Beef with beer and mushrooms

Name: Beef with beer and mushrooms
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 3 h
Total time: 3 h 15 min
Yield: 4
Ingredients: 700 g (11⁄2lb) braising steak, cut into large chunks around 5cm (2in) across; 2 tsp. plain flour; 2 tbsp. oil; 25 g (1oz) butter; 2 large onions,finely sliced; 225g (8oz) carrots, peeled and cut into large sticks; 200 mL (7fl oz) Guinness; 300 mL (1⁄2 pint) vegetable stock; 2 tsp. tomato purée; 2 tsp. English mustard; 2 tsp. light muscovado sugar; 225 g (8oz) large field or portabellini mushrooms

This beef stew is a great way to use up spare cans of Guinness - this ingredient gives a unique flavour to this delicious dish.

By The GH Kitchen TeamPublished: 11 February 2004

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Yields:

Prep Time:

15 mins

Cook Time:

3 hrs

Total Time:

3 hrs 15 mins

Ingredients

700 g (11⁄2lb) braising steak, cut into large chunks around 5cm (2in) across
2 tsp. plain flour
2 Tbsp. oil
25 g (1oz) butter
2 large onions,finely sliced
225g (8oz) carrots, peeled and cut into large sticks
200 ml (7fl oz) Guinness
300 ml (1⁄2 pint) vegetable stock
2 tsp. tomato purée
2 tsp. English mustard
2 tsp. light muscovado sugar
225 g (8oz) large field or portabellini mushrooms

Directions

1. Step 1
  Preheat the oven to 150°C (130°C fan oven) mark 2. Toss the meat in the flour. Heat the oil and butter in a large casserole dish over a medium heat and brown the meat a few pieces at a time, removing it with a slotted spoon. The flavour and colour of the finished casserole depend on the meat taking on a good deep colour now. Stir the onion into the pan and cook for about 10min until golden brown and beginning to soften and caramelise.
2. Step 2
  Return all the meat to the pan, then add the carrots and stir in the Guinness, stock, tomato purée, mustard, sugar and plenty of seasoning. Bring to the boil, stir well, then cover tightly with foil or a lid and simmer gently in the oven for 11/2hr.
3. Step 3
  Stir the whole mushrooms into the casserole and return to the oven for a further 45min-1hr until the meat is meltingly tender. Serve with plenty of buttery mashed potatoes.
  
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Buy steak whole

Using ready-diced braising steak does save time but the pieces are always chopped too small. In the Good Housekeeping Institute kitchens, we prefer to buy the steak in one piece, then cut it into large chunks ready for cooking.

Per Serving:

Calories: 420
Total carbs: 19 g
Total fat: 20 g
Saturated fat: 8 g

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