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preheat oven to gas mark 5.
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prepare your shin beef by removing any hard gristley bits and excess fat.
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remeber thin veins of fat running through the meat are a sign of quality and will keep the meat moist, so dont get to OCD about the fatcut your beef into chunks.
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mix together the flour and salt and pepper and toss the meat in this flour mix until lightly covered.
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heat the olive oil in a frying pan until hot and add the meat in bathches browing for a couple of minutes.
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remove form heat and pan.
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in a large casserole dish place the meat the garlic and cut up vegeatables.
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roughly break up plum tomatoes and tip into jug add the tomato paste oxo cubes, spices, water and vinger stirring well.
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tip this mix over the meat and veg in caseerole dish.
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if neccesaary add a little more water to bring the water level with top of meat and veg.
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cover with foil and bake for at least 1.5hrs.
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if you wnat to make this earlier in the day and cook it for longer lower the gas mark to 4/3 and inccrease time to 3-4 hours, check on it occiasonally to see if it needs more water.
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half an hour before serving remove foil and continue to cook uncovered.
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remove from oven and check consistentcy, if you would like to make it thicker add a couple of teaspoons of gravey granuales.
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serve with baked potaoes and chilled shots of vodka yum.
