Cheap cuts of Meat

Breast of Lamb , Scrag or Neck end for delicious tasy stews, Chicken wings for casseroles, Pork belly and Brisket slow roasted. All cheap cuts that just need a little longer cooking to tenderise and bring out the flavour.

I still like breast of lamb skirt simply slow roasted. Do you use any of these cheaper cuts.

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I often cook belly pork slowly so all the fat melts away.

Also shin beef and oxtail which is best cooked the day before it is required then put in the fridge to allow the fat to come to the top and set so it can be lifted off. Lovely served with herb dumplings

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Yes and things such as liver.

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I often use ox cheeks or pigs cheeks for slow cooked casseroles and they are very tasty and tender. I do the pigs cheeks with onion and green peppers in a sauce flavoured with tomato puree. It is my own recipe, but if anyone wants to try it I can send it to you.

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It is great isn't it Nom? I had liver, bacon and onions last night with rich gravy and mashed potatoes, carrots and spring cabbage. Mmmm.

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Hi

Yes I use cheap cuts of meat all the time.

However it depends on what you call cheap.

Living in a rural area with some very big slaughterhouses and meat packing plants cheap means cheap.

Fillet steak is the most expensive, between £9 and £10 a kilo.

Braising steak and shin is between £3 and £4 a kilo.

Breasts of lamb are 3 for £5, as are ham hocks.

Gammon Steaks, from the end of the gammon, so not perfectly even in thickness are £1.80 for a two kilo pack.

Cheap is cheap here.

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Trouble is the Gastro Pubs used some cheaper cuts to keep costs down i.e Lamb shanks. That immediately put the price up in supermarkets and butchers.

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Ooh no, liver goes with my dread of beetroot and prunes.
I feel the same about kidneys, tongue, and heart. Can can anyone possibly sit there and eat a creature's heart?????

My oldest Beddie would kill for a bit of liver so I buy a bit as a treat for her sometimes and make myself cook it. I hate the way it's all slippery and slidey and dripping blood. Aaaggh! Even the smell in while it's cooking is revolting.
The things we do for love!

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I just love all these cheaper cuts that have been mentioned, and cook quite regulary, people who don"t are missing a real treat.

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You're very lucky to be able to but fillet steak for that price, you can pay that much for two small pieces, I'm quite shocked at the mark up the butcher makes ...