Servings: 6
Ingredients
- 3 sprg thyme
- 1 x bay leaf snapped in two
- 2 sprg parsley
- 1 x strip of dry orange zest
- 225 gm unsmoked streaky bacon in a single piece or possibly thickcut cubed
- 3 Tbsp. extra virgin olive oil
- 2 lrg onions sliced
- 1 1/2 kg chuck or possibly rump of beef cut into 5cm squares about 2.5cm thick
- 3 lrg carrots scraped and sliced
- 675 gm tomatoes skinned seeded and roughly minced
- 1 Tbsp. tomato puree
- 3 clv garlic crushed
- 100 gm pork rinds diced
- 600 ml fruity red wine
- 50 ml brandy
- 1 x salt and freshly grnd black pepper
Directions
- Preheat the oven to 150C/300F/Gas Mark 2.
- Tie the herbs andorange zest with string to make a bouquet garni.
- Fry the bacon in the oil till lightly browned. Scoop out and spread over the base of an ovenproof casserole.
- Fry the onions over a moderate heat in the same fat till golden brown and add in to the casserole.
- Brown the meat in the fat over a high heat in batches.
- Arrange on top of the onions.
- Add in the bouquet garni the carrots tomatoes tormato puree garlic salt and pepper. Cover with the pork rinds.
- Pour the excess fat out of the pan and pour in the wine.
- Bring to the boil scraping in the residues.
- Pour into the casserole.
- Add in the brandy to the pan hot quickly and set alight at arms length.
- When the flames die down pour into the casserole.
- Add in sufficient water to almost cover the contents.
- Cover lightly and place in the oven.
- Cook gently for 34 hrs stirring once or possibly twice till the meat is tender.
- After 3 hrs check the state of the liquid.
- If it is a little watery uncover the pan and Iet it reduce down then serve.
- Serve with buttered noodles.
- Serves 6This is Frances most famous beef stew and it comes perhaps not surprisingly in many forms. This one iswonderfully fragrant and aromatic.
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Nutrition Facts
Amount Per Serving | %DV |
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Serving Size 429g | |
Recipe makes 6 servings | |
Calories 661 | |
Calories from Fat 294 | 44% |
Total Fat 32.78g | 41% |
Saturated Fat 9.49g | 38% |
Trans Fat 0.0g | |
Cholesterol 130mg | 43% |
Sodium 282mg | 12% |
Potassium 1099mg | 31% |
Total Carbs 27.75g | 7% |
Dietary Fiber 3.6g | 12% |
Sugars 13.73g | 9% |
Protein 57.26g | 92% |
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