Serves 4 generously

Ingredients

2 large onions, peeled and sliced
2 large carrots, peeled and sliced
6oz mushrooms, washed and sliced (or button mushrooms left whole)
4 tbsp. of oil
1 ½ lbs of braising steak, cubed or sliced
2 tbsp. of seasoned flour
2 tbsp. of tomato purée
1/3 pint of stout (Guinness pref)
Salt and ground black pepper
1 tsp. of thyme
1 bay leaf
6oz of blue Stilton, cut or sliced to small pieces

Method

1. Sweat the vegetables in two tbsp. of oil for five minutes.
2. Remove from heat and place in the bottom of a large casserole dish.
3. Toss the steak in the flour, and fry until brown over a high heat, add the remaining oil.
4. Place the fried steak on top of the vegetables and place the mushrooms over the top of the meat.
5. Mix the stout, purée, seasoning, herbs and the bay leaf and pour this over the dish.
6. Cover and place in a 180^oC 350^oF mark 4 pre-heated oven and cook for two hours.
7. Remove the bay leaf and adjust seasoning to taste.
8. Stir in the blue stilton two or three minutes before serving
9. Serve with broccoli, carrots, and baked potatoes.