Boxing Night Beef

Preparation info
  • Serves

    6

    • Difficulty

      Medium

Appears in
Cooking for Christmas

By Josceline Dimbleby

Published 1978

  • About

This rich and glossy casserole of beef and mushrooms cooked in a dark chestnut sauce doesn’t have to be served on Boxing night, but by then you may have had two meals of cold bits and pieces and in my experience this kind of soothing, warming dish is just what people want after quite a lot of cold food. It is not just an ordinary stew and will seem quite festive enough for the occasion. The casserole can be made well ahead; dishes like this even seem to improve with re-heating. Small potato