Sunday 2 December - Asian Beef Stew

We spotted this recipe on a Nigella Lawson programme last week, so thought we'd give it a go, but with a few tweaks here and there.

The recipe used beef shin - not easily available round here on a Sunday, so we bought some lean braising steak and cut it into cubes. 

 Onions garlic and ginger were processed, along with some coriander and this was gently fried before the other flavours were added along with some beef stock. We also amended the recipe by frying the beef cubes and adding a bit of flour.

 

The stew went into the oven for about 3 hours and then was served with mashed potato and parsnip cooked with some fresh ginger, and mashed with some yoghurt and a dash of sesame oil, and a crisp salad of carrot, mooli, chillis and spring onion dressed with lime and fish sauce.