Beef In Red Wine With Cranberry

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

Ingredients

• Servings: 2
• 500 g stewing beef
• 300 ml red wine
• 300 ml vegetable stock
• 3 -5 tablespoons cranberry sauce
• 3 tablespoons plain flour
• 2 -3 tablespoons butter (and) or 2 -3 tablespoons olive oil
• salt
• pepper

Recipe

• 1 mix flour, salt and pepper on a plate.
• 2 cut the beef into (roughly) 8cm square pieces.
• 3 coat the beef in the flour.
• 4 heat oil/butter in a saucepan.
• 5 brown the beef in the saucepan - make sure all the flour is cooked.
• 6 add the wine and stock to the pan, bring to the boil, scraping the pan around to get the tasty bits into the sauce.
• 7 turn the heat down, add a tightly fitting lid.
• 8 stir every 15 minutes or so (nb during the last half-hour the beef may start sticking - stir every 5-10 mins if so).
• 9 add some cranberry sauce every half hour. five minutes before the beef is ready add the remainder (about 2 tablespoons) and stir. add extra salt and pepper to taste.
• 10 serve immediately.