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Beef Curry

Serve 6-8

2kg diced chuck steak

 

½ cup flour

 

¼cup vegetable oil 2 large onions, diced 2 cloves garlic, crushed ¼-¹/³cup curry paste

¼cup tomato paste

4 medium potatoes, quartered

1 cup beef stock

Sea salt and freshly ground black pepper

1.Dust beef in flour, shaking off excess. Heat oil in a large frypan and cook beef in batches until browned. Remove and place in slow cooker.

2.Heat remaining oil, cook onion and garlic for 2-3 minutes or until softened. Add curry powder and cook until fragrant. Transfer to slow cooker with remaining ingredients.

3.Cover and cook on HIGH for 3-4 hours or LOW for 6-8 hours.

4.Season to taste and serve with cooked basmati rice.

Family Beef Casserole with Semi Dried

Tomatoes

Serves 6-8

2kg chuck or round steak cut into 2cm cubes ½ cup flour

2 tablespoons olive oil

2 bunches of spring onion, stalk trimmed, peeled and left whole

3 carrots, diced

4 celery stalks, sliced ¹/³ cup tomato paste ½ cup red wine

1 cup semi dried tomatoes

2 tablespoons chopped fresh thyme

2 bay leaves

Salt and freshly ground black pepper

1.Dust beef in flour, shaking off excess flour. Heat oil in a large frying pan and cook beef in batches until brown. Transfer to slow cooker.

2.To the same pan, add onion and garlic, cook stirring for 1-2 minutes or until onion is softened. Add carrots and celery and cook for a further 3 minutes.

3.Stir tomato paste into the vegetables, cook 1 minute. Add wine and allow alcohol to evaporate and liquid to reduce slightly. About 2 minutes.

4.Place vegetables and remaining ingredients in slow cooker. Cover and cook on HIGH 3- 4 hours or LOW 5-6 hours.

5.Season to taste and serve hot with mashed potatoes or rice.

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