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    Spiced beef with prunes

    • Preparation time: 10 minutes
    • Cooking time: 2 hours 45 minutes-3 hours 15 minutes
    • Total time: 3 hours 25 minutes

    Serves: 2

    Ingredients

    1 tbsp vegetable oil
    400g pack lean diced British beef braising steak
    200g pack Cooks’ Ingredients Diced Onions
    2-3 tsp Cooks’ Ingredients Ras el Hanout
    1 tsp essential Clear Honey
    100g soft pitted Agen prunes
    ½ x 28g pack Cooks’ Ingredients Fresh
    Coriander, chopped
    400g pack essential Mashed Potato
    Cavolo nero, to serve

     

    Method

    Preheat the oven to 160°C, gas mark 3. Heat 1 tsp of oil in a small ovenproof casserole. Keeping the heat high, fry half of the steak pieces for 5 minutes until mostly golden. Season as they cook. Remove and reserve on a plate and repeat with another tsp of oil and the rest of the beef.

    Gently fry the onions in the remains of the oil for about 2 minutes or until softened. Stir in the ras el hanout and cook for 1 minute. Return the beef and any juices back to the pan, with the honey, 50g of prunes and 600ml of water. Bring to a simmer and cover.

    Cook in the oven for 1½ hours then stir in the remaining prunes. Re-cover the pan leaving a little gap this time, then bake for another 1-1½ hours until the beef is tender and the sauce is rich and thick, checking halfway through and covering if necessary.

    Meanwhile, cook the mashed potato and cavolo nero according to the pack instructions. Season the beef to taste, stir in the coriander, then serve with the mash and cavolo nero.

     

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