Guinness Beef Stew

Ingredients: 

• 1 kilogram (2 pounds) sirloin steak
• 2 tablespoon dripping
• 2 onions (large)
• 2 cloves of garlic
• 100 grams (1 cup) plain flour
• 250 millileters (1 cup) beef stock
• 250 millileters (1 cup) Guinness
• 3 carrots
• 2 bay leaves
• 1 teaspoon dried thyme (or fresh thyme)
• 6 prunes
• 2 tablespoons chopped parsley

Chop onions, crush garlic and slice carrots. Cut meat into small chunks. Cut prunes in half and remove the stone. Fry onions in dripping. When golden brown, add crushed garlic. Cook for 1 minute.
Remove onion and garlic from the frying pan and put aside. Add meat to remainder of dripping in pan and fry until meat is brown on all sides. Reduce heat and add flour.
Coat the meat with the flour and add stock slowly to form a thick sauce (no lumps if it can be helped!).
Add Guinness and simmer. Add onions, garlic, carrots, herbs and season with salt and pepper.
Stir all ingredients. Simmer for 1-2 hours. Don't cover, this creates too thick a sauce.
Stir occasionally so meat doesn't stick to the bottom of the pan. Add the prunes a half an hour before the end.
Add parsley before serving.

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