Beef Stew With Green Peppercorns

Total Time: 2 hrs 20 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 2 hrs

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 2 tablespoons vegetable oil
• 2 1/4 lbs chuck steaks, trimmed, cut into 3cm chunks
• 1 onion, chopped
• 2 sticks celery, chopped
• 1 garlic clove, crushed
• 4 slices streaky bacon, chopped into 1in chunks
• 3 tablespoons green peppercorns
• 2 tablespoons parsley, chopped
• 1 1/4 cups dry wine
• 2/3 cup beef stock
• 2 bay leaves

Recipe

• 1 preheat the oven to 300°f heat the oil in a casserole pan set over a high heat and tip in the meat. fry the meat until browned before removing from the pan. leave on one side.
• 2 lower the heat and fry the onion, celery, garlic and bacon until lightly coloured.
• 3 crush 2 tablespoons of the peppercorns, using a pestle and mortar before adding them to the pan along with the parsley. stir in the wine and stock and add the bay leaves.
• 4 cover with a lid and bake in the oven for 1½ - 2 hours.
• 5 add the remaining tablespoon of peppercorns at the end of cooking and serve the meaty casserole with potatoes.