Beef and Chestnut Stew

Ingredients

• 900g stewing beef
• 6 - 9 unsmoked streaky back rashers, sliced
• 1 onion, chopped
• 2 celery sticks, chopped
• 2 carrots, chopped
• 6 medium-sized mushrooms, chopped
• 2 garlic cloves, thinly sliced
• few sprigs of thyme, leaves
• 6 - 8 juniper berries, crushed
• 350 ml beef stock
• 100 ml ruby port
• tomato purée
• 200g cooked and peeled chestnuts