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Slow Cooked Scottish Beef Stew
Fall apart beef cooked in the oven or the slow cooker - this Scottish beef stew is perfect for Burns night - or any other night!
Course Dinner
Cuisine Scottish
Keyword autumn, bowl food, Burns Night, Family Meal, How to make a beef stew, Stew
Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 4 hours
Total Time 4 hours 10 minutes
Servings 6 servings
Ingredients
To serve:
Instructions
Notes
The nutritional information provided does not include the bread.
Nutritional Information
Calories: 548kcal | Carbohydrates: 28g | Protein: 50g | Fat: 17g | Saturated Fat: 8g | Cholesterol: 130mg | Sodium: 639mg | Potassium: 1155mg | Fiber: 3g | Sugar: 8g | Vitamin A: 3425IU | Vitamin 14mg | Calcium: 68mg | Iron: 7.7mg
Recipe Cuisine Scotland
Fall apart beef cooked in the oven or the slow cooker - this Scottish beef stew is perfect for Burns night - or any other night!
Course Dinner
Cuisine Scottish
Keyword autumn, bowl food, Burns Night, Family Meal, How to make a beef stew, Stew
Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 4 hours
Total Time 4 hours 10 minutes
Servings 6 servings
Ingredients
- 2 tbsp vegetable oil
- 1 kg Aberdeen angus braising/stewing beef chopped into bite-size chunks
- 2 tbsp plain all purpose flour mixed with a pinch of salt and pepper
- 2 large onions peeled and chopped
- 3 cloves garlic peeled and crushed
- 2 tbsp red currant jelly or cranberry sauce
- 500 ml red wine
- 2 large carrots peeled and chopped
- 2 medium potatoes peeled and chopped
- 1/2 small swede peeled and chopped
- 700 ml beef stock water plus 2 stock cubes is fine
- 2 tbsp tomato puree
- 1 tbsp Worcestershire sauce
- 4 bay leaves
- 2 tsp dark brown sugar
- ¾ tsp salt
- ¾ tsp crushed black pepper
To serve:
- Fresh thyme sprigs
- Chunks of fresh bread
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 160c/325f
- Heat the oil in a large pan. Dust the chunks of beef in the flour and fry the beef for 7-8 minutes until golden brown all over. Add the onions and cook for a further 5 minutes. Stir in the garlic. Add the red currant jelly, then pour in the red wine and simmer for 5 minutes.
- Add in the carrots, potatoes, swede, stock, tomato puree, Worcestershire sauce, bay leaves, sugar, salt and pepper. Bring to a gentle boil then place a lid on and cook in the oven for 3-4 hours – stirring a couple of times during cooking (alternatively you could transfer to a slow cooker and cook on high for 5-6 hours or low for 7-8 hours).
- Serve topped with a little fresh thyme and some freshly cut bread.
Notes
The nutritional information provided does not include the bread.
Nutritional Information
Calories: 548kcal | Carbohydrates: 28g | Protein: 50g | Fat: 17g | Saturated Fat: 8g | Cholesterol: 130mg | Sodium: 639mg | Potassium: 1155mg | Fiber: 3g | Sugar: 8g | Vitamin A: 3425IU | Vitamin 14mg | Calcium: 68mg | Iron: 7.7mg
Recipe Cuisine Scotland
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