Beef & Guinness Stew

Ingredients

• 10 Shallots
• 3 cloves of garlic
• 2 carrots
• 4 sticks of celery
• 300g lean diced beef
• 1 beef stock cube
• 1/2 teaspoon of wholegrain mustard
• 50ml of white wine vinegar
• 1 can Guinness
• 1/2 tablespoon of dark brown sugar
• tablespoon olive oil
• 2 tablespoons of tomato puree
• Salt, pepper and mixed herbs
• tablespn corn flour

Method

1. You can marinade the beef in the Guinness overnight.
2. Wash, peel and cut the shallots  into quarters
3. Peel and crush the garlic
4. Wash, peel and cut the carrots into thin slices
5. Wash and cut the celery into thin slices.
6. Heat the oil in a saucepan, then add the onions, garlic, salt, pepper and herbs, saute until soft.
7. Add the carrots & celery saute until soft.
8. Take the beef out of the Guinness (keeping the liquid for later). Add the beef to the veg in the saucepan, stir until it's browned.
9. Add the guinness and stock cube, bring to the boil without a lid, then lower to a simmer for 20mins.
10. Add mustard, vinegar and sugar and puree, simmer with a lid until the meat is soft
11. If not thick enough add a little corn flour
12. Serve with mashed potato and green veg
13. Say it's soooo difficult to make & ENJOY!!!!!!