Irish Stout Beef Casserole

This is a lovely winter warmer which is very easy to prepare. It can be cooked in a crock pot and ready to eat when you get home from work. Don't be restricted by the stout as any dark ale or beer is fine.

• Ready In: 2 hrs 15 mins
• Serves: 6

Ingredients

• 6 -8  cross cut  blade steaks
• 6  small yellow onions
• 1  liter  beef stock
• 1 (330 ml) bottle  of irish stout beer or 1 (330 ml) bottle  montieths black beer
• 4  sprigs fresh thyme
•  salt
•  cracked pepper
• 2  carrots
• 6  small white potatoes
• 2  kumara
• 1  tablespoon cornflour

Directions

1. In a frying pan brown the steaks and set aside in a large casserol dish and add onions.
2. Into the frying pan pour the beef stock and salt and pepper then cook until all the beef residue has lifted.
3. Pour over meat and onions and cook for 1 hour.
4. Stir into casserol the carrots, potatoes, kumera and thyme sprigs.
5. Return to oven and cook another hour.
6. With a perforated spoon, lift out vegetables and meat.
7. Mix cornflour with a little water to make a paste and stir into stock until thickened.
8. Pour over meat and vegetables and serve with seasonal green vegetables.