A real winter warmer!

Ingredients:

• 1 pack Quorn ‘beef strips’
• 1 tbsp olive oil
• 2 tbsp red wine or madeira
• 1 red onion, chopped
• 1 small slab of butter
• handful of mushrooms, chopped
• 1 tbsp flour
• 1 bottle of stout (eg Guinness)
• seasonal vegetables (eg carrots/parsnips/squash), thickly cut
• thyme (and time!)
• optional: 1 tbsp horseradish sauce

Methods:

1. Turn oven on at Gas Mark 3/4, 170°C no fan, 150°C with fan.
2. Heat the oil in pan. Add the Quorn ‘beef strips’ , then fry until lightly coloured.  Remove them to a separate bowl.
3. Deglaze the pan with the red wine. Add the butter and onion and fry for 5 mins until softened. Add chopped mushrooms half way through (unless you are like Gee and hate mushrooms) and continue to stir. Add the flour and stir for a 1 min. Gradually add a bottle of stout and keep stirring until you have a rich casserole sauce. Season well.
4. Add thick cut vegetables. Add the ‘beef’ back to the sauce and add the thyme.
   Slow cook in oven for a couple of hours.

   If you like a bit of a kick then stir in a spoonful of horseradish sauce just before serving.