In a frying pan add a little olive oil, heat up add the braising steak chunks and the onions stir just to colour the steak and soften the onions add 1/4 tsp Black pepper stir in.

Remove the mix from the frying pan into a casserole dish or oven dish. In the frying pan add 1+1/2 pints of boiling water and stir in the beef and veg dried stock to mix.

Add to an oven dish with a lid to a pre- heated oven 180° /gas 7 and cook for 10 minutes. Then lower the oven to 160° gas 5 up to the hour.

Take out of the oven mix the cornflour to thicken add more if you like it very thick stir in.

Next add the Tomato pureè add a little salt then add back to the oven for a further half an hour. Without the lid. Bring to boil then turn low 160° for the rest of the time.

During that time boil and mash the potatoes with butter and cook the veg of your choice I like peas with this.

Take out the braising steak from the oven using a slotted spoon take out the softened braising steak and onion add to the serving plates, with Mashed Potato and peas. Then using a ladle pour the gravy over the steak and mashed potatoes.