Rustic Beef Casserole (spicy)

Total Time: 2 hrs 55 mins Preparation Time: 25 mins Cook Time: 2 hrs 30 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 500 g beef, cut into chunks (i used skirt but any stewing beef will do)
• 1 large onion, roughly chopped
• 5 garlic cloves, roughly chopped, slightly crushed
• 1/2 large courgette, large chunks
• 1/2 large bell pepper, large chunks
• 1/2-1 glass red
• 500 g new potatoes, cut in two
• mixed herbs
• bay leaf
• salt & fresh ground pepper (to taste)
• dried chili (to taste)
• 1 vegetable stock, cube
• 1 (14 ounce) can chopped tomatoes

Recipe

• 1 in a pan fry/seal-off the beef until nice and brown, a little bit crispy.
• 2 remove beef from the pan into a large pot.
• 3 add onions to the pan and fry them in the juices from the beef.
• 4 when the onions are getting soft, add the garlic.
• 5 when all the juices are gone and they are just about to burn, add onions and galic to large pot, with the beef.
• 6 add to the pot: 4 large glasses of water. 1/2 to 1 large glass of red . stock cube. mixed herbs. salt and pepper. dried chillies. bay leaf.
• 7 put the lid on the pot and simmer for 2 hours.
• 8 after 2 hours, add to the pot: courgette. bell pepper. chopped new potatoes. tin of chopped tomatoes.
• 9 cook again for another 30 minutes or until the potatoes are cooked.
• 10 (some crusty bread and a cool go excellently with this dish).