Stephanie Alexander's Simple Beef Stew

Ingredients
1.5 kg chuck or blade steak - cut into cubes
60 g plain flour
2 teaspoons paprika
400g can peeled tomatoes in juice
1 glass red whine
2 onions diced
2 cloves of garlic
1 stick celery, finely sliced
3 carrots, peeled an cut into chunks 
salt
pepper


Method
Preheat oven to 180 degrees celsius. Roll beef in flour and paprika. Put into a casserole dish that will hold all ingredients comfortably with not too much extra space. Crush tomatoes and add to the meat, add remaining ingredients and stir. Press a piece of baking paper over dish and cover with lid. Cook in the over for 2 hours undisturbed. Taste for seasoning and check if meat is tender and cook longer if necessary. Stew goes nicely with crusty bread and fresh yogurt. Serves 4 to 6 : )

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Stephanie Alexander, 'The Cooks Companion: Complete book of ingredients & recipes for the Australian kitchen,' Lantern, 1996, 163.