Slow-cooked balsamic beef

Serves: 4

An inexpensive warming one-pot meal – delicious and easy to wash up!

You will need

✽ 450g beef shin, cut into 4 chunks ✽ 1 large onion, chopped ✽ 2 garlic cloves, crushed ✽ 2 celery sticks, chopped ✽ 150ml beef stock ✽ 2 x 400g cans chopped tomatoes ✽ 2tbsp sun-dried tomato paste ✽ 2tbsp balsamic vinegar ✽ 500g baby carrots, trimmed ✽ 2tbsp gravy granules ✽ 3 sprigs fresh rosemary ✽ 2 x 400g cans cannellini

beans, drained ✽ Crusty bread, mashed potato or

cooked tagliatelle, to serve

How to do it

1 Heat oven to 180C/gas 4. Season beef, then place it in a large ovenproof casserole dish. 2 Add the onion, garlic, celery, beef stock, tomatoes, tomato paste, vinegar, carrots, gravy granules and rosemary. Stir to combine, then cook in the oven for 3 hours, until the beef is tender. 3 Add the cannellini beans and warm through before serving with crusty bread, mash or tagliatelle. 4 To freeze, transfer the cooked casserole to a freezer container, cool, then freeze. Defrost overnight and reheat on the hob for 20 mins or in the oven at 180C/gas 4 for 40 mins.

Prep time: 15 mins Cook time: 3 hours skill level: easy Cost: under £2 Per serving FAT: 16g sat FAT: 4g Carbs: 45g