November 17, 2017 / In food , beef / Tagged as: beef, onion, carrots, celery, cinnamon, parsley, sweet potatoes, cheddar, leek

Sweet Potato Beef One Pot Stew

Total Cook Time

120 minutes

Ingredients

  • 500g beef (chunk steak or similar)
  • 1 onion
  • 2 carrots
  • 1-2 celery sticks
  • 2 garlic cloves, crushed
  • 1/2 tsp ground cinnamon
  • beef stock cube
  • 2 tbsp tomato puree
  • 25g parsley, stalks and leaves chopped separately
  • 1 kg sweet potatoes
  • handful grated cheddar

Method

  1. Add onions to pan with olive oil and soften for 2 minutes.
  2. Add carrot and celery to onion and cook till softened. ADD A LITTLE WATER IF MIXTURE STICKS.
  3. Add beef cooking until browned.
  4. Add garlic and cinnamon. Use cinnamon carefully, the flavour can dominate a dish easily.
  5. Add 500ml of beef stock.
  6. Add the tomato puree and parsley stalks.
  7. Simmer for 1 hour with lid on
  8. Add parsley leaves, take lid off and simmer for further 40-60 minutes.
  9. Boil the sweet potatoes until cooked. Then mash with a large knob of butter.
  10. Transfer stew to medium sized ceramic dish. Add mash to top.
  11. Place ceramic dish in top oven for 20 minutes at 200C/180C(fan).
  12. OPTIONAL (10) with cheddar cheese grated on top.

Notes

  1. Fine comfort food stew that uses sweet potato.
  2. Variants include subbing a leek instead of the celery.