紅酒燉牛肉

愛爾蘭有一道名菜，叫做雜菜燉肉(stew)。所有吃剩的菜，加點馬鈴薯，放進烤箱烤個一小時，就是香噴噴的一道家常料理。

喜歡吃火鍋的人如我，對於燉菜當然也極感興趣。

奈歐禁不住我老是要求，終於下定決心花時間來試試看。因為材料準備不足，所以跟下面食譜有點出入，我們沒有放韭菜，也沒有放番茄醬。我們沒有烤箱用具，因此也沒用烤箱。不過牛肉有先勾欠過，也有用紅酒跟迷迭香先醃漬。根據經驗，若懂紅酒，選稍微乾一點，葡萄味道稍濃的紅酒，牛肉會比較香。

成品跟照片差不多，很好吃，適合冬天的家常菜。

另外，我又試了一次韓國海鮮煎餅，這次使用麵糊較稀，然而還是失敗。我想是因為難以掌握火侯，餅外部焦了，內部沒熟。短期內我都不會再嘗試了，海鮮的食材太貴，我還是上餐館吧。

Ingredientsolive oil
1 onion , diced
1 carrot , diced
1 leek , diced
2 celery sticks, diced
2 garlic cloves , crushed
75g mushrooms , sliced
500g braising steaks , cubed
2 tbsp plain flour
3 sprigs of thyme
beef stock , fresh, cube or concentrate made up to 750ml
2 tbsp tomato purée
a dash of Worcestershire sauce

1. Heat 1 tbsp olive oil in a large pan then add the onion, carrot, leek, celery and garlic, and cook gently for 5 minutes, do not brown. Add the mushrooms and cook everything for a further 5 minutes then remove from the pan. Heat a little more olive oil in the pan, add the beef (in batches if necessary) and brown all over then stir the flour in well.

2. Return the veg to the pan and add the thyme, stock, purée and Worcestershire sauce. Season and mix well. Bring to a gentle simmer and cook covered for 1 1/2 hours until tender, stirring occasionally. Serve with jacket potatoes, rice, pasta or mash.