This Rustic Italian Beef Casserole feature tender chunks of beef, slowly cooked to perfection, soaking up rich flavours from the red wine and aromatic herbs.

---

Cooking Info

Prep Time: 10 mins

Cook Time: 3 hours 15 mins

Servings: 5

---

Nutrition Information

Calories: 345

Protein: 45g

Carbs: 12g

Fat:  13g

---

Food Diary Barcode

---

Ingredients

1 tbsp olive oil

1 stick of celery, finely chopped

1 green pepper, roughly chopped

1 red onion, roughly chopped

2 carrots, roughly chopped

15 g (1 tbsp) garlic, puree or very finely chopped

175ml (6 fl oz) red wine

30g (2 tbsp) cornflour

700ml (3 cups) beef stock

1 kg (2 lbs) 5% fat diced beef

1 tbsp mixed herbs

½ tsp salt

---

Method

1. Preheat your fan oven to 160℃ (320℉).

2. ---

   Heat the olive oil in a large, ovenproof casserole dish.

3. ---

   Add the celery, pepper, onion and carrot and fry for around 5 minutes until they start to soften and get some colour on them.

4. ---

   Add the garlic and fry for a further 30 seconds.

5. ---

   Add the wine and reduce by about 2/3s.

6. ---

   Add the cornflour, beef stock, beef, mixed herbs and salt. Mix through, cover and pop into the oven for around 3 hours.

7. ---

   If you want to thicken the casserole further, remove the lid and give it another 30 minutes in the oven.

8. ---

   Serve.