Beef

Beef might be an excellent choice for a roast, but there's so much more to this versatile meat. Check out our best-ever beef recipes, including stews, curries and pies

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Ragù bolognese

Milk, offal and a zippy white wine – find out how these ingredients make a lip-smacking bolognese, and with no spaghetti in sightDouble up and keep this waiting for you in the freezer, it’s the ideal defrost dinner.

Recipe by Nadine Brown

5 hrs 40 mins, plus optional resting

Serves: 8

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Beef brisket and black bean chilli

Slow-cooked until pull-apart tender, beef brisket makes a great alternative to mince in this beer-braised chilli

Recipe by Abigail Spooner

4 hr 45 mins, plus resting

Serves: 8

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Campfire chilli

Made with meltingly tender brisket instead of mince, this rich, smoky beef chilli is perfect bowl food for Bonfire Night or cold winter evenings

Recipe by Sarah Akhurst

3 hrs 50 mins

Serves: 8-10

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Texan-style barbecue beef brisket and succotash

This meltingly tender spiced brisket is slow cooked in the oven first for ultimate ease, then flashed on the barbecue to add that distinctive char and smoky quality that only cooking over coals can deliver. Serve with succotash, a traditional Southern side made with sweetcorn, broad beans, herbs and crispy bacon

Recipe by Sarah Akhurst

4 hrs 50 mins

Serves: 6-8

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Oxtail stew

This stew – often considered the national dish of Jamaica – is a must-try if you love meltingly tender meat packed with the classic seasonings of the Caribbean. Serve with white rice, or Jamaican-style rice and peas

Recipe by Nadine Brown

3 hrs 15 mins, plus marinating and cooling

Serves: 6-8

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Slow-cooked caraway beef and beetroot stew

A rich, east European-inspired stew made with meltingly tender beef brisket and beetroot. Delicious served on a bed of wholegrain rice mixed with spring onions and grated carrot, or ladled over tagliatelle that has been tossed with salted butter and toasted poppy seeds

Recipe by Angela Boggiano

4 hrs, plus resting

Serves: 8 (4 across 2 meals)

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Cornish puff pastry pasties

This twist on Cornish pasties uses puff pastry instead of the traditional shortcrust.

Recipe by Trevennon Dakota

1 hr 50 mins, plus chilling

Makes: 9

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Slow-cooked beef ragout

Not to be confused with the Italian ragu, which is a meat-based pasta sauce, this hearty, slow-cooked French-style stew is great for freezer-friendly batch cooking

Recipe by Lucy O'Reilly

4 hrs 10 mins

Makes: 12 servings or 3 900g portions

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Rump steak with chilli hollandaise

This delicious steak recipe from London restaurant Blacklock uses its original chilli hollandaise. Perfect with steak, or with pork chops

50 mins

Serves: 6

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