Slow-cooked Nature's Fresh chuck beef with charred tomatoes and tawny - Nature's Fresh

Ingredients

• 1.4kg Natures Fresh chuck beef in large pieces
• ½ cup extra virgin olive oil
• 2 brown onions, very finely diced
• 2 sticks celery, very finely diced
• 2 carrots, very finely diced
• 8 cloves garlic, sliced
• 1 tsp fennel seeds
• 1 bunch thyme leaves
• 4 bay leaves
• 2 Tbsp tomato paste
• 1 cup tawny
• 1L beef stock
• sea salt flakes and freshly-ground black pepper
• 4 cups baby spinach leaves
• 1 bunch parsley, very finely chopped
• 8 ripe tomatoes, halved
• cooking oil spray