Beef In Claret

Total Time: 4 hrs 30 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 4 hrs

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 5 ounces lean bacon
• 6 -8 small young onions
• 2 cups chopped button mushrooms
• 3 lbs stewing steak
• 4 tablespoons oil
• 5 cloves garlic, crushed
• 2 tablespoons flour
• 1 bottle fruity young burgundy wine or 1 bottle beaujolais wine
• salt
• freshly ground black pepper
• 1 teaspoon sugar
• 1 bunch fresh herb

Recipe

• 1 cook the bacon in a frying pan until it is lightly brown.
• 2 add the onions and cook uncovered for roughly ten minutes.
• 3 then add the mushrooms, stir, cover and cook gently for a further ten minutes.
• 4 preheat the oven to 300f/150c/gas mark 2.
• 5 cut the stewing steak into cubes roughly 1½" square.
• 6 heat the oil in a frying pan and brown the cubes of meat.
• 7 place in a casserole, add the garlic and sprinkle the flour over the meat.
• 8 place in the oven uncovered for 15 minutes to continue the browning process.
• 9 stir from time to time.
• 10 add the wine, light seasoning and herbs.
• 11 cover and simmer for 3 hours or until the meat is tender.
• 12 remove from the oven and stir in the trimmings.
• 13 heat for a further five minutes and serve with boiled potatoes sprinkled with chopped parsley.
• 14 if you have another bottle of burgundy or beaujolais to drink with the meal- so much the better!