Provencal beef pot roast
4
Points®
Total time: 3 hr 25 min • Prep: 15 min • Cook: 3 hr 10 min • Serves: 4 • Difficulty: Easy
The warm sunshine, colourful landscapes and beauty of France’s most painted region are harnessed within this hearty dish, that’s big in both flavour and satisfaction
Ingredients
Oil spray
2 x 3 second spray(s)
Shortcut bacon
125 g, (Buy 137.5g), fat trimmed, chopped
Brown onion
1 medium, chopped
Mushrooms
200 g, (button), halved
Red wine
80 ml, 1/3 cup, (dry)
Dried herbs
1 tbs, (Provencal)
Canned diced tomatoes
400 g
Beef stock
1 cup(s), (250ml)
Worcestershire sauce
1 tbs
Beef, blade steak, raw
560 g, (buy 700g) fat trimmed
Carrot(s)
2 medium, peeled, coarsely chopped
Potato(es)
250 g, (300g desiree), peeled, coarsely chopped
Zucchini
2 medium, trimmed, cut into thick batons
Fresh flat-leaf parsley
2 tbs, finely chopped
Instructions
1
Lightly spray a large saucepan with oil and heat over medium heat. Add onion and bacon and cook, stirring occasionally, for 5 minutes or until onion has softened. Add mushrooms and cook, stirring, for 3–4 minutes or until mushrooms are tender.
2
Add red wine and herbs and bring to the boil. Boil until almost evaporated. Add tomatoes, stock and Worcestershire sauce and bring to the boil.
3
Meanwhile, heat a non-stick frying pan over medium-high heat. Lightly spray beef with oil and cook, turning, for 5 minutes or until browned. Add beef to saucepan with tomato mixture and reduce heat to low. Simmer, covered, for 1½ hours, turning meat twice during cooking.
4
Add carrots, potatoes and 1 cup (250ml) water and simmer, covered, for 1 hour 15 minutes, turning meat twice during cooking. Add zucchini and simmer, uncovered, for 10 minutes or until vegetables and beef are tender.
5
Remove beef and thinly slice. Divide beef, vegetables and sauce among plates. Serve sprinkled with parsley.
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