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shin of beef stew

23 March 2016 by Dominic Franks

… so we got back to the cottage on Friday night and yes, whilst the log burner is now fully installed and looking rather beautiful, it seems that the workmen had never heard of a dust sheet.  I have no way to fully describe the anger and frustration.  Chimney soot gets everywhere, into all the cracks and crevices and sits like an oil on the curtains and fabrics.  We were due for a spring clean but this took all day Saturday and was done not with a Marry Poppins-esque smile and snap but with a sullen Eyore style mumbled shuffle.  By the time we finished we were too hot and bothered to have need for the fire itself and stumbled up to shower off the grime and into bed.  What is it with these muppets?  I think there’s an element of thinking that because it’s not their home it doesn’t really matter… but of course it kind of kills the enjoyment of the new stove if you’ve gotta spend a day cleaning up…

shin of beef stew
last week I was sent two beautiful cuts of meat from Grierson Organic and of course I couldn’t resist cooking something special with one of the cuts… plus i’d had the most random phone call with the lovely Sascha Grierson, who i’m sure now thinks i’m a madman, so I think I owe her and her wonderful Aberdeen Angus beef a bit of love…

… as you know, my attitude towards eating meat is that if you’re going to do it, do it rarely and when you do, try and buy the best quality meat you can at the time.  You’re simply going to get a better product if the meat has been fairly treated, raised well and slaughtered humanely.  Plus, if you eat it less often it will have less impact on your wallet, be much more of a treat and of course have a greater effect on the environment. One way to do this is to become a weekday vegetarian.  I’ve found this incredibly easy and it’s going really well.  It means that I really think about the meat I buy at the weekends and make something extra special.  This beef stew was so incredibly mouthwatering yet so utterly basic, the beef speaks, no it sings for itself and was a absolute delight with every mouthful… I consider myself very fortunate indeed.

shin of beef – cut into chunks – I like all the fat left on as it adds flavour
3 tablespoons plain flour – seasoned well with salt and pepper
1 onion – peeled and roughly chopped
2 sticks of celery – chopped
2 cloves of garlic – crushed
5 or 6 chanterray carrots, sliced down the middle
2 large field or flat mushrooms – thickly chunked
a handful of frozen peas
1/2 litre of stock – I used vegetable bullion with 2 teaspoons of Bisto gravy powder in
1/2 litre red wine
olive oil
fresh rosemary and thyme

i’ve used my small casserole dish which is perfect, if a little too small but anything similar with a lid will work nicely… you’ll do most of the cooking on the hob but you need to pre-heat the oven to 150C for the slow-cooking…

take to beef and roll it generously in the flour

pour a little olive oil into the casserole dish and gently heat, then add the beef in batches so as not to overcrowd the pan and let the meat brown – set aside

add a little more oil to the pan and then add the onions and let them soften slightly before adding the celery, garlic and carrots and very gently let them cook through… season well and place the lid on and let them sweat for roughly 5 mins until they are all beginning to soften.  Spoon them out of the pan and set aside.

add the mushrooms and let them cook until soft and beginning to brown nicely.. I add lots of pepper at this stage, then let them cook some more.

add everything back into the pot and pour the stock on top, place the lid on and bung it in the oven for at least an hour to let the juices mingle and the stock thicken… longer than an hour is also good… again this is the kind of dish that tastes better reheated or even frozen and then reheated… throw in the frozen peas about a minute before serving

eat and of course, enjoy!

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  1. Jo says

    23 March 2016 at 4:10 pm

    Look delicious! I don't usually make stews that often but I will have to try this one.

  2. belleau kitchen says

    23 March 2016 at 6:11 pm

    Thanks Jo… It was pretty damn fine!

  3. Tricia Buice says

    23 March 2016 at 11:33 pm

    I'm with you on the meat philosophy so if I have it – I want the best. This stew looks wonderful and so satisfying. I hate having work done on the house – it feels like it will never ben clean again.

  4. belleau kitchen says

    24 March 2016 at 11:58 am

    Thanks Tricia… and thanks for the sympathy…

  5. Camilla Hawkins says

    25 March 2016 at 12:50 pm

    Wow Dom I am salivating of this luscious beef stew, I want to dunk a large piece of crustry bread in there right now! Sorry to hear about your builders, been there, got the T-shirt, so infuriating!

  6. Susan Lindquist says

    25 March 2016 at 1:56 pm

    Oh, my dear! You were in need of this 'sustaining stew' that's worthy of Christopher Robin and Pooh! Just think, the hooligans are gone now and the stove will keep you warm and cheery from here on in! Pictures, please! I'm curious to see what the stove looks like and where you situated it! And … is it the type that you can cook atop if you ever lose power in a winter blast?

  7. Charlene Price says

    25 March 2016 at 5:47 pm

    Ooh, I love beef shin! Great recipe. 🙂

  8. Janice Pattie says

    25 March 2016 at 8:32 pm

    That looks like just the right kind of comfort food after a hard day cleaning up the dust and soot. I found it took about 3 goes at cleaning after we had our dry rot work done, the dust rises up and settles again. Hope you don't have that problem. Have a great weekend.

  9. Kate Glutenfreealchemist says

    29 March 2016 at 10:23 pm

    Wow that looks good! And hopefully the perfect meal to cheer you both up after being greeted by all that dirt and dust. It will be worth it, I am sure…. A log burner is such a perfect thing!

  10. Marcelle @ A Little Fish in the Kitchen says

    1 April 2016 at 4:28 pm

    This stew looks amazing! Beautiful pictures in this post!

  11. Rowena Hailey says

    6 April 2016 at 2:36 pm

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  12. Unknown says

    7 April 2016 at 7:21 pm

    I have access to the same cut on pigs I get for my Louth charcuterie business. The pigs are generally 2-3 years old and are huge, I used 2 shins from my last pig, keeping the bone in and used them in the recipe above..result fantastic!

  13. Believe it, Philadelphia PA Asbestos Lawyer says

    17 May 2016 at 3:10 am

    I was just looking at a beef stew recipe in Saveur and marking it for this week – your version looks equally delicious!

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My name is Dominic, I am a cook, food writer and creative event producer. I write the food blog Dom In The Kitchen and also write a monthly recipe column for Lincolnshire Life Magazine and Good Taste Magazine. I also run creative event production company The Persuaders, producing global events for brands since 1997. I am based both in the small village of Belleau in Lincolnshire and the smaller village of London! Read More…

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