Beef stew with dark beer

Beef shoulder is ideal for this recipe, but you can also take the back ham. Preparing a dish is very simple, you only need to allow 2 hours for stewing.

Ingredients

• 1 kg of beef cut into small pieces
• 250 g of smoked bacon cut into small pieces
• 2 carrots
• 2 stalks of celery
• 2 onions
• 3 stars of star anise
• 1 sprig of thyme
• 500 ml of dark beer
• 500 ml of beef broth
• 3 tbsp of refined oil
• 1 tbsp of flour
• salt
• pepper

Directions

1. Preheat the oven to 160 degrees.
2. Peel an onion and cut it into slices. Cut carrots into slices and celery into small pieces.
3. In a thick-walled pan, which can be placed in the oven or, best of all, pours oil into the pan and fries the vegetables on low heat for 5 minutes. Sprinkle with flour, add meat, and ponder. Cook, stirring thoroughly, for 5 minutes, then add broth and beer. Add thyme, star anise, salt, and pepper.
4. Cover and place in the oven for 2 hours. Serve with vegetables or potatoes.