Beef And Guinness Casserole

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 1 kg blade steak
• 1/4 cup oil
• 4 onions
• 1 tablespoon garlic, minced
• 4 tablespoons flour
• 2 cups guinness stout
• 2 cups beef stock
• 4 slices bacon, chopped
• 1/4 teaspoon dried thyme
• 1 orange, rind pared only

Recipe

• 1 cut steak into 5cm pieces. heat oil in a large frying pan and brown over a moderately high heat until well browned. transfer to casserole dish.
• 2 peel and quarter the onions and break into "petals", add to the pan and cook them for about 3 minutes, then add the garlic and cook for one more minute.
• 3 sprinkle the flour over the onion and stir well to coat the onions in the oil.
• 4 gradually pour in the stout and beef stock and bring to the boil to make a smooth sauce.
• 5 pour over the meat in the casserole dish, then stir in the bacon, thyme and orange rind.
• 6 cook at 160 c for 1 1/2 - 2 hours or until the meat is tender.
• 7 serve with mashed potatoes.