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Home-style beef and red wine winter casserole

A recipe to ward off winter's chill

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Photo courtesy: Zone Fresh

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A tasty, heart-warming recipe, courtesy of Zone Fresh Gourmet Markets.

Warm up your winter with slow-cooked food. Comfort cooking is one of the best things about winter and this delicious home-style casserole is guaranteed to warm you up from the inside.

Preparation Time: 15 minutes

Cooking Time: 120 minutes

Ingredients (serves 4)

• 1kg chuck steak
• ⅓ cup seasoned plain flour
• 2 tbs olive oil
• 1 cup red wine (we recommend shiraz cabernet)
• 2 beef stock cubes
• 1 can of diced tomatoes
• 10 pickling onions, peeled (sauté onions with meat if desired)
• 500g carrots
• 250g button mushrooms
• 400g chat potatoes, quartered
• 1 sprig fresh rosemary
• 1 chilli, chopped (if desired)
• 1 pinch paprika
• salt and pepper (to season)

Method

1. Preheat oven to 160°C. Dice 1kg chuck steak into small manageable cubes and dust with ⅓ cup seasoned plain flour (see chefs tip below). Heat 2 tbs olive oil in a stove proof and ovenproof dish over medium to high heat. Cook meat in 250g batches, add additional oil if needed. Remove all meat from pan.
2. Increase heat to high. Add 1 cup red wine, diced tomato, and stock cubes. Bring to boil, scraping base of dish to remove sediment. Bring to the boil and remove from heat.
3. Add 10 pickling onions, peeled, 500g carrots or parsnip as substitute, cut into bite-size pieces, 250g button mushrooms and 400g chat potatoes, quartered. Return the beef to the pan. Toss until combined. Place in oven and bake for 2 hours or until the meat is tender.

Chefs tip

Place flour and seasoning in small plastic bag, place diced beef in plastic bag in small handfuls and shake until evenly covered in seasoning, repeat process until all meat is evenly seasoned.

Serve with crusty bread.

Alternatively, recipe can be prepared using a slow cooker. However, for best results, pan fried meat will enhance the flavours.

Content courtesy of Zone Fresh Gourmet Markets
www.zonefresh.com.au