Beef Casserole

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Ingredients 
5OOg diced beef
2T plain flour
2T sunflower oil
1 large onion, peeled and chopped
2 large carrots, thickly sliced diagonally
1 large parsnip, thickly sliced
2 large potatoes, quartered
1 fat clove garlic, peeled and crushed
1 x 440ml can stout
150ml beef stock dissolved in boiling water
1 Bouquet Garni
IT red wine vinegar
IT Whole Grain Mustard
1t sugar
4T freshly chopped parsley

Put the flour on a plate, sprinkle with salt and pepper and coat the meat in the flour.
Heat the oil in a frying pan and fry onions.
Transfer onions to a casserole dish.
Add the beef to the frying pan and brown evenly for 4-5 minutes.
Transfer the meat to a casserole dish.
Add all the vegetables and garlic to the casserole dish.
Add the stout, stock, bouquet garni, vinegar, mustard and sugar.
Cook in a preheated oven at 180°C for 2 hrs.
Garnish with the parsley.

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