Guinness Old Fashioned Food

GUINNESS BANANA NUT BREAD

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F. Lightly grease two 9 x 5-inch loaf pans.
• In a large bowl cream the brown sugar, banana, eggs, vanilla and oil; set aside.
• In a separate bowl, sift together the flour, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, allspice, cardamom and cloves.
• Alternately blend the flour mixture and the beer into the creamed mixture.
• Stir in the walnuts, raisins, chocolate chips, and ginger to the mixture and blend well.
• Pour into the prepared pans.
• Bake for 1 hour or until toothpick inserted in cake comes out clean.
• Leave in pan for 15 minutes to cool before turning out to cool completely on rack. Plate and dust with sugar.

GUINNESS BEEF STEW

Steps:

• Pre heat your oven to 180c.
• Heat the oil in a frying pan and brown the beef all over.
• Remove the beef to an oven proof casserole dish.
• Add the garlic and onions to the frypan and cook'til the onion is soft.
• Add the sugar and stir until caramelised.
• Remove to the casserole dish.
• Add the carrots and bay leaf to the casserole too.
• Dissolve the stock cubes and flour in the water and add to the frypan with the Guinness.
• Heat until the mixture boils and thickens.
• Pour over the meat in the casserole and stir to combine.
• Cover the casserole, and cook in the oven for 1 hour.
• Add the prunes and cook for a further 30 minutes.