Recipe for Braised Steak and Onions.pdf | |
File Size: | 74 kb |
File Type: |
Braised Steak and Onions
Betty's Recipe
Ingredients
Method
Bouquet garni
Tie in a bundle 1 bay leaf, parsley stalks, thyme & celery.
Variation
Old Fashioned Beef Casserole
Same as Braised Steak and Onions, but 2 cups beef stock instead of 1 1/2 and add 2 carrots sliced, I turnip into chunks and 2 sticks celery sliced. Cook same time.
Ingredients
- 750g braising steak
- 1 tablespoon of oil
- seasoned flour
- 1 teaspoon of butter
- 3 onions, sliced
- 1 clove garlic, crushed
- 1 ½ cups beef stock
- salt & pepper
- 1 bouquet garni
Method
- Trim excess fat from beef. Cut the beef into serving size pieces and dredge with seasoned flour.
- Brown a few pieces at a time in hot oil and butter in a heavy saucepan or a flame proof casserole dish.
- Remove meat. Add onions and garlic until onions begins to brown.
- Add stock and bouquet garni and bring to boil, stirring once or twice.
- Add meat, cover tightly and simmer gently on top of stove or in a pre-heated moderate slow oven 160c (140c fan forced) for 2 ½-3 hrs or till meat is tender.
- Remove bouquet garni, adjust seasoning and serve with mashed potatoes and a green vegetable. Serves 4.
Bouquet garni
Tie in a bundle 1 bay leaf, parsley stalks, thyme & celery.
Variation
Old Fashioned Beef Casserole
Same as Braised Steak and Onions, but 2 cups beef stock instead of 1 1/2 and add 2 carrots sliced, I turnip into chunks and 2 sticks celery sliced. Cook same time.