Italian Beef Stew

• 1.35 kg well-hung stewing beef or lean flank
• 1 tablespoon olive oil
• 300

Trim the meat of any excess fat and cut into 4cm cubes. Heat the olive oil in a casserole; sweat the sliced onions and carrots on a gentle heat with the lid on for 10 minutes. Heat a little more olive oil in a frying pan until almost smoking. Sear the pieces of meat on all sides, reduce the heat, stir in flour; cook for 1 minute; mix the wine, stock and tomato purée together and add gradually t