Slow cooked beef at Tom's

Ingredients

Joint of Tom's Dexter Chuck Beef
Two bags of shallots
Two packs of brown mushrooms
Half a celery
Half jar of Provencale olives
10 carrots
Mug of red wine
Garlic, pepper

Browned shallots and beef in large casserole.
Chopped carrots, mushrooms and celery.
Added wine and olives.
Moved from hob to stove, cooked below simmered for four hours.

Result fed five adults and five children, served with broccoli, with lots of vegetables and gravy left over.

Very tender and good!

Mediterranean Spring Chicken Chasseur

This version of Chicken Chasseur is intended to be lighter and more seasonal: we ate it outside!

Ingredients

Free range chicken
Fresh herbs: sage, thyme, rosemary, bay flat leaved parsley
4 cloves garlic
2 onions
3 sticks of celery, chopped
6 open cup mushroom, quartered
2 carrots
4 rashers smoked bacon
6 Sainsbury's provencal style olives, tablespoon of olive brine
Splash of prosecco
Olive oil and pepper

Put it all in a casserole for 3 hours at 180°, serve in sunshine with boiled potatoes and broccoli.