BBC Food - Recipes - Irish beef stew

Ingredients

• 1½kg/3lb 5oz stewing beef, cut into cubes
• 175g/6oz streaky bacon
• 3 tbsp olive oil
• 12 baby onions , peeled
• 18 button mushrooms , left whole
• 3 carrots , cut into quarters or 12 baby carrots , scrubbed and left whole
• salt and freshly ground black pepper
• 1 tbsp chopped thyme
• 2 tbsp chopped parsley
• 10 cloves of garlic , crushed and grated
• 425ml/15fl oz red wine
• 425ml/15fl oz chicken or beef stock
• 50g/2oz butter
• 50g/1¾oz flour
• champ , to serve