Beef and Guinness Stew

June 21, 2011 0 Comments

Beef and Guinness Stew
Beef and Guinness Stew

Guinness gives this stew a deep rich flavour, bringing out the best flavours of locally produced Irish beef.

Beef and Guinness Stew
Recipe Type: Main
Author: Fieldstown Farm
Prep time: 20 mins
Cook time: 3 hours 20 mins
Total time: 3 hours 40 mins
Serves: 4
Guinness gives this stew a deep rich flavour, bringing out the best flavours of locally produced Irish beef.
Ingredients
  • 900 gram round steak tenderised and cut into chunks
  • gram plain flour for coating
  • 3 tablespoons olive oil
  • 1 tablespoons large onion
  • 1 tablespoons carrot thinly sliced
  • 2 tablespoons celery sticks thinly sliced
  • 2 tablespoons sugar
  • 1 teaspoon dried mustard powder
  • 1 tablespoon tomato puree
  • 1 tablespoon 3 inch strip of orange rind
  • tablespoon bouquet garni
  • 600 millilitres guinness
  • pinch salt and freshly ground black pepper
Instructions
  1. Toss the beef in flour. Heat 2 tbsp of oil in a large pan, and cook the beef in batches until lightly browned. Transfer to a bowl.
  2. Add the remaining oil to the pan, cook the onions until well browned, adding the thinly sliced carrot and celery towards the end.
  3. Stir in the sugar, mustard, tomato puree, orange rind, Guinness and seasoning. Add the bouquet garni and bring to the boil. Now add the meat from the bowl with any juices, add water if necessary to ensure meat is covered. Cover with tight fitting lid, cook gently for 2 to 3 hours until meat is very tender.
  4. Serve with rice or new potatoes.