Recipe of the week - 29th November

Spicy Beef Stew

This makes a great alternative to a traditional beef and ale stew (as delicious as this undoubtably is) and is very easy to put together, simply let the oven do the work for you.

Serves 4
1 kg stewing beef, diced
2 onions, chopped
3 cloves of garlic, crushed
1 large tin butter beans
1 tbsp black treacle
2 tsp cumin
1 tsp hot chilli powder
2 tbsp flour
500 ml chicken stock
Salt and pepper

1. Begin by browning off the meat. To do this quickly, simply add the beef to a large casserole dish together with the seasoned flour. Stir to coat the beef.
2. Place in the oven for 20 minutes at 220 degrees celsius to brown.
3. Simply add the rest of the ingredients to the dish, reduce the temperature to 180 degrees and cook for three hours or until the meat shreds apart.

And that's it, ridiculously simple and extremely tasty.