Basic Beef Slow Cooker Casserole

Ingredients:
- 1 tablespoon vegetable oil
- 1 kg blade steak, trimmed and cubed
- 2 onions, chopped
- 2 beef stock cubes, crumbled in 1 cup of hot water
- 2 carrots, sliced
- 1 parsnip, sliced
- salt and freshly ground black pepper
- 1 bouquet garni
- 30 g soft butter
- 2 tablespoons all purpose flour
- parsley (to garnish)

Directions:
- Heat the oil in a large frying pan.
- Pat steak cubes dry with a paper towel and add to pan, brown on all sides.
- Add onion to pan and saute until soft.
- Place the stock in to the slow cooker along with the meat and onion mixture, add the sliced carrots and parsnip, salt and pepepr and bouquet garni.
- Cook for approximately 7-8 hours on low or 6-7 on high.
- Remove bouquet garni.
- Blend the butter and flour together thoroughly and stir into the hot casserole a dab at a time to thicken.
- Serve with creamy hot mashed potatoes (or rice) and garnish with the parsley.