Slow cook Sunday....... Beef in a marsala and mushroom sauce

I love slow cooker Sundays!  You can literally throw a load of ingredients into the pot, switch it on and go out and enjoy your Sunday, its as easy as that (not exaggerating either)!

I tend to make most slow cooker meals with meat in. I buy all my meat from the local butcher now. It's cheaper and such good quality. I like to support the small local businesses too! This Sunday I bought two big pieces of beef casserole steak and slow cooked them in a marsala and mushroom sauce.  Sounds really posh but its not and it took me 10 mins to prepare!

Serves 2

Ingredients

2 medium sized beef casserole steaks
Plain flour
Olive oil
1 onion finely chopped
200ml marsala
300ml beef stock
3tbsp Worcester sauce
1 1\2 tsp wholegrain mustard
3\4 tsp dried rosemary
Small pack of portabello mushrooms sliced
Small pack of button mushrooms cut in half
120ml double cream
Heaped tablespoon of gravy powder mixed with 3tbsp of water

Method

• Coat the beef in flour on both sides.
• Heat some olive oil in a frying pan and cook the beef on both sides just until the meat is browned. Remove from the pan.
• Fry the onions in a bit more olive oil and add the marsala until it starts to boil.
• Pour the onion and marsala into your slow cooker pot then stir in the beef stock, worcester sauce, mustard and rosemary.
• Place the beef pieces on top of the sauce then add in the mushrooms and cook!

Cook on a low heat for 8 hours or a high heat for 4-5 hours. 

About 15 minutes before you are ready to serve take the beef put and keep warm then add in the cream and gravy mix to thicken up the sauce. 

I served with sweet potato mash and green beans.

Ps, if you've got some of the sauce left over freeze it and use it when you next have sausage and mash!

Enjoy

Laura x