INGREDIENTS
2
medium brown onions, finely diced (or 7-8 small shallots, peeled and left whole)
4
slices of bacon or pancetta
1 tbsp
olive oil
3 cloves
crushed or finely diced garlic
3 lb
) good quality braising beef steak, cut into cubes or you can get diced beef
1
+ ½ teaspoons sea salt
1/2 tsp
ground black pepper
1 cup
stock (beef or chicken)
1 cup
red wine
1 cup
chopped tinned tomatoes
1 tsp
mixed dried herbs
1
bay leaf
2
sprigs of rosemary
Optional: 5 oz (150 g ) button mushrooms , sliced or left whole if they are small
2
large carrots (sliced)
1 tbsp
cornstarch, regular flour or tapioca flour (for paleo/gluten-free)
1 tbsp
butter
2 tbsp
freshly chopped parsley, to serve