Daube Recipe with Beef and Root Vegetables

Ingredients

• 20 gm unsalted butter
• 2 tbsp olive oil
• 1.5 kg piece trimmed beef oyster blade or chuck, cut into 8 pieces
• 1 onion, finely chopped
• 4 garlic cloves, finely chopped
• 1 tbsp plain flour
• 750 ml dry red wine
• 2 fresh bay leaves
• 1 thyme sprig
• 8 baby kipfler potatoes, scrubbed
• 150 gm piece mild pancetta
• 16 golden shallots, peeled
• 16 Swiss brown mushrooms
• Pinch of caster sugar (or to taste)
• 12 baby carrots, trimmed
• 12 baby turnips, trimmed and scrubbed
• Coarsely chopped flat-leaf parsley, to garnish (optional)