Staffordshire Lobby Slow Cooker Food

STAFFORDSHIRE BEEF LOBBY

Steps:

• Put the meat, onion and pearl barley in a large pan and cover with water
• Bring to the boil and then simmer gently on a very low heat for 40 minutes
• Stir occasionally to prevent it from sticking
• Meanwhile peel and chop the vegetables to dice of a similar size - I like mine chunky but my mum used to do hers in small dice
• Add the vegetables to the pan and top up with Knorr Zero Salt Beef stock to cover the veg
• Cook at a low simmer for approximately 60 minutes or until everything is softly cooked and the meat is tender
• Continue to stir occasionally to prevent it from sticking to the bottom of pan
• Season to taste
• Serve in big bowls with chunky bread

LOBBY (TRADITIONAL BEEF STEW)

Steps:

• Put the steak into the crock pot.
• Put vegetables and some water into a pan and bring to the boil.
• Simmer for approx 8 minutes.
• Drain the vegetables, reserving the cooking water, and add the veg to the crock pot.
• Add the cooking water from the vegetables to the gravy granules, use enough to make the gravy thick but not gloopy.
• Add the tomato paste, bouquet garni, sugar, worcestershire sauce and saly and pepper to the gravy mixture, stir and add to the crock pot.
• Cook for 30 minutes at high temperature then 7 hours at low temperature.
• Add the peas to the crock pot, cook for a further 30 minutes and serve.