salt and pepper.

For the potatoes: 4lb potatoes, 125g butter and Salt and pepper.