Beef and Vegetable Casserole
found in Mains - Meat Dishes
Prep: 10 minutes
Cook: 3 hours 30 minutes
Difficulty:
Difficult
Make meat and veg go further with a hearty stew or casserole. Theyre the ideal one pot comfort food to get you through the colder months.
Ingredients
- 1 tbsp vegetable oil
- 1 tbsp butter
- 850g stewing beef, cut into large chunks
- 2 celery sticks, thickly sliced
- 1 onion, chopped
- 2 large carrots, cut into chunky slices
- 5 bay leaves
- 2 tbsp flour (plain)
- 2 tbsp tomato puree
- 2 tbsp worcestershire sauce
- 2 beef stock cube, crumbled
- (OPTIONAL) 1 thyme sprig
Directions
1
Heat the oven to 160°C / 140°C (fan oven) / 320°F / Gas Mark 3. Put the vegetable oil and butter in an ovenproof dish over a high heat and fry the beef until evenly browned all over. Remove and set aside.
2
Add the celery, onion, carrots, bay leaves and thyme sprig to the casserole dish and cook for 10 minutes.
3
Stir in the flour, followed by the tomato puree, Worcestershire sauce and stock cubes.
4
Gradually stir in 600 ml hot water, then tip in the beef and bring to a gentle simmer.
5
Cover and put in the oven for 2 hours, 30 minutes, then uncover and cook for 30 minutes to 1 hour more until the meat is really tender and the sauce is thickened.
6
Serve with mashed potato.
