Australia on toast for breakfast...

I needed to buy more Vegemite yesterday and look what I found! For Australia Day, Kraft changed the name to Australia - a souvenier jar to keep I think!
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I made this dish last night and it was delicious - the flavours really become rich. I didn't add any herbs but you could and I didn't even add salt or pepper.

Beef (or lamb) Chasseur

600gms trimmed casserole beef, cubed
3 rashers of bacon, trimmed of fat and diced
1 large onion, diced
300gms mushrooms (I used Portobello)
375mls beef stock
1 can diced tomatoes
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In a large pot, brown the meat in 1 tablespoon of oil, remove from pan. Brown off onion, bacon then mushrooms until sweated down. Add the meat back into the pan, then the stock and tomatoes. I put my Le Creuset in the oven and let it simmer for one hour, stirring occasionally then removed lid for further 20 minutes to let the sauce reduce. Watch that it doesn't dry out.
I think this recipe would work for a slow cooker too.
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Delicious served with rice and green beans - mashed potatoes would be good too.
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We are going out to dinner at The Barn Steak House tonight with 4 couples who are coming over from Melbourne to go 4WDing then we are off to the beach again tomorrow to maybe I will have some more pictures.
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Cheers - Joolz