Slow cooked beef in ale

Name: Slow cooked beef in ale | Asda Good Living
Total time: 4 h 20 min
Yield: 6
Cuisine: British
Ingredients: 2 tbsp olive oil; 25g butter; 900g onions, peeled, halved and each cut into quarters; 2 tsp sugar; 2 x 501g packs Asda Braising Steak, cut into 10cm pieces; 1 bay leaf; 1 tbsp fresh thyme leaves; 2 tbsp plain flour; 500ml ale; 300ml beef stock; 50g butter, softened; 3 tsp Dijon mustard; 6 slices bread, cut from a small French stick; Fresh thyme leaves

You can make this tasty stew the day before and finish off just before serving.

By Asda Good Living,21st September 2015

(61 votes)

Cook: 4 Hours 20 Mins

Serves: 6

Price: £1.90 per serving

Nutritional Information

Each 510g serving contains

Energy
2489kj
594kcal

30%

Fat
31.2g

High
45%

Saturates
13.8g

Med
69%

Sugars
12.6g

High
14%

Salt
1.2g

Med
20%

of your reference intake.
Typical energy values per 100g:
488kj/117kcal

Ingredients

2 tbsp olive oil

25g butter

900g onions, peeled, halved and each cut into quarters

2 tsp sugar

2 x 501g packs Asda Braising Steak, cut into 10cm pieces

1 bay leaf

1 tbsp fresh thyme leaves

2 tbsp plain flour

500ml ale

300ml beef stock

50g butter, softened

3 tsp Dijon mustard

6 slices bread, cut from a small French stick

Fresh thyme leaves

Method

Pre-heat the oven to 200C/180C Fan/Gas 6. Heat a non-stick roasting tin. Add the onions and sugar and bake, covered with foil, for 30 minutes. Remove the foil and cook for 15-20 minutes or until caramalised. Reduce the oven to 150C/130C Fan/Gas 2.

Add the remaining oil to a frying pan and sear the pieces of beef on all sides (do this in batches) and season. Spoon the cooked onions into a shallow ovenproof dish and add the beef. Scatter over the bay leaf and thyme leaves.

Sprinkle the flour over the base of the frying pan and cook for a few seconds until lightly toasted. Add the ale and stock and bring to a rapid boil. Pour over the beef, cover with a lid or foil and cook in the oven for 3 hours.

Just before the 3 hours are up, make the croûtes. Mix the butter and mustard together and spread over the bread slices. Scatter over the thyme leaves and place on top of the stew. Cook uncovered for 15 minutes or until the croûtes are crisp and a light gold brown.

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