Slow-cooked beef with red wine and onions

Serves: 6

Time to make: 8 hrs 15 mins

Hands-on time: 15 mins

Ingredients

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1 tablespoon vegetable oil
900g piece chuck steak or bolar beef, fat trimmed
2 carrots, chopped
2 stalks celery chopped
3 cloves garlic chopped
2 sprigs fresh thyme
2 bay leaves
1 cup (100g) caramelised onion or ¼ cup (75g) onion marmalade
1 cup red wine
1 cup salt-reduced liquid beef stock or water
2 tablespoons cornflourcornstarchX (optional)
4 cups baby spinach
4 cups mashed-with-skin-on potatoes, to serve

Instructions

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1 Turn slow cooker on to low. Heat oil in a frying pan and brown beef.

2 Place all the remaining ingredients except cornflour and spinach in slow cooker with meat.

3 Cover with lid and cook for 7-8 hours until beef is tender. If possible, turn beef over half-way through so that beef is totally covered with liquid.

4 If casserole needs thickening, in the final moments take a little sauce from dish, mix with cornflour to form a paste then stir paste into slow cooker mixture.

5 Use a carving knife and fork to break beef in chunks.

6 Fold spinach through beef casserole and when just wilted serve with mashed potatoes.

Variations

Make it gluten free: Check onion jam, stock and cornflour are gluten free.

Nutrition Info (per serve)

Calories 361 cal

Kilojoules 1510 kJ

Protein 38 g

Total fat 11 g

Saturated fat 3 g

Carbohydrates 20 g

Sugar 6 g

Dietary fibre 3 g

Sodium 310 mg

Calcium 80 mg

Iron 5 mg

Note: This nutrition analysis is a guide only. Nutrition composition will vary depending on the exact ingredients used. See our guides on your optimal daily nutrition intake, and supermarket shopping.