Beef And Three Potato Stew - cooking recipe

Ingredients

4 1/2 lbs beef chuck or stew meat, chopped coarsely
None None plain flour, for dusting
1/4 cup vegetable oil
2 None onions, peeled and chopped finely
4 slices bacon, chopped coarsely
4 cups beef stock
1 None orange sweet potato, chopped coarsely
4 None baby new potatoes
7 oz white sweet potato, chopped coarsely
2 tbsp coarsely chopped fresh thyme
1 tbsp tomato paste
1 tbsp finely chopped fresh parsley

Preparation

Preheat the oven to 350\u00b0F. Toss the beef in the flour and shake away the excess. Heat half of the oil in a 2.5 quart flameproof casserole dish and cook the onion and bacon, stirring, until the onion is soft. Remove from dish.
Heat the remaining oil in the dish and cook the beef, in batches, until browned.
Return the onion mixture to the dish and stir in the stock. Cook, covered, in the oven for 1 hour.
Add the potatoes and thyme. Cook, covered, for 1more hour or until the beef is tender. Stir in the tomato paste.
Serve sprinkled with parsley.