g smoked bacon lardons – can be bought easily in packets in all supermarkets
g chestnut mushrooms sliced (optional)
Salt and pepper to taste
Method
1
Step 1
Put olive oil in a large casserole dish and heat until hot. Brown off the beef and onions then mix together adding the plain flour to soak up all of the juices.
2
Step 2
Add the wine bit by bit making sure you keep stirring to combine the flour, juices and wine. Add garlic, thyme and bay leaves and season.
3
Step 3
Cook on a low heat for three hours and in the meantime add a splash of olive oil to a small pan and gently fry the lardons and shallots together and stir in with mushrooms for another hour cooking time.
4
Step 4
Serve piping hot with a simple accompaniment of long grain rice.
Ingredients
1360.78 g stewing steak cut into bite size chunks
4 tbsp olive oil
2 small/med onions chopped roughly
2 tbsp plain flour
1 bottle of red wine
3 sprigs of fresh thyme or 1 tsp of dried thyme
3 cloves of garlic
2 bay leaves
10 baby shallots
140 g smoked bacon lardons – can be bought easily in packets in all supermarkets