Beef & Guinness stew with mashed potato

Last year we went to Dublin for a weekend and visited the Guinness Storehouse. By the way, it's worth the visit! I brought a few recipe cards, recipes with Guinness of course.
I am a fan of Guinness so had high expectations for this recipe. Unfortunately, it didn't met my expectations.
Just a normal beef stew. The Guinness doesn't add anything to it. I'm saddened to say that red wine would have done more for it.

Serves: 5 persons.

Ingredients:
  • 500mg diced beef
  • 200ml Guinness Foreign Extra Stout (couldn't find this one so used Guinness Original Extra Stout)
  • 1 medium onion, diced
  • 1 large carrot, diced
  • 1 large celery stick, diced
  • 1 large parsnip, diced
  • 1 litre of thick beef stock (I used regular stock and it ended up very watery, so 500ml  of regular stock would do)
  • Springs of fresh thyme & rosemary
  • Salt and pepper to taste
  • For the mashed potato:
    • 1kg potatoes
    • 50g butter
    • 150ml milk
    • salt and nutmeg

Method:
  1. Stir fry the beef.
  2. Add the Guinness and reduce to half.


  3. Add the beef stock, herbs and vegetables and let it simmer very slowly for an hour.
  4. In the meantime, make the potato mash. Cook the potatoes in water. Drain and mash when cooked. Add butter and milk and stir over a low heat until the butter is melted and the mash is soft. Add salt and nutmeg to taste.
  5. Season the stew with salt and pepper and it's ready to serve.

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