Roast Beef Recipe, Stout Braised Beef

Definitely a roast beef recipe worth considering for St. Patrick's Day!

Of course there are plenty other beef recipes on the site, you're sure to find one that suits.

Ingredients

Approx. 2.5 kg ( 3.5lb) 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

To Cook: 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 .5 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.

Serve in a deep dish with melt in the mouth buttery mash.

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