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Crawfords Butchers (020 8422 4922)

39 Oldfields Circus, Northolt UB5 4RR (map)

Opening hours
Monday-Friday: 8am – 7pm
Saturday: 8am – 6pm
Sunday: 10am – 4pm

Beef and Ale Stew

With the evenings drawing in and nights getting colder, there is nothing better than a good stew to warm you up and make you feel good. Here is my recipe for a great beef stew that will easily feed 4.

You will need:

500g diced beef (shin or braising steak)
500ml ale, Guinness or stout
2 sticks of celery
2 medium onions
2 carrots
2 tablespoons olive oil
3 fresh or dried bay leaves
1 heaped tablespoon plain flour
1 x 400g tin of chopped tomatoes
sea salt and freshly ground black pepper

Method

Peel and roughly chop the onion and carrots, roughly chop the celery

Put a casserole pan on a medium heat

Put all the vegetables and the bay leaves into the pan with the oil and fry for about 10 minutes

Add your meat and flour and stir (no need to brown the meat)

Pour in the booze and tinned tomatoes and season with a teaspoon of sea salt (less if using table salt) and pepper. Then give it a good stir

Bring to the boil, put the lid on and either simmer slowly on your hob or cook in an oven for 3 hours, 180ºC/350ºF/gas 4

Remove the lid for the last half hour of simmering or cooking

Enjoy with some crusty bread and butter