• Skip to primary navigation
  • Skip to main content
  • Skip to primary sidebar
  • Skip to footer

Just Easy Recipes

Easy Recipes, Cooking Tips and Entertaining Ideas | South Africa

  • Home
  • About
  • Recipes
  • Sunshine Parties
  • Contact
  • Shop
  • Nav Social Menu

    • Email
    • Facebook
    • Pinterest
    • RSS
    • Twitter

Delicious Beef Ragout

September 22, 2009 by Louise

Jump to Recipe·Print Recipe

Oh my soul! This is one of those recipes that leave you weak at the knees. The mixture of tomatoes and beer with beef and bacon creates an incredibly rich flavour and it’s difficult not to go back for seconds. And although there are quite a few ingredients, everything is cooked in the same pot and so it’s all very easy! If you have a pressure cooker you can have this dish ready in 30 minutes. If not, then you’ll need to cook the dish for about 1 ½ to 2 hours so that the meat is soft and tender.

beef-ragout-vertical
Print
Beef Ragout Recipe

Delicious Beef Ragout


  • Author: Louise
  • Prep Time: 15 minutes
  • Cook Time: 2 hours
  • Total Time: 2 hours 15 minutes
  • Yield: 4-6 servings 1x
Print Recipe
Pin Recipe

Description

A delicious combination of rich, hearty flavours and tender-cooked beef that will definitely have everyone coming back for seconds!


Ingredients

  • 3 tbsp cooking oil
  • 1kg stewing beef, cut into pieces
  • 1tsp salt
  • 2–3 sprigs fresh Rosemary, leaves finely chopped
  • 2 carrots, coarsely chopped
  • 4 celery sticks, finely chopped
  • 1 onion, finely chopped
  • 125g bacon, cut into small pieces
  • 3 large garlic cloves, chopped
  • 125ml tomato purée
  • 250g Portabellini mushrooms
  • 1 can whole tomatoes
  • 200ml beef stock
  • 250ml Guinness beer (or any other beer you have!)
  • 1 tbsp flour

Instructions

  1. In a large pot heat 2tbsp oil until it is very hot and then brown the beef together with the rosemary and salt. Remove from the pot and set aside.
  2. Add the last tbsp oil to the pan, allow it to heat up and then add the onion, carrots, celery, bacon and garlic. Cook for approximately 5 minutes or until onions are soft.
  3. Now add the puree, tomatoes, mushrooms, beer, stock and meat and bring to the boil.
  4. Reduce the heat and allow to simmer on low heat for 1 ½ to 2 hours.If the sauce needs thickening, sprinkle with some flour, a little bit at a time. Stir and allow to thicken

Notes

If you using a pressure cooker, put the lid on and cook on high heat for 15 minutes and then on low heat for 15 minutes. Remove from heat and allow to cool until the pressure gauge drops down. Now open the lid and if the sauce needs thickening, sprinkle with some flour, a little bit at a time. Stir and allow to thicken. Best served with rice or mashed potato.

Did you make this recipe?

Tag @justeasyrecipes on Instagram and hashtag it #justeasyrecipes


Filed Under: All Recipes, Main Meals

Previous Post: « Gooseberry
Next Post: Countdown to The Good Food & Wine Show begins! »

Reader Interactions

Comments

  1. Sophie

    October 2, 2009 at 8:58 am

    MMMMMMMMM,…your beef dish looks fabulous!! rich & real comfort food!!

    Yummie all the way!!

  2. makhosi

    September 12, 2011 at 12:15 pm

    You recipe are delicious. simple and affordible thank you for making it possible for us to love the kitchen again. ilove u sharo mwaaaaaaaaaaa!

  3. Josef Pellow

    June 1, 2017 at 11:11 pm

    Thank you, i really appreciate with you.

Primary Sidebar

Hello There!  Welcome to my blog of easy recipes.

Louise
I'm Louise and I'm so glad you are here! My blog is all about no-fuss recipes, simplifying mealtimes, and still making it all taste ridiculously yummy. oh yes.Learn More →
Just Easy Recipes

Footer

Easy Fish Cakes
Genesis Framework for WordPress

Copyright © 2021 · Foodie Pro & The Genesis Framework