A recipe for you all!

Having stumbled on Pete Brown's Beer blog (http://petebrown.blogspot.com) It has stirred me into publishing a recipe in which beer is the key ingredient! So here we are:

Pete's Guinness Carbonade of Beef - Serves 4

Ingredients:

450g Braising Steak
Two large chopped onions
Two chopped cloves of garlic
250ml of Guinness
A beef stock cube
A Tablespoon of plain flour
A little olive oil

Method:

1. Chop the onions in half then chop into half ring shapes (it is important to get them all to roughly the same thickness so that they cook evenly). Add the onins to an ovenproof casserole and fry in a little olive oil until soft.

2. Remove the onions and turn up the heat. When the casserole is really hot, seal the cubed braising steak until the meat is brown all over. Don't worry if the pan catches a little on the bottom, this will all add to the flavour!

3. Return the onions to the casserole and add the garlic. Continue to fry for a couple of minutes. Be careful not to burn the garlic as it will turn bitter. Add the flour and stir thoroughly to break up any big lumps.

4. Boil a little water in the kettle and dissolve the stock cube. Add the stock and the Guinness to the casserole dish and bring to the boil.

5. When boiling put the lid on the casserole and place in a preheated oven at 170C for about 2 hours.

6. Check every half hour while cooking that there is enough liquid in the casserole. If not add a little more Guinness.

7. Serve with mashed potatoes, leeks and carrots.