beef casserole in the slow cooker

[wannabedomesticgoddess]

I have scoured the net for a recipe and cannot find one that sounds right.

If I coat the diced beef in flour will the gravy thicken on its own even in the slow cooker?

Oven cooked recipes have around 1l of liquid in them between stock and wine for 1 kg beef. How much liquid for the SC? Will that be too much?

I dont want a tomato based sauce as we eat a lot of tomato things. I would love to achieve a thick dark gravy and fall apart meat. If anyone has a recipe I would be very grateful!

Anyone? :)

Here's what i do -

Chop carrots, onions and put in slowcooker with beef. Add a couple of oxo cubes, one of those knorr beef stockpots, a knor herbpot and a packet of beef casserole mix from Schwartz. All with maybe a pint of water. Cook on low for 6-7 hours.

Are you on FB at all? If so, look for the group called slowcooked wonders - some amazing recipes there.

2 onions, 2 carrots, diced beef, tin tomatoes, big gulf of red wine. Bay leaf if I have one and possibly a stock cube.

I cook mine on high while at work, so roughly 8 hours before I come home, stir and turn down to low for an hour.

My fussy 3yr DD loves this an ate the lot earlier this week. Beef just falls apart.

Oh-don't add anymore liquid. It looks like it needs it when you first put ingredients in. But don't! And I don't pre fry the onions either. Everything raw.

Thanks! Was at DD1s ballet! Going to make it now for tomorrow!