Nigel Barden braised beef cheeks pie with smoked mash potato recipe on Radio 2 Drivetime

Nigel Barden served up braised beef cheeks pie with smoked mash potato on Radio 2 Drivetime with Simon Mayo.

The ingredients are: 700g beef cheek trimmed & diced (ask your butcher), Splash rapeseed oil, 5 cloves of garlic, roughly chopped, 1 medium onion, diced 1cm, 1 medium carrot, diced 1cm, 1 bay leaf, 5 strands thyme, 1 tbsp tomato puree, 2.2L rich beef stock, 180g pearl onions (or small shallots, or shallots cut into quarters), 200ml red wine, lemon juice, salt and pepper.

For Topping: 800g Navan potatoes, 140g smoked butter, 100g smoked double cream, salt and pepper.