Beef & Bacon With Mushrooms

Total Time: 2 hrs 35 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 2 hrs 15 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 750 g chuck steaks, diced into 1 inch cubes
• 3 tablespoons oil
• 1 large onion, chopped
• 2 slices bacon, chopped
• 250 g mushrooms, sliced
• 1 (440 g) can cream of mushroom soup
• 1 cup water or 1 cup wine
• black pepper
• 2 tablespoons tomato paste
• 3/4 cup sour cream
• chopped fresh parsley

Recipe

• 1 brown the steak in the oil, in batches.
• 2 remove.
• 3 fry the onion and bacon until the onion is transparent.
• 4 add the mushrooms to the pan and cook'til they are softened.
• 5 return the meat and any juices to the pan, add the soup, water or wine, tomato paste and a generous amount of black pepper.
• 6 transfer to an ovenproof casserole and bake in a moderate oven for about 2 hours.
• 7 stir in the sour cream just before serving, and scatter over plenty of parsley to finish.