The recipe came from Maeve O'Meara's lovely book Food Safari (page 55).
This picture shows it just before commencing cooking. And, I served it with mashed potato just as suggested by the well known chef.
The following is the list of ingredients:
1kg beef (preferably Wagyu), cut into large chunks (I used chuck steak from Wootton Valley Meat)
300g speck, cubed
½ cup extra virgin olive oil
2 carrots, peeled, halved and sliced
2 celery sticks- leaves intact, halved then sliced
1 leek, halved and sliced
1 onion, peeled and chopped
5 shallots - halved
10 sprigs of thyme
7 bay leaves
1 bunch of parsley
½ litre red wine, brought to the boil and simmered to remove acidity
Salt & pepper to taste
300g button mushrooms
Carrot Puree
5 carrots, peeled and chopped
Mashed Potatoes
6 large desiree potatoes, skin on
100g butter
200ml milk
Sourdough bread – to serve
Follow the recipe and you won't be disappointed. For full cooking instructions, either follow this link (& scroll down) or purchase Maeve's gorgeous cookery book at a discount. ('Search' for Food Safari)
