Fireside Venison stew recipe with ale and new potatoes - The Field

Ingredients

• 1.5kg (31⁄4lb) red deer silverside (or shoulder or neck), cut into 1in chunks
• 100ml (31⁄2fl oz) vegetable oil
• 3 large onions, sliced
• 8 whole garlic cloves
• 200g (7oz) smoked bacon, cut into 1⁄2in chunks, with rinds removed
• 4 tbsp tomato ketchup
• 200ml (1⁄4 pint) beef stock
• 850ml (11⁄2 pints) real ale
• 1 bunch thyme
• 500g (1lb) carrots
• 500g (1lb) new potatoes
• 50g (13⁄4oz) butter with a spoonful of flour rubbed in