Beef stew recipe Recipe | Better Homes & Gardens Australia

Ingredients

• 20g dried porcini mushrooms
• 1 cup boiling water
• ¼ cup olive oil
• 1.6kg chuck or gravy beef, trimmed
• 3 large red onions, diced
• 3 carrots, diced
• 4 sticks celery, diced
• 250g mild flat pancetta, diced
• 2 bay leaves
• 2 Tbsp tomato paste
• 2 tsp caster sugar
• 750ml red wine or chianti
• 400g can diced tomatoes (or 700g vine-ripened tomatoes, chopped)
• 1 beef stock cube
• 800g small chat potatoes
• 125g butter, softened
• 40g Peppadew Hot Whole Sweet Piquante Peppers, drained, finely chopped
• 1 long baguette
• ¼ cup roughly chopped flat-leaf parsley, to serve