Slow Cooker Beef and Ale Stew

• Meat

  • 500 g Braising beef

• Produce

  • 2 Carrots
  • 2 sticks Celery
  • 1 Onion

• Canned Goods

  • 200 ml Beef stock, hot
  • 2 tbsp Tomato puree

• Condiments

  • 2 tsp Wholegrain mustard
  • 1 Splash Worcestershire sauce

• Baking & Spices

  • 2 tsp Brown sugar
  • 3 tbsp Flour
  • 1 Sea salt and freshly ground pepper to season

• Beer, Wine & Liquor

  • 1 500ml bottle Ale, good

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Description

Ingredients

• 500g braising beef
• 1 onion, chopped
• 2 sticks celery, roughly chopped
• 2 carrots, sliced lengthways and roughly chopped
• 500ml bottle of good ale (we like Thwaites Wainwright)
• 200ml hot beef stock
• 2 tablespoons tomato puree
• 2 teaspoons brown sugar
• 2 teaspoons wholegrain mustard
• 3-4 tablespoon of flour
• Splash of Worcestershire sauce (optional)
• Sea salt and freshly ground pepper to season

Directions

• Chop up the beef into 3cm cubes and trim off any fat, place into a hot pan and brown it in a little olive oil, then set aside.
• Add a little more oil, then fry the onion, carrot and celery until browned, then add the meat back in, along with the flour, mustard, tomato purée and sugar. Give it all a good stir around so the meat is nicely covered, then add the bottle of ale and beef stock. Season generously with salt and pepper.
• Depending on the thickness of the sauce you might want to add a touch more flour (sprinkle it in so you don't end up with blobs of flour in your stew), it won't get a lot thicker whilst slow cooking.
• Place it all in the slow cooker, then cook on low for 6-7 hours, less if you increase the temperature.
• Taste for seasoning once cooked, and add a splash of Worcestershire sauce if you want to give it a little bit of zing!