Method
- Place the ginger biscuits into a freezer bag and smash them into fine crumbs with a rolling pin or meat mallet.
- tenderise the meat by bashing it with a rolling pin or meat mallet.
- Take about half of the crumbs and press them into the beef on both sides.
- Peel the onion, halve it, and thinly slice it.
- Heat a generous amount of oil in a large frying pan on medium heat. Add the beef and cook for 2-3 minutes each side.
- Remove the beef and set aside on a warmed plate.
- (You may want to wash out the pan now because it may have burnt biscuit crumbs in it. )
- Add more oil and when it's hot put the onion in and cook for about 5 minutes until slightly brown.
- Add the stock and then transfer the pan contents to a big saucepan.
- Add the bayleaf, Worcester sauce, vinegars and some salt and pepper.
- Return the meat to the pan along with any juice that may have seeped out.
- Add remaining biscuit crumbs
- Bring to the boil, reduce to a simmer, put a lid on the pan and cook until the beef is tender.
- This will probably take 2 hours.
- OR you can, place in oven 95° C in covered casserole dish but remove lid for last ½ hour and boost to 100° C
- Taste it and add more salt and pepper if required.
- Best served with mashed potatoes, spätzle (german egg noodle dumplings) or potato dumplings
Ingredients
- 450 grams thinly sliced lean beef steak
- 1 medium onion
- 14 ginger nut biscuits - ginger snaps
- 500 ml beef stock
- 3 tbsp cider vinegar
- ½ tbsp white vinegar
- a good splash of Worcester sauce
- 1-2 bay leaf
- salt and pepper to taste