Spiced beef in Guinness and orange recipe



Spiced beef in Guinness and orange recipe from eclecticgal

dairy free egg free nut free can make in advance ok to freeze slow cooker
Category Handed down recipes
Serves8
Prep time20 mins
Cook time6-7 hours

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Ingredients

1kg of stewing beef (cut into cubes and as much fat as possible removed)
½-¾ litre (1-1½ pints) Guinness
1 tsp allspice
1 tsp cumin
20 cardamom pods (green shells removed and black seeds retained)
3 or 4 bay leaves
2 sticks of celery (scrubbed and cut into 1cm chunks)
1 medium turnip (peeled and cut into 1cm chunks)
2 medium carrots (peeled and cut into 1cm chunks)
1 large orange
1 tbsp flour
salt and pepper
1 tbsp or so of rapeseed oil
flat leaved parsley to garnish

Handy Hint

This casserole reheats very well and can be frozen. Serve with mashed potato and a simple green vegetable

Method

1. Put the cumin and cardamom seeds into a pestle and mortar and grind down a bit.
2. Spice the flour with the allspice and pepper.
3. Toss the beef in the spiced flour.
4. In a large ovenproof casserole, brown all the meat in batches, then do the same with the vegetables.
5. Toast the cumin and cardamom lightly before returning all the meat and vegetables to the pan and adding enough Guinness to cover the mixture well (at least a pint), and the bay leaf. If like me your casserole isn’t quite deep enough you can top the mix up with more Guinness during the cooking process!
6. Bring to a gentle simmer on the stove then put a lid on the casserole and put in the oven at 120-140°C for 7 hours (or use a slow cooker).
7. Check periodically to make sure it’s not drying out (add water or Guinness as necessary) and to scrape the meat mixture from the sides of the casserole back down into the pan.
8. About half an hour before you want to serve, grate the zest of the orange into the mixture and stir well.
9. When you are ready to serve squeeze in the juice of the orange, check the seasoning and add salt and pepper as necessary and garnish with parsley.

gransnetter Reviews

From: eclecticgal on Mon 12-Dec-11 10:00:42 Overall rating: 0.0
My mother's version of this recipe used fewer spices but was notable for the lack of onion (which makes the stew watery) and the Guinness and orange.