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Beef stew

Name: Beef stew
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 3 h 50 min
Total time: 4 h 5 min
Yield: 5 servings
Ingredients: 2 celery sticks thickly sliced; 1 onion chopped; 2 really big carrots halved lengthways then very chunkily sliced; 5 bay leaves; 2 thyme sprigs 1 whole and 1 leaves picked; 1 tbsp vegetable oil; 1 tbsp butter; 2 tbsp plain flour; 2 tbsp tomato purée; 2 tbsp Worcestershire sauce; 2 beef stock cubes crumbled; 850g stewing beef (featherblade or brisket works nicely), cut into nice large chunks

5 servings

servings

15 minutes

active time

4 hours 5 minutes

total time

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Ingredients

2 celery sticks thickly sliced

1 onion chopped

2 really big carrots halved lengthways then very chunkily sliced

5 bay leaves

2 thyme sprigs 1 whole and 1 leaves picked

1 tbsp vegetable oil

1 tbsp butter

2 tbsp plain flour

2 tbsp tomato purée

2 tbsp Worcestershire sauce

2 beef stock cubes crumbled

850g stewing beef (featherblade or brisket works nicely), cut into nice large chunks

Directions

Heat oven to 160C/140C fan/gas 3 and put the kettle on.

Put 2 thickly sliced celery sticks, 1 chopped onion, 2 chunkily sliced carrots, 5 bay leaves and 1 whole thyme sprig in a flameproof casserole dish with 1 tbsp vegetable oil and 1 tbsp butter.

Soften for 10 mins, then stir in 2 tbsp plain flour until it doesn’t look dusty anymore, followed by 2 tbsp tomato purée, 2 tbsp Worcestershire sauce and 2 crumbled beef stock cubes.

Gradually stir in 600ml hot water, then tip in 850g stewing beef and bring to a gentle simmer.

Cover and put in the oven for 2hrs 30 mins, then uncover and cook for 30mins – 1hr more until the meat is really tender and the sauce is thickened.

Garnish with the picked leaves of the remaining thyme sprig.

Nutrition

Serving Size

Calories

483

Total Fat

32.6 g

Saturated Fat

13.4 g

Unsaturated Fat

Trans Fat

Cholesterol

Sodium

1.6 mg

Total Carbohydrate

14.3 g

Dietary Fiber

2.3 g

Total Sugars

7.4 g

Protein

33.7 g