If you’re looking for a comforting dish to make at home this weekend, Waitrose has shared the recipe for an Italian-style beef and mushroom casserole.
Ingredients:
• 400g pack lean diced British beef braising steak
• ½ tbsp plain flour
• 1 tbsp Cooks’ Ingredients Porcini Mushroom Paste (available at Waitrose)
• 350ml Cooks’ Ingredients Beef Stock (available at Waitrose)
• ½ tbsp balsamic vinegar of Modena
• ½ x 150g pack mixed exotic mushrooms, large ones halved
• ¼ x 15g pack Cooks’ Ingredients Thyme
• 200g pack cavolo nero (a variety of kale)
• 450g pack mashed potato
Method:
• Preheat the oven to 190ºC.
• Fry the steak until browned on all sides.
• Stir in the flour and porcini paste, cook for 30 seconds, then gradually blend in the stock and vinegar. • Bring to the boil, then transfer to a small ovenproof casserole dish. Cover and bake in the oven for two hours.
• Stir in the mushrooms and add half the thyme sprigs, re-cover and cook for a further 15 minutes.
• Cook the cavolo nero and mashed potato according to pack instructions, then drain.
• Remove the sprigs of thyme, and scatter the leaves from the remaining thyme over the casserole and serve with the cavolo nero and mash.
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