Beef in brown ale
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Adapted for the slow cooker, based on a recipe in Clarissa Dickson-Wright's Potty.
This is: lactose-free
This recipe requires: Quite a bit of faffing about, chopping, putting things in and out of pots other than the slow cooker, and carving meat at the end of it.
Note: measurements are approximate as they depend on the size of your slow-cooker and how many people you're feeding. The vegetables, as I made them, made approx. 5 servings.
- A cheap cut of roasting beef, such as boned & rolled brisket (I used flank, which I cut into two hunks)
- Enough flour to coat your beef. Season generously with mustard powder, cayenne pepper, and cracked pepper.
- Cooking oil
- 3 onions, roughly diced
- 2 carrots, diced smallish
- 2 celery stalks, diced smallish
- 2-3 potatoes, diced smallish
- 250ml of brown or black ale (I used Toohey's Old)
- 2 tsp brown sugar
What you do:
1. Coat the beef in seasoned flour.
2. Heat oil in a frying pan, brown beef on both sides. Remove from pan, set aside.
3. Fry vegetables. Tip into slow cooker.
4. Pour ale on top of vegetables, and then stir the brown sugar through. Season as desired.
5. Place beef on top of vegetables. Cook on high for around two hours, then on low for another few hours (I cooked from 11am to 6pm all up, but it might well be done before that).
6. Remove beef and place on a serving tray. Spoon vegetables out with a slotted spoon and place on serving tray.
7. Pour remaining liquid into a saucepan over high heat. (I then scooped the meat and veg BACK into the slow cooker to keep warm; an oven-proof serving dish could be placed in the oven, etc.) Boil off until liquid has halved; it will thicken slightly but not dramatically.
8. Pour over vegetables either on serving dish or on plates.
9. NOM.
I added some broccoli florets toward the end, and served with garlic bread. I had beef enough for four, and leftover vegetables and gravy I'm going to turn into vegetable pie.
crock_o_dialAdapted for the slow cooker, based on a recipe in Clarissa Dickson-Wright's Potty.
This is: lactose-free
This recipe requires: Quite a bit of faffing about, chopping, putting things in and out of pots other than the slow cooker, and carving meat at the end of it.
Note: measurements are approximate as they depend on the size of your slow-cooker and how many people you're feeding. The vegetables, as I made them, made approx. 5 servings.
- A cheap cut of roasting beef, such as boned & rolled brisket (I used flank, which I cut into two hunks)
- Enough flour to coat your beef. Season generously with mustard powder, cayenne pepper, and cracked pepper.
- Cooking oil
- 3 onions, roughly diced
- 2 carrots, diced smallish
- 2 celery stalks, diced smallish
- 2-3 potatoes, diced smallish
- 250ml of brown or black ale (I used Toohey's Old)
- 2 tsp brown sugar
What you do:
1. Coat the beef in seasoned flour.
2. Heat oil in a frying pan, brown beef on both sides. Remove from pan, set aside.
3. Fry vegetables. Tip into slow cooker.
4. Pour ale on top of vegetables, and then stir the brown sugar through. Season as desired.
5. Place beef on top of vegetables. Cook on high for around two hours, then on low for another few hours (I cooked from 11am to 6pm all up, but it might well be done before that).
6. Remove beef and place on a serving tray. Spoon vegetables out with a slotted spoon and place on serving tray.
7. Pour remaining liquid into a saucepan over high heat. (I then scooped the meat and veg BACK into the slow cooker to keep warm; an oven-proof serving dish could be placed in the oven, etc.) Boil off until liquid has halved; it will thicken slightly but not dramatically.
8. Pour over vegetables either on serving dish or on plates.
9. NOM.
I added some broccoli florets toward the end, and served with garlic bread. I had beef enough for four, and leftover vegetables and gravy I'm going to turn into vegetable pie.