Pot Roast of Beef from Two Fat Ladies: Full Throttle by Jennifer Paterson

Ingredients

• 115g/4oz mushrooms
• 2 tomatoes, peeled, de-seeded and quartered
• 16 button onions
• 4 carrots, sliced
• 2 carrots, sliced
• 1 small turnip, chopped
• 1 tsp sugar
• 1 large onion, sliced
• 1 clove of garlic, crushed
• 8 peppercorns
• 2 cloves
• bouquet garni
• 600ml/1 pint white wine
• 2 tbsp olive oil
• 2 tbsp wine vinegar
• 900g/2lb rump beef, topside preferably
• 1 3/4 litres/1½ pints beef stock
• 150g/6oz pork fat lardons
• salt
• freshly ground pepper