Hayden Quinn's beef casserole with dried plums - 9Kitchen

Ingredients

• 2kg boneless chuck steak, cut into 2.5cm pieces
• 35g (¼ cup) plain flour
• 60ml (¼ cup) olive oil, plus 2 tablespoons extra
• 3 small brown onions, roughly chopped
• 2 stalks celery, trimmed, roughly chopped
• 3 cloves garlic, bruised
• 2 teaspoons ground ginger
• 2 cinnamon quills
• 1L (4 cups) beef stock
• 2 tablespoons tomato paste
• 1 tablespoon brown sugar
• 255g (1½ cups) dried plums, seeded (prunes)
• 50g (⅓ cup) flaked almonds, toasted
• ¼ cup roughly chopped coriander leaves, plus extra leaves, to serve
• 4 small parsnips, trimmed, halved lengthwise, cut into rough wedges
• 4 small carrots, trimmed, halved lengthwise, cut into rough wedges
• 4 small beetroots, trimmed, halved, cut into rough wedges
• 6 sprigs rosemary, bruised
• 6 sprigs thyme, bruised
• ½ bulb garlic, bruised
• 2 tablespoons olive oil