Crunch-Topped Slowed Cooked Beef and Onion Jam

Crunch-Topped Slowed Cooked Beef and Onion Jam

 I have been trying a lot of new recipes lately and this one is is a new family favourite, its not hard but takes a little while to make with the slow cooking method. I hope you give it a go as it was just so very tasty.

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• 1 tablespoon olive oil
• 2 brown onions, halved, thinly sliced
• 2 fresh thyme sprigs
• 2 tablespoons brown sugar
• 1 tablespoon red wine vinegar
• 3 eggs, lightly whisked
• 250ml (1 cup) milk
• 25g (1/3 cup) shredded parmesan
• 1 tablespoon chopped fresh continental parsley
• 1 garlic clove, crushed
• 300g piece Turkish bread, cut into 2cm thick slices
• Cocktail truss tomatoes, roasted, to serve

Beef filling

• (makes a double batch)
• 40g (1/4 cup) plain flour
• 1.5kg beef chuck steak, excess fat trimmed, cut into 5cm pieces
• 2 tablespoons olive oil
• 400g can diced tomatoes
• 250ml (1 cup) beef stock
• 185ml (3/4 cup) red wine
• 3 dried bay leaves
• 3 fresh thyme sprigs
• 300g rindless bacon rashers, coarsely chopped
• 1 leek, cut into 1cm thick slices
  Method

1. Step 1
   To make the beef filling, preheat oven to 180C. Place flour on a plate. Season with pepper. Toss beef in flour to coat. Heat half the oil in a frying pan over medium-high heat. Cook the beef, in 4 batches, turning, for 2-3 minutes or until browned, reheating the pan between batches. Transfer to a 3.5L (10 cup) ovenproof dish with a lid. Add the tomato, stock, red wine, bay leaves and thyme to the dish. Cover and bake for 2 1/2 hours.
2. Step 2
   Meanwhile, heat the remaining oil in a large frying pan over medium heat. Add bacon and leek. Stir for 5 minutes or until leek softens slightly.
3. Step 3
   Add the leek mixture to the beef filling and stir to combine. Cover and bake for a further 30 minutes or until the beef is very tender.
4. Step 4
   Meanwhile, heat the oil in a large frying pan over medium heat. Add the onion and thyme. Stir for 20 minutes or until onion caramelises. Add the sugar and vinegar. Stir for 3 minutes or until mixture thickens and liquid evaporates.
5. Step 5
   Transfer beef to a chopping board. Use two forks to shred the beef. Return beef to the pan. Spoon half the beef filling into a 1.75L (7 cup) ovenproof dish or frying pan, reserving remaining beef filling for another use(I used all the beef and made a big pie). Whisk the egg, milk, parmesan, parsley and garlic in a bowl. Season with pepper. Dip the bread into the egg mixture for 30 seconds or until soggy, reserving excess egg mixture. Place the bread on top of the beef mixture, overlapping slightly. Spoon the onion mixture in between slices of bread. Pour over the reserved egg mixture. Bake for 30 minutes or until bread is golden. Top with cocktail truss tomatoes.