BEEF IN GUINNESS

Ingredients....750gm of chuck steak, 225gm of baby carrots, 3 tbs of oil, 2 onions peeled and chopped, 3 tbs of plain flour, cracked black pepper to taste, 1 dsp of fresh basil, chopped, 150ml of guinness, 1 dsp of honey, 150ml of beef stock. Preheat your oven to 160 deg C. Lightly grease an ovenproof dish/ casserole. Cut the chuck steak into 1" thick pieces. Trim the carrots into finger length pieces. Heat the oil and fry the onions until tender, then transfer them to the ovenproof dish. Season the flour with the cracked pepper, coat the meat with the flour and fry in the pan with the oil until browned then transfer to the dish with the carrots. Stir the remaining flour into the pan and cook for 1 minute. Stir in the basil and guinness, bring to the boil and reduce heat to a simmer. Now stir in the honey and the stock and pour over the meat. Cover the dish and bake in the preheated oven for 90 minutes. Serve with boiled rice and steamed cabbage. Guinness is tradionally drunk with oysters fresh from the sea. Guinness is Irish lager and I am told that nowhere but in Ireland does it taste exactly as it should. Guinness gives a lovely rich flavour and tenderises meat during the cooking process.