Beef And Stout Casserole

Total Time: 2 hrs 30 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 2 hrs

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 1 kg blade steak
• 1/4 cup oil
• 4 onions, peeled and sliced
• 1 tablespoon garlic, peeled and chopped
• 4 tablespoons flour
• 2 cups stout beer (any dark beer)
• 2 cups beef stock
• 4 slices bacon, chopped
• 4 sprigs thyme (i used just over a teaspoon of dried)
• 18 prunes
• 1 orange, rind of, sliced

Recipe

• 1 cut the steak into 5cm cubes.
• 2 heat the oil in a heavy based pan and brown the meat in batches.
• 3 transfer the meat to a casserole dish that has a tight fitting lid.
• 4 add the onions to the pan and cook for a couple of minutes. add the garlic and cook for a further minute.
• 5 sprinkle the flour and mix with the onions. once well mixed gradually add the stock and the beer and mix into a smooth sauce.
• 6 pour the sauce over the meat and add the raw bacon, thyme, prunes and orange rind.
• 7 place in a preheated oven at 160ºc and cook for 2 hours.
• 8 serve with creamy mashed potato and crusty bread.