Description
It is simple. It is delicious. It has few ingredients but the result will surprise you.
Ingredients
- Leek
- Stewing Beef
- Dry Red Wine
- Carrot
- Yellow Onion
- Bay Leaf
- Plain Flour
- Thyme
- Sea Salt
- Black Peppercorns
- Beef Stock Cube
- Olive Oil
Instructions
- Top and tail leek so that you have the white stalk only
- Slice leek lengthwise and then chop into 1 inch segments
- Chop carrot into bite size segments
- Chop onion
- Place flour and seasoning into a bag
- Place beef into the bag and shake so that beef is coated with flour and seasoning
- In a heavy base frypan, place 1 or 2 tablespoons of oil
- On low heat brown beef, remove and place into a casserole
- Add a little more oil and stir fry leek, onion and carrot for 2 minutes
- Remove and add to casserole
- Place the red wine and the stock cube in the frypan and simmer until wine is reduced to half
- Add to casserole
- Add thyme and 2 bayleaf
- Place in a moderate oven and cook slowly for about 90 minutes
- Place a lid on the casserole to obtain best results
- Serve with mashed potato, steamed french beans with an oil and garlic dressing and steamed button squash or baby zucchini