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Hearty Beef Stew

Servings:           4
Total Time:        2 hrs 25 mins
Cooking Time:  2 hrs 15 mins

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Ingredients

1kg stewing beef (chuck or shin)

¼ cup cake or self-raising flour
2 tsp barbeque spice
½ tsp freshly ground black pepper

250g button mushrooms

3 Tbsp light olive oil

1 Tbsp butter
1 Tbsp light olive oil
2 medium onions, peeled & sliced
2 tsp finely chopped garlic
1 tsp finely chopped chillies (optional)
1 Tbsp Worcester sauce
1 tsp dried thyme
2 large carrots, peeled & cubed
150g green beans, sliced diagonally
1½ Tbsp tomato paste
2 anchovy fillets
4 cups vegetable or beef stock

500g baby potatoes, peeled (optional)

1-2 tsp cornflour or Bisto, to thicken
a few drops gravy browning, to colour

Method

Trim the beef of excess fat & sinew, and cube into 3-4cm cubes.
Place the flour, barbeque spice & black pepper In a plastic bag, squeeze the opening shut and shake to mix.
Add the meat to the bag and shake well to coat all over. Set aside.
Prepare the mushrooms by removing & crushing the stalks, and quartering the caps. Set aside.

In a large saucepan over a high heat, add the olive oil and once heated, add the flour coated meat and brown on all sides.
Transfer the meat to a large bowl.

Still over a high heat, melt the butter & olive oil in the same saucepan and fry the sliced onions until lightly browned.
Stir in the garlic, chillies, Worcester sauce & thyme.
Stir in the cubed carrots, sliced green beans, mushrooms (crushed stalks & quartered caps), tomato paste and mash in the anchovy fillets.
Return the meat to the saucepan and add the stock.
Bring to a boil and then reduce the heat to simmer for 1½ hrs.

Add the baby potatoes and simmer for a further 30 mins until tender.

Mix the cornflour or Bisto with a little water into a paste and slowly add to the stew, a little at a time, until the desired consistency has been reached. Add gravy browning if necessary.

Serving Suggestions

Serve with short grain (white or brown) rice or ciabatta.

Variation

Use lamb leg chops instead of beef.
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