Beef And Potato Stew

Total Time: 1 hr 30 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• 2 medium sized onions, chopped
• 400 g minced beef
• 400 g new potatoes
• 20 ml olive oil
• 3 large carrots, cut into large pieces
• 2 garlic cloves
• 1 cup garden peas (fresh or frozen)
• 1 liter beef stock
• 1/2 teaspoon celery salt (use sea salt if not available)
• 1/2 teaspoon pepper
• 2 tablespoons worcestershire sauce
• 1 tablespoon cornflour (for thickening if needed)

Recipe

• 1 gently soften the onions in a large deep pan.
• 2 add the carrots and allow to soften a little.
• 3 add the beef and allow to colour.
• 4 stir in the chopped garlic, pepper and celery salt cooking in for a minute.
• 5 pour in the worcestershire sauce.
• 6 add the potatoes.
• 7 add the peas.
• 8 add the stock and simmer for a good hour (the longer the better).
• 9 to thicken the gravy, mix cornflour with a little cold water and mix into a paste, add this into the gravy.
• 10 often served with extra vegetables and pickled red cabbage or beetroot.