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Winter Beef Carbonade

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• Ingredients
• • 450g (1lb) braising steak
  • 2 tbsps seasoned flour
  • 1 tbsp olive oil
  • 1 tsp sea salt
  • 1 clove garlic, crushed
  • Freshly ground black pepper
  • 1 red skinned onion, peeled & quartered
  • 1 leek, trimmed and sliced
  • 1 tbsp tomato puree
  • 1 tbsp red wine vinegar
  • 1 tbsp prepared English mustard
  • 300ml (½pt) Guinness or brown ale
  • 300ml (½pt) brown stock
  • 1 tsp brown sugar
  • 1 bay leaf
  • 1 small bunch of thyme
  • 2 carrots
  • 2 parsnips

Central Heating Models: Set the oven thermostat to 180°c.

Method

1. Crush the garlic with the sea salt in a pestle and mortar
2. Heat the olive oil in an ovenproof casserole dish on the boiling hotplate
3. Toss the cubed meat in the seasoned flour, add to the casserole dish and sear
4. Add the garlic, onion and leak and cook for several minutes
5. Season with the black pepper and add the remaining ingredients except the carrots and parsnips
6. Bring to the boil, cover and place in the oven for one hour as set out below
7. Remove and stir in the vegetables, check the seasoning and return for a further hour
8. Serve with croutons, potatoes and seasonal vegetables

Central Heating Models: On shelf position 3 of the top oven.

Classic & 2 Oven Models:

With solid shelf on position 2 of the roasting oven, cook on the grid shelf in position 4 for the first hour then remove to the simmering oven for the second hour.

If your model has an electric boost element you have the option to bring the simmering oven up to 180°c and proceed as below.

Universal & 4 Oven Model: Cook in the centre of the baking oven for 2 hours