Flavourful beef dish using cheaper cuts of meat. Cut off only the outside fat, marbling in the meat gives flavour. Do not worry about any gristle as it will dissolve into jelly in the long cooking time. Substitute gluten free or rice flour for a gluten free dish. Put any leftover wine into small plastic food containers and freeze. It is ready to use, no need to thaw, and no waste of good wine.
This is a lovely meal, served it to friends tonight (first attempt, feeling brave!) I tweaked it slightly by increasing the beef to 700g to feed four, added a green pepper. Most definately be making this recipe again, Thanks Minerva x - 04 Feb 2011
I made this the other day and it was really tasty! Didn't take as long as 9 hours but I think that's my slow cooker - everything seems to cook a couple of hours faster than recipes indicate. And I don't eat gluten so used Doves Farm gluten free plain flour - it worked well :-) Definitely will be making this again - thanks! - 06 Feb 2010
Very good! So easy to make and so tasty. The longer you leave it the better it tastes. I never even seasoned it. Cheaper meat is best for this dish as I found it gives a much better flavour. I like to eat it the following day from a bowl using a spoon and some nice buttered bread. Delicious!! Thank you for adding this dish. - 22 Oct 2014