Slow-cooked cinnamon beef

Name: Slow-cooked cinnamon beef
Total time: 30 min
Ingredients: pot-roast (topside) beef 1½kg; shallots 8; carrots 3, halved; coriander seeds 1 tsp, lightly crushed; cinnamon sticks 2; Chinese five-spice 1 tsp; red wine 1 glass; beef stock 1 litre, boiling

30 minutes + 4½ hours in the slow cooker
serves 6
Easy

This topside of beef is slow cooked for over 4 hours and seasoned with cinnamon and 5-spice. The result? A melt-in-the-mouth dish you won't be able to get enough of.

December 19, 2014 at 2:29 pm

Ingredients

pot-roast (topside) beef 1½kg
shallots 8
carrots 3, halved
coriander seeds 1 tsp, lightly crushed
cinnamon sticks 2
Chinese five-spice 1 tsp
red wine 1 glass
beef stock 1 litre, boiling

Method

Step 1

Put the beef in the slow cooker and tuck the vegetables around the edge. Sprinkle in the spices, season and pour over the wine and boiling stock. Put the lid on and cook for 4½ hours on maximum, following the instructions for your slow cooker.