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Prep time
40 minutes
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Cook time
8 hours
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Serves
4
Author Notes
Who doesn't love a good slow-cooked beef stew? Chuck all the ingredients together in the slow-cooker, head off to do whatever you like, come back 6 hours later and voila - dinner is ready.
This is one of my favs - hard to beat on a cold winter evening —G_Les
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Ingredients
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2
Onions (Red or Brown - whatever you have to hand)
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4
Celery sticks
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6
Carrots
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1kg
Diced stewing beef (can be any cheap cut for stewing - you're gonna cook it for 6 hours or more, so it's going to be tender)
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1
Pot of tomato paste (140g)
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1
Can (440g) of diced/crushed tomatoes - here in Straya I try to buy local to support our Aussie farmers. If the imported ones from Italy are cheaper than the local Australian ones, you've gotta ask yourself how they do that.
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4
Bay leaves
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2 teaspoons
Dried Italian herbs (just the ones in the spice section of the supermarket)
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1 teaspoon
Smoked paprika
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2 teaspoons
Cornflour
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2
Stock cubes (you can use whatever you have in the pantry, beef will make the stew much richer, but I like to use veggie stock cubes because they add a bit more flavour)
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1 tablespoon
Worcestershire sauce (is that Woostershire or Wor-Cester-shire - anyway, it doesn't matter, just chuck it in)
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600 milliliters
hot water
Directions
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A lot of my recipes seem to start with what Jamie Oliver refers to as the Holy Trinity - onion, celery, carrots.
Anyway, roughly cut up the onions and celery.
With the carrots, imagine Moto-Moto from Madagascar 2 is eyeing off your carrots. Like him, I like mine chunky.
Saute these three in olive oil (2 tablespoons or so) until the onion is soft.
I do this in a big enamel pot, because I add all the ingredients together before putting in the slow cooker
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Add in paprika, herbs and bay leaves and mix together - cook for a couple of minutes
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Add the beef to the mix and gently cook until it is sealed.
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Add the tomato paste, tomatoes and crumble to stock cubes in as well
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add 600ml of water and then transfer to the slow cooker
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set for a minimum of 6 hours, but you can do longer if you have time
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Sit back with a cup of tea feeling very self-satisfied that you have produced another excellent meal for your family
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Go off and do other stuff until it is cooked and then serve with mash potato and some greens.
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