Creamy beef with bacon and button mushrooms

ingredients

• Creamy beef with bacon and button mushrooms

  • 1 onion, sliced
  • 2 clove garlic, finely diced
  • 3 rashers middle or rindless bacon, diced
  • 200 gram button mushrooms, quartered
  • 700 gram topside beef or similar, diced
  • 350 millilitre beef stock
  • 1 teaspoon wholegrain mustard
  • 3 tablespoon worcestershire sauce
  • 1/2 cup barbecue sauce
  • 1 tablespoon cornflour
  • 1 tin whole peeled diced tomatoes
  • 1 cup cream
  • sea salt and cracked pepper
  • cooked pasta, sour cream and fresh herbs to serve

method

• • 1

    In a slow cooker or large lidded casserole dish, combine the onion, garlic, bacon, mushrooms and beef.

  • 2

    In a separate jug, whisk together the stock, mustard, Worcestershire and barbecue sauces and cornflour. Stir in the tomatoes, then pour over the beef and mix well.

  • 3

    Cook at 160°C for 4-5 hours in the oven, stirring twice, or 5-6 hours on medium heat in the slow cooker, stirring once.

  • 4

    When the beef is tender, stir in the cream and check for seasoning if necessary.

  • 5

    Serve over hot pasta with chopped herbs and a dollop of sour cream if desired.