Dad's Carbonades a la Flamande

Carbonades a la Flamande

 

500 gm beef cut into bite sized cubes

2 large onions thickly sliced

2 garlic cloves crushed

1 tbs brown sugar

2 tbs red wine vinegar

quarter cup chopped parsley

1 small bay leaf

1tsp thyme

salt and pepper to taste

1 cup beef stock

1 can beer

flour and cooking oil

Dredge beef in flour and brown a few at a time in hot oil in a frying pan. Put into an ovenproof casserole.  Add onions and garlic to pan and brown lightly - add more oil if necessary. Put in casserole.  Add sugar, vinegar, parsley, bay leaf, thyme, salt and pepper to meat mixture and stir a couple of times.

Drain any remaining oil from pan, put in stock and bring to the boil, loosening browned bits. Pour over meat mixture. Add enough beer to cover.  Cover casserole and bake in oven at 150 C. for 2 hours. Check after an hour that it hasn't boiled dry - if necessary add water. If not thick enough at end, thicken with cornflour.