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For this you will need
750g of stewing beef
2 Beef stock cubes
2 Onions
2 carrots
4 Cloves of Garlic
Salt and Pepper to season
Mixed herbs
A bottle of Manns Brown ale or Guinness
A tin of chopped tomatoes
A good handful of mushrooms
Chop your onions, carrot and your garlic
Pop them into a flameproof casserole dish or large pan and sauté gently until onions soften
Gradually the bottom of your pan will turn brown. Don’t worry! This is all the excellent flavour which will go to making your gravy.
At this point remove the onion/carrot/garlic mix to a separate container and add your beef.
Brown your beef.
Pop the mix back into the pan/casserole and add the mixed herbs, the mushrooms and season well
Pour in your beer.
At this point I like to save a mouthful of the beer…just to make sure it hasn’t gone off.
Add your beef stock cubes and top up with a bit of water (not loads though or it will be too watery)
Bring to the boil.
If you are using a flame proof casserole transfer it to an oven set at 160°C.
If you are using a pan, transfer the contents to an ovenproof casserole or slow cooker. Put the ovenproof casserole in the oven at 160°C. Slow cooker? Well you wouldn’t want to put that in the oven so use your noggin and plug it in as per the instruction manual.
Leave to cook for at least 3 hours. The longer you leave it the more succulent the meat will be. Keep tasting every half hour or so to make sure the flavour is rich and flavoursome. Sometimes it doesn’t taste right to me so I like to put a few drops of either Hendersons Relish (if you can get it) or Worcestershire sauce
Serve with either mashed potato, chipped potatoes or boiled potatoes.
Enjoy!
