This is the same as my steak and ale pie, but instead with no pastry and goes so well with mashed potato and cabbage

Beef and ale stew

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Cook Time 2 hours hrs 15 minutes mins

Course Dinner

Cuisine British

Servings 4 people

Ingredients

  

• 4 tbsp vegetable oil
• 4 rashers of bacon, cut into chunks
• 1 large onion, chopped
• 1 tsp garlic paste
• 500 ml brown ale (Newcastle brown ale is perfect)
• 500 ml beef stock
• 1 tbsp tomato puree
• 1 tbsp dried thyme
• 2 bay leaves
• 2 tbsp cornflour, dissolved in water
• large pinch of ground pepper

Instructions

 

• Heat some oil in a large frying pan and fry the bacon and onions until lightly golden.
• Add the garlic paste and stir for 1-2 mins. Empty into a large lidded casserole.
• Add the stewing steak and fry until browned all over, transfer the beef to the casserole dish.
• Add half the ale to the pan to deglaze, add the remaining ale, stock, tomato puree, thyme and bay leaves. Bring to a boil and then pour into the casserole dish, cover and simmer for 1½-2hrs.
• If after an hour it looks like the juices are drying up, add a little water.
• When the beef is tender, stir in the cornflour and season, simmer for a further 10mins.
• Serve along side some creamy mashed potato and cabbage.