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Beef & Guinness Stew

Name: Beef & Guinness Stew
Yield: 8
Ingredients: 1.5kg Stewing beef, trimmed of all visible fat; Spray oil; 1 Can Guinness; 6-8 Carrots, roughly chopped; 2 Onions, roughly chopped; 3 Cloves of garlic, chopped; 3 Ribs celery, roughly chopped; 3 Tbsp Plain flour, seasoned; 2 Bay leaves; 2 Sprigs Thyme; 1 Tbsp Tomato purée; Dash of Worcestershire sauce; 2 beef stock cubes

Arguably Ireland's national dish, Beef and Guinness stew is rich, hearty and packed with flavour, the ultimate comfort food! Serve with creamy mashed potatoes or even some crusty wholemeal bread. It's perfect for cosy nights or celebrating St Patrick's Day!

Level	easy
Serves	8
Bites	0.5

Ingredients

1.5kg Stewing beef, trimmed of all visible fat

Spray oil

1 Can Guinness

6-8 Carrots, roughly chopped

2 Onions, roughly chopped

3 Cloves of garlic, chopped

3 Ribs celery, roughly chopped

3 Tbsp Plain flour, seasoned

2 Bay leaves

2 Sprigs Thyme

1 Tbsp Tomato purée

Dash of Worcestershire sauce

2 beef stock cubes

Method

In a zip lock bag, coat the beef pieces in the seasoned flour. Shake off excess flour and brown on a very hot pan sprayed with a little oil. Do this in batches, do not over crowd the pan. This is the most tedious bit but it’s worth it!

Put the beef to one side. In the same casserole, add in your veggies and herbs and stir for a bit, add the Guinness, the beef, tomato purée, Worcestershire sauce and stock cubes, cover with water. Bring to the boil, reduce heat to the lowest and allow to simmer for 2 hours or until the beef is falling apart.

You can add more cornflour loosened with a little water if you’d like it thicker. Add a splash of gravy browning to deepen the colour, season if desired.

Put two ladle fulls into individual freezer bags and you’ll have a very welcoming handy dinner in the future!