Daube of beef from Winter Food by Jill Norman

Ingredients

• 2 kg top rump of beef
• 4 tablespoons olive oil
• 300 g salt pork or streaky bacon in 1 piece, diced
• 4 onions, sliced
• 3 carrots, sliced
• 4 tomatoes, peeled and chopped
• salt
• freshly ground black pepper
• 1 large bouquet garni of thyme, parsley, bay leaf and a strip of orange peel
• 250 ml red wine
• a few stalks of parsley, leaves picked and finely chopped
• 1 large clove garlic, finely chopped
• 1 tablespoon finely chopped capers