i love cooking outside. we have an excellent petrol stove thanks to my sister and her husband, chris. it is so efficient and cheap to run, and of course, cooking outside means you can wash up outside too. and drop stuff on the deck and no-one minds.
so here is an easy stew that i made on our last night of our stay at bobo creek this time. it easily serves four people:
1kg cheap beef (like chuck steak) chopped in big cubes
2 or 3 onions chopped
bacon
garlic, bayleaves, herbs etc
tomato passata (about 1 litre)
red wine
mushrooms
flour, salt and pepper
olive oil and butter
begin by heating the oil with the butter in a large, heavy-bottomed saucepan, and fry the onions until soft, add the diced bacon and bay leaves and herbs, and brown well. toss the meat in a good handful of flour with salt and pepper and then fry, again until browned. add the chopped or sliced mushrooms and the garlic. it should all be getting pretty rich and sticky on the bottom of the pan. resist de-glazing the pan until you worry that the whole thing is getting too brown! then pour in a good cup or so of the wine. once the bottom is loosened up add the tomato passata. turn heat down low and cover, stirring every now and then, for a few hours until the meat is soft enough for your liking.
serve with bread or pasta and some greens - a salad or wilted spinach. we put some parmigiana on top and some more fresh herbs.
delicious and easy.
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