Irish Guinness Beef Stew | Just A Pinch Recipes

Ingredients

• 2 tablespoon(s) olive oil
• 1 & 1/2 pound(s) beef stew meat (get the butcher to cut into bite-size pieces)
• 2 or 3 tablespoon(s) plain flour
• 4 clove(s) garlic (minced)
• 4 cup(s) beef stock
• 2 cup(s) Guinness + 1/2 cup of any red wine (I used a Merlot for this stew)
• 3 tablespoon(s) tomato paste
• 1 tablespoon(s) dried thyme
• 1 teaspoon(s) sugar to sweeten tomato paste
• 1 tablespoon(s) Worcestershire sauce
• 2 - bay leaves
• - salt and cracked black pepper
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• 2 tablespoon(s) butter
• 5 - potatoes (peeled and cut into bite size pieces)
• 1 - large onion (peeled and diced)
• 3 - med carrots (scraped and diced)