Beef Cheeks with Port and Chestnuts

This is a deeply flavoured and elegantly cosy stew, perfect for when the nights are drawing in. It warms body and soul, and lifts the spirits; eating it feels like you’re instantly sitting in front of a crackling log fire. Show me a stew that isn’t comforting, but this one has something undeniably festive about it, too. It’s like wearing party shoes you can actually walk in.

The chances are you will have to get the beef cheeks from a butcher’s, and so you might as well get them to c