slow cooked beef and gremolata ...

I have been eating more red meat than usual and I don't like how it makes me feel, so I am going to go back to eating a lot less ... after tonight!

I had some beef in the freezer, not sure if it was my butcher's usual mixed cut, gravy beef or another cheap cut, but I put it on this afternoon and let it cook nice and slowly for a few hours.

SLOW COOKED BEEF
1 kg cheap cut of beef - diced
2 onions
3 carrots
2 zucchini
1 celery stick
1 punnet cherry tomatoes or 4 chopped and blended tomatoes or a can of chopped tomatoes
a handful of mushrooms (if you have any that need to be used)
3 cups stock or water
bay leaves
S & P

Cook off the vegetables until softened, then put in beef and lightly brown, add the tomatoes, the the stock, the bay leaves and the salt and pepper.

Put on the lid and cook slowly, checking often, and adding water as you need to.

You can also add red wine and any other of your favourite herbs or vegetables.  Potato, sweet potato, pumpkin, white beans, whatever you like.

Cook slowly until meat is tender and season to taste.

I love slow cooked meat dishes served with a zesty gremolata to give it a kick!

GREMOLATA

Parsley chopped finely
Lemon zest
Olive oil
Lemon juice

Mix everything together and the serve with your beef, and maybe some rice or your warm bread on the side.... and a nice glass of red, of course!!


Bon Appetit ... a late dinner for me tonight!