Beef and Mushroom Casserole

The beauty of this dish is that it's an entire meal in one dish. Bake everything together and have dinner for the family on the table in no time.

Notes

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Cooking Time1 hr 30 min

Cooking MethodCasserole

Ingredients

2 pounds cross-cut blade steak
4 tablespoons oil
2 tablespoons flour
1/2 teaspoon salt
black pepper, freshly ground
1 cup red wine
1 1/2 cup beef stock
1 bay leaf
1 large sprig oregano
2 stalks parsley
2 cloves garlic
6 shallots
1 cup brown button mushroom
1/4 cup parsley, chopped

Instructions

Preheat oven to 356 degrees F.
Trim meat and cut into 1 inch cubes. Heat oil in a large heavy based casserole dish. Fry the meat in batches until brown on all sides. Return all the meat to casserole and sprinkle over flour, salt and pepper.
Toss with meat until flour has colored lightly and stuck to the base of the casserole. Add wine and stock and stir around scraping up the stuck in bits. Tie oregano, parsley and bay leaf together with a piece of string and place in the casserole. Crush garlic, peel and chop finely. Peel the shallots and to the casserole with the garlic.
Cover with lid and bake for 1 hour.
Wipe mushrooms, cut in half and add to the casserole, stirring through.
Cook 30 minutes more minutes or until meat is tender. Remove the bay leaf etc. and sprinkle with the parsley.