Traditional Irish Beef Recipes,
Stout Braised Beef

Of all Traditional Irish Beef Recipes this is one of the most well known.

Braised Beef in Stout

Ingredients

1kg (2 lbs) shoulder beef, cut into thin slices

2 tablesp. olive oil

1 onion, chopped

2 leeks, 2 carrots, 2 celery sticks, chopped

2 cloves garlic

250ml (½ pt) well reduced beef stock

125ml (¼ pt) stout

Salt and black pepper

50g (2 oz) butter

75g (3 oz) streaky bacon, diced

100g (4 oz) wild mushrooms, if available, sliced

50g (2 oz) small onions, peeled

25g (1 oz) flour

Method

Heat the oil in a large pan, brown the meat well.

Remove to a pot.

Next sauté half an onion, leeks, carrots and celery.

Add to the meat plus the garlic.

Pour in the stock and stout, season.

Simmer gently for approx. 1 ½ hours.

Remove the meat from the pot.

Strain the liquid.

Discard the vegetables.

Place the meat back in a clean pot, plus the liquid.

Sauté the bacon, mushrooms and remaining onion in 25g (1 oz) of butter.

Add to the pot. Reheat the lot. Blend the flour with remaining butter.

Stir it into the sauce, stirring well. Taste for seasoning.