Pot Au Feu (Pot on the Fire)

Ingredients

• 3 lbs beef
• bone in
• 12 ounces bacon
• 10 white pearl onions
• peeled
• 3 garlic cloves
• smashed and chopped
• 4 medium carrots
• peeled and cut into small cubes
• 2 leeks
• washed and cut into rings
• 5 tomatoes
• chopped and peeled
• 1 cup beef stock
• 1 tablespoon all-purpose flour

Instructions

1. Brown meat in frying pan, adding salt and pepper.
2. Sprinkle a little flour over the meat while turning over.
3. Place meat into oven proofed casserole or even better into a slow cooker.
4. Briefly fry bacon, onions, garlic, carrots, then add tomatoes, leek and beef stock.
5. Bring to the boil and add to casserole or slow cooker.
6. Cook at 300F or on low setting on crock pot for about 5 hours or until the meat falls of the bone.
7. Serve with potatoes (boiled or fried).