Beef and Prune Casserole

Beef and Prune Casserole

  Ready in : 45 mins

You can never have too many main course recipes, so give Beef and Prune Casserole a try. Watching your figure? This gluten free and dairy free recipe has 553 calories, 39g of protein, and 28g of fat per serving. This recipe serves 4 and costs $5.61 per serving. It will be a hit at your Autumn event. This recipe from Foodista has 1 fans. A mixture of onions, fat cloves of garlic, carrots, and a handful of other ingredients are all it takes to make this recipe so yummy. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes around 45 minutes. With a spoonacular score of 74%, this dish is pretty good. Similar recipes are Beef and Prune Casserole, Passover Sweet Potato and Prune Casserole, and Fragrant Moroccan Beef, Date, Honey and Prune Tagine - Crock Pot.

Ingredients

bay leaves

bay leaves

2

beef stock

beef stock

1.5 pints

carrots

carrots

2

full bodied red wine

full bodied red wine

1 glasses

fat cloves of garlic

fat cloves of garlic

0.75

olive oil 1-2

olive oil 1-2

1 tablespoon

onions

onions

2

fat prunes

fat prunes

10

salt and pepper

salt and pepper

4 servings

braising steak

braising steak

1.5 pounds

zuchinni

zuchinni

2

Cooking in Steps

  1. 1
    Warm the oil in a thick bottomed pan on the top of the stove, it doesnt need to be spitting just hot enough to let the meat brown

    meat

    meat

    cooking oil

    cooking oil

    stove
    stove
    frying pan
    frying pan
  2. 2
    Dice the beef into man sized chunks, place in the pan and brown

    beef

    beef

    frying pan
    frying pan
  3. 3
    Remove from the pan and put to one side, put the onions and garlic into the pan, pop the lid on, and let them sweat (cook without colouring). When they are tender, re-add the beef to the pan along with the stock, carrots, zuchinni and bay leaves and gently bring to the boil.

    bay leaves

    bay leaves

    carrot

    carrot

    garlic

    garlic

    onion

    onion

    stock

    stock

    beef

    beef

    frying pan
    frying pan
  4. 4
    Add the prunes.Season with salt and pepper not much as you can always add more later on.

    salt and pepper

    salt and pepper

    prunes

    prunes

  5. 5
    Add red wine - dont be stingy 2 glasses

    red wine

    red wine

  6. 6
    Replace lid and leave to cook slowly on top of the stove/ or oven at the lowest temperature for about 2.5 -3hours. The meat will be so tender it will cut like softened butter with all flavours mixed, mingled and having a love affair in the pot.

    butter

    butter

    meat

    meat

    stove
    stove
    oven
    oven
    pot
    pot
  7. 7
    Pour your self a large glass of red wine or G&T and relaxI normally serve with steamed or baked potatoes, broccoli and peas

    broccoli

    broccoli

    potato

    potato

    red wine

    red wine

    peas

    peas