Nor'West News: September 16, 2021

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 2021
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Visibility set to improve
traffic safety on busy street
• By Fiona Ellis
RESIDENTS IN small Burnside
street have won a quick victory to
make their area safer.
No parking restrictions will be
increased on busy Clyde Rd so
residents turning in and out of
Penhelig Place will have a better
view of incoming traffic.
The Fendalton-Waimairi-
Harewood Community Board
approved a plan to increase
drivers’ during a meeting on
Tuesday, addressing the concerns
of the Clyde Penhelig Residents
Association.
The safety of the Clyde Rd and
Penhelig Place intersection was
raised as an issue by the association
before the Covid-19 lockdown
this year.
However, the board’s initial plan
to improve visibility by moving
the nearby Clyde Rd bus stop so it
was next to existing no-stopping
restrictions by the intersection was
not well received by residents.
Five submissions were received
by the board on the plan, just one
of which was in favour of it.
A new plan was then created in
which the no-stopping zone was
extended and the bus stop was not
moved.
• Turn to page 2
CHANGE MAKERS: Trevor Foster (left) and Clyde Penhelig Residents Association chairman Ian Cumberpatch have
been part of a push to improve the safety of the Clyde Rd and Penhelig Place intersection. PHOTO: GEOFF SLOAN
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Top chefs join for fundraiser
PREPARE FOR your palettes to be
tantalised.
The culinary talents of three
award-winning Canterbury chefs will
entertain guests at the Cancer Society
Canterbury-West Coast Division’s
fundraising dinner event Too Many
Cooks on October 9.
Appearing at the Majestic on Durham
event space, guests will be treated
to a delicious three-course meal, with
the added bonus of being able to watch
the chefs preparing it live on stage,
while the witty banter of MC Michele
A’Court keeps everyone on their toes.
Division manger for fundraising,
communications and relationships,
Heather Locke said they wanted to
take the traditional fundraising dinner
and add something special.
“We approached Jimmy McIntyre
(executive chef at Otahuna Lodge),
Darren Wright (former head chef at
• From page 1
The consultation feedback summary
included in the agenda of the board’s
meeting on Monday noted that this
new option was developed because of
residents’ objections.
The initial plan to move the bus stop
was put forward because it enabled
four on-street parking spaces on Clyde
Rd to be retained.
“It has been considered on the basis
Chillingworth Road) and Andrew
Brown (former executive chef at the
George Hotel) and they were delighted
to be involved,” Locke said.
During the evening an auction of
rare and original items including a
one-of-a-kind sculpture and a central
city parking space for a year will be on
offer.
“Each year, 500 New Zealanders
receive the unwelcome news that they
have cancer. But while cancer doesn’t
stop for Covid, the recent lockdowns
severely limited our ability to
fundraise during the past 18 months.
“The loss of the annual daffodil
day appeal was a big blow to our
fundraising efforts this year and for
this reason, we are really hoping that
Cantabrians will support this event,”
she said.
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of low patronage/usage of the bus
stop,” the summary stated.
Association chairman Ian
Cumberpatch, who lived by the
intersection, spoke to the board
about the issue during the Monday
meeting.
He said he was comfortable with
the new plan and felt the board had
responded well to concerns.
“The prime reason for requesting
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Residents win traffic victory
the change was one of safety,” Cumberpatch
said.
“You have to ease your car out into
the traffic to be able to see what’s coming,”
he said.
The longer parking restricted zone
served this aim best, and although
he predicted fewer parking spaces
on Clyde Rd could lead to more cars
parking in Penhelig Place, he accepted
this as “a fact of life.”
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Loss of car parks forces dairy to close
• By Fiona Ellis
THE REMOVAL of on-street
parking has spelled the end for a
St Albans dairy, causing sales to
plunge by about 60 per cent.
For Cranford Street Dairy
husband-and-wife owners
Krishna Joshi and Trushar
Bagthariya, the change since
they took on the business in 2018
has been dramatic.
Four car parks were removed
from outside the corner store,
two from Cranford St and two
from Trafalgar St, as part of
extensive roadworks in the area
finishing last year.
“We totally rely on car parks,”
Joshi said.
People wanted parking directly
outside dairies.
The business was at the point
where she would sometimes see
one customer in an hour.
“People tell me: ‘We don’t
come here because there is no
car park [and] the road is very
busy’,” she said.
The couple knew the city
council was planning roading
changes before buying their
business but did not know the
car parks outside their shop
would be removed, Joshi said.
The change resulted in a backand-forth
exchange with the city
council last year.
They were eventually told
the city council would consider
installing a park outside their
business, but it would be both
expensive and risky.
“By the time this all happened,
we had just given up.
“We said to the council, you
know what, we don’t want to stay
in the business.”
Her husband had another job
and she decided it was a good
time for her to pursue further
study.
She agreed with the city council
that installing parking could
be dangerous because the road
was so busy and there were
often schoolchildren walking
nearby.
However, it would have been
good if the city council had notified
them of the changes beforehand
and sought their opinion,
she said.
City council acting manager
of planning delivery transport
Ekin Sakin said public
consultation plans in August
2019 for the works included
plans showing no stopping
around the Cranford and
Westminster Sts intersection
and the removal of the parking
outside the dairy.
Two 30min parks 20m from
the dairy were intended to
service it as well as the nearby
hairdresser’s salon.
The date on which the shop
would close its doors had not
FINAL DAYS: Krishna Joshi says the
dairy she co-owns with husband Trushar
Bagthariya is likely to close this month.
Road changes in the area have had a
significant impact on business.
PHOTO: GEOFF SLOAN
been set but was likely to be this
month.
She was not sure what
would happen to the
building but thought it
possible another type of
business might see an
opportunity at the location.
Locals were friendly, and some
well-wishers had signed a card
on learning their business was
closing.
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Delays for new community centre
• By Fiona Ellis
SHIPPING DELAYS have held
up construction of Hornby’s new
$35.7 million community centre.
Previously set to begin this
month, the build is now expected
to start in late October, as 418
tonnes of essential steel earmarked
for the Kyle Park centre
are still on a ship near Taiwan.
This has pushed the expected
opening date back into early
2023.
Also delayed was the confirmation
of a building contractor,
which was announced as
Naylor Love
Canterbury last
week, in spite of
earlier expectations
a contractor
would be
named at the
Nigel Cox
start of August.
City council
head of recreation,
sports and events Nigel Cox
said this was because it took
longer than expected to agree
on the fixed price of a lump sum
contract.
“We now have an agreement
that mitigates the risk of price
escalation for the Christchurch
City Council,” Cox said.
The budget for the build had
not changed, the council confirmed.
Cox said the start of the build
was dependent on the arrival of
the 147 steel piles, which were
18 metres long and weighed 158
kilograms per metre.
The city council ordered them
in early May, but they were held
up by Covid-19 pandemic-related
shipping changes.
“This delay is typical of the
current global supply and
shipping challenges facing the
construction sector,” Cox said.
He understood the piles were
loaded into a ship in Taiwan last
week.
Earthworks were completed
at the site over winter, so Naylor
Love Canterbury would be able
to “hit the ground running,” Cox
said.
Examples of the construction
company’s handiwork included
the EA Networks Centre in
Ashburton and the Selwyn
Aquatic Centre in Rolleston, the
Ballantynes redevelopment and
the Spark Square building.
“I am sure many in the community
will watch progress on
the building with great interest.”
A range of community and
recreational
spaces would
be accommodated
within
the 3600sqm
centre, including
a library,
a creative activities
room,
Marc Duff a lane pool, a
learn-to-swim
pool, a toddlers’ wet play area, a
COMING SOON: The new
$35.7 million Hornby
community centre, with a
pool and library, is set to
open in 2022. ​
spa pool and a customer services
zone.
The new Hornby centre would
be a “fantastic asset” for the
community, Mr Cox said.
The city council is currently
seeking feedback on what facilities
and programmes people
would like the centre to offer.
Submissions are open until
October 1.
Greater Hornby Residents Association
chairman Marc Duff
said the pandemic was a time
when people needed to be patient
about delays.
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Decrease in graffiti attributed to lockdown
• By Fiona Ellis
THE COVID-19 lockdown
contributed to graffiti reports
plummeting 46 per cent last
month in parts of north-west
Christchurch.
However, not all areas of the
city were so fortunate, with
Harewood, Hornby and Riccarton
experiencing an increase of
incidents reported between July
and August.
A graffiti report for the
month of August in Tuesday’s
Fendalton-Waimairi-Harewood
Community Board meeting
agenda showed just 55 incidents
were reported to the city council,
down from 102 in July.
Of these, 24 were reported in
the Fendalton Ward, where the
July total was 71, and five were
reported in Waimairi, where the
July tally was 13.
However, Harewood saw a rise
in reported incidents, increasing
from 18 in July to 26 in August.
City council manager of
community partnerships and
planning Gary Watson said the
Covid-19 alert level 4 lockdown
was a likely factor behind this,
following last year’s pattern in
the board area.
“We had 32 reports of graffiti
in the March-May 2020 lockdown
compared to 70 reports
UNSIGHTLY: Graffiti on Lambeth Cres and Northcote Rd.
over the same period in 2019,”
Watson said.
Considering Harewood’s rise,
he emphasised that “five people
could report the same graffiti at
one site and it would create five
incident reports.”
“We had reports of graffiti that
required removal at the skate
park and along the fence line
at Bishopdale Park. This is a
frequented area, even during
lockdown when people were doing
their regular exercise close to
their homes.”
Although not included in the
report, the city council confirmed
that reports of graffiti in
the Papanui Ward also dropped,
albeit slightly, from 57 in July to
55 in August.
In the Innes Ward, the drop
was more significant, falling
from 50 in July to 29 in August.
Christchurch North Community
Patrol chairman Sam Hall
said the downturn was “absolutely”
related to the lockdown.
However, now the community
patrol was back in action in alert
level 2, and it seemed that the
taggers were also back.
Across the wider patrol area,
which encompassed both the
Fendalton-Waimari-Harewood
and Papanui-Innes areas, last
week’s three-hour graffiti patrol
found 15 tags.
This was almost average, he said.
In July, 47 tags were found in
12 patrol hours.
“We’ve yet to actually nab
someone [doing graffiti]. It
doesn’t take long, they can have
one done in 30 seconds.”
City council data also showed
a drop in graffiti reports in the
Halswell Ward between July and
August, from 45 to 15.
However, both Riccarton and
Hornby experienced a rise, from
64 to 100 and 21 to 28 respectively.
Hornby Community Patrol
PHOTOS: GEOFF SLOAN
secretary Anne Smith said it did
not seem that graffiti lessened
during the lockdown.
The patrol began operating in
level two but had yet to run its
dedicated graffiti patrol, she said.
However, she said she had
personally observed “a slight
increase” while out and about.
Wycola Park stood out to her
as a place where she had seen
graffiti recently.
“You’d always hope that
people would behave and not
do it, but you are allowed to go
out walking,” she said of the
opportunity for graffiti under
lockdown.
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Salvation Army set to
open another new facility PUBLIC consultation is open
• By Fiona Ellis
EXCITING: The Salvation Army’s ministry assistant Kim
McKerrow, lieutenant Cameron Millar, and team leader
Pauline Broadhurst are ready to open the community
centre next week.
PHOTO: GEOFF SLOAN ​
A NEW Salvation Army
community centre opening in
Belfast next week will be the
second facility the organisation
has opened in the area recently.
Lieutenant Cameron Millar
said 50 people braved the rain to
join a morning karakia, or Maori
prayer and formal greeting,
and a ribbon-cutting ceremony
to officially open the new family
store last month.
However, people were also set
to benefit from the organisation’s
new community centre,
set to open on Monday after a
delay caused by the Covid-19
pandemic lockdown.
He would be leading an
“amazing” team of staff and volunteers
at the new facilities.
“[The centre] will house a
food bank, budgeting services,
casework, and social work to
support and journey alongside
those most vulnerable within
our community,” Millar said.
The store would support the
organisation’s other services, he
said.
“The money raised from this
store [will be] reinvested back
into the lives of the most vulnerable
within this community
through our community support,
advocacy, and programs.”
If members of the community
wanted to donate clothing items
or other goods they could drop
them off themselves, or the
Salvation Army could arrange to
pick them up free of charge.
It was exciting to be opening
the doors on the new facilities,
he said.
He hoped the new store and
community centre would be
a blessing to the Christchurch
north community.
“We began the conversation
about this current site just under
a year ago, but we have been
investigating opportunities to
better serve this community for
a number of years.
“We see ourselves serving this
community for the long hall.”
Nor-West Arc cycleway
consultation open
on the third and final section
of the Nor-West Arc cycleway,
linking Papanui to Canterbury
University.
City council acting head of
transport Lynette Ellis said the
consultation was an opportunity
to give feedback on an essential
link in the city’s cycleway network.
“Once completed, this cycleway
will allow people to experience
a safe, convenient cycling
option running from Princess
Margaret Hospital to Harewood
Road,” Ellis said.
“Separating bikes from cars
means there’s more room on the
road for everyone.”
Feedback was being sought on
the four-kilometre section of the
route along Ilam Rd, Aorangi Rd
and Matsons Ave.
This section has received $10.5
million in funding as part of
the Government ‘shovel ready’
projects.
Two options have been developed
for Ilam and Aorangi roads
respectively.
For Ilam Rd, the option is either
a one-way cycleway on each
side of the road or a two-way
cycleway on the west side of the
road.
For Aorangi Rd, the option is
either a two-way cycleway on the
west side of the road or a shared
path for cyclists and pedestrians
on the west side of the road.
Other road safety improvements
are planned as part of the
cycleway, said Ellis.
“New signalised crossings on
Ilam Road and across Wairakei
Road will provide safe crossings
for both cyclists and pedestrians.
“We’re also proposing to stop
through-traffic and right turns for
cars travelling on Aorangi Rd at
the intersection of Wairakei Rd.
“Along the route plants, trees,
landscaping and street furniture
will enhance the road environment.”
The Nor-West Arc is part of
a network of cycleways being
developed across the city. It is a
key connector for the west of the
city, passing nine schools and
Canterbury University.
Two drop-in sessions will be
held during the consultation
period, in line with Covid-19
restrictions.
The first will be on September
20, from 4.30–6pm, at the New
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The second will be on September
23, from 3–5.30pm, at Cobham
Intermediate School on Ilam Rd.
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Knitters give babies a warm welcome
FOUR WOMEN from
Ferrymead Rotary have knitted
almost 100 garments for babies
born at the Christchurch
Women’s Hospital this year.
Pat Edward, Debbie Woolf,
Kathryn Tovgaard and Barbara
Crooks began the project about
four months ago, although the
Ferrymead Rotary group has
been providing knitted clothing
to the hospital for some time.
Kathryn has personally been
knitting for the hospital for five
years.
Barbara said they intensified
their efforts this year after
receiving a call for help from the
hospital.
All babies born at the hospital
are given a woollen hat at birth,
while woollen singlets, matinee
jackets and booties are available
for mothers to take home.
So far, the group has knitted
more than 60 woolly hats, with
Pat heading the count.
The hats produced are a variety
of different sizes and colours.
Barbara said Ferrymead
Rotary has funded some of the
wool, but all of the knitters’ time
is given voluntarily.
They estimate up to seven
hours goes into making each hat.
Most of the knitting has been
done individually, although the
four have got together from time
to time to share wool and
swap notes.
Acknowledging Rotary clubs
used to be men only, Kathryn
said: “People don’t necessarily
connect Rotarians with knitting
but anything is possible.”
She said being a part of
a Rotary club was a family
tradition.
“One thing I said a long time
ago was that I always wanted
to help out in the community
throughout my life,” she said.
“A group of people can do
so much more than just an
individual.”
CHAMPION KNITTERS:
Ferrymead Rotary’s Kathryn
Tovgaard, Debbie Woolf, Pat
Edward and Barbara Crooks
have knitted almost 100
garments for new babies,
while Pat tries on a hat for
size (above).
Ferrymead Rotary community
director Debbie Woolf said the
club is also working on making
singlets and booties for Plunket
and supplying the Methodist
Mission with bedding, jerseys,
hats, scarves, gloves and shoes.
The Mission gives these items,
donated or sourced by Rotary
members, to homeless people.
For more information about
Ferrymead Rotary and its
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Te Ara O-Rakipaoa
Nor’west Arc Cycleway
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We want to hear your feedback on the options.
Help us make it way safer for everyone.
Come and talk to the team at a drop in session
New Generation Church, 309 Clyde Road (corner Aorangi Road)
Monday 20 September, 4.30pm – 6pm
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Dinghy races start yachting season
OPEN DAY: The new Pleasant Point Yacht Club facilities will host a dinghy race meeting this weekend. Senior boats compete in one of the many races
the club holds each sailing season out on the estuary.
New Brighton Park as they host
an open race for dinghy sailors.
“Despite Covid we’ll be out
there, but because of the delay
in opening by many other clubs
in the district we are expecting
a slightly lower turnout than in
63
previous
x
years.”
180
The race starts at 2.40pm and
Humphreys said spectators and
those interested in sailing are
welcome to come along.
interest in sailing.
• By John Cosgrove
TACKING through Covid-19
regulations ensures a fair wind
for the Pleasant Point Yacht Club
as it starts sailing this weekend.
On Saturday, the club will
launch its 101 st season on the
estuary.
Club committee member Nigel
Humphreys said they will be out
on the estuary from the South
“Our 101 st season is going to
be a good one as we have new
boats and facilities on hand,
they are great and make a vast
improvement from five years in
containers.”
He credits the new facilities
and the heightened interest
in sailing due to the recent
America’s Cup and Olympics
as the reason for the growing
“Some come for the social
side and some come to race, to
help them all we will be starting
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The junior course will run
during the school holidays from
October 11 through to October
15, while the adult learn to sail
course will run from October 17
through to November 13.
The courses follow the
Yachting NZ coaching
programme and will be run
by the club’s learn to sail coordinators
Dan O’Sullivan
and Brett Hawkes, with
assistance of experienced club
members.
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Line dancer, fundraiser remembered
• By Fiona Ellis
WHETHER OR not former
Governor-General Jerry
Mateparae can line dance
remains unclear, but he can not
say he was never asked.
Bromley resident Mary
Stanley-Shepherd, who passed
away last month, offered to show
him the ropes in 2016 while
receiving her Queen’s Service
Medal for services to dance and
the community.
Daughter Karen Mather said
he was one of many who had
the chance, as the founder of the
Cathedral City Line Dancers was
a brilliant teacher, who led young
and old alike.
She would teach classes to children
with cancer at the annual
Camp Quality camp each summer,
and constantly fundraiser
for the cause for over 20 years.
Denise Wood, to whom Mary
passed leadership of the line
dancing club, estimated Mary,
who she remembered as caring
and encouraging, had raised
about $50,000.
This had been done from
methods ranging from raffles
and craft sales, to donating the
payments the club received to
dance at the yearly Spencer Park
gala.
However, no one was too old
to dance, and Mather recalls
AWARD: Mary Stanley-Shepherd receives her Queen’s
Service Medal from former Governor-General Jerry
Mateparae in 2016.
her mother visiting old peoples’
homes to teach them some
moves.
“She’d go and see the older
people, even though she was
probably older than them,”
she said.
“She just loved people, she was
a true extrovert.”
Even as her health started to
fail last year, she would still attend
line dancing classes, giving
instructions and advice.
This was typical of the tenacity
and positivity her mother embodied,
her daughter said.
“She would always find the
good thing, the joy, the positive
aspects.”
She also enjoyed the fact that
line dancing brought joy to those
who might be lonely, and as it
did not require a partner, it was
suitable for single people, widows,
and widowers.
Mary’s life was not always easy.
Born in England in 1933, she
lived through the Blitz.
“I remember her saying the
war years in London were terrible,
bombs night after night.”
She left England aged 17 to
stay in Kenya with relatives, and
although the country was unstable,
she stayed upbeat, enjoying
the weekend dances.
Shortly after moving to New
Zealand, her first husband left
her and moved back to Kenya.
“She brought me up on
her own. She was a pretty
independent, feisty woman. This
is before feminism was really
defined.”
“She had to argue a few times.”
Mather remembers choosing
a bike for 10th birthday in the
early 1970s.
Her mother was not allowed
to buy it because she needed
her husband’s name for the hire
purchase agreement.
“We had to leave that shop
and leave the bike because they
wouldn’t sign it off. The next day,
mum was on the phone to the
big boss.”
In the end, the bike made it
home.
“She had perseverance . . .
those were the women who really
trail-blazed for us, I think.”
Aged in her 60s, Mary married
“the love of her life”, the late Art
Stanley-Shepherd.
Always a keen dancer, she took
to it quickly after being introduced
to line dancing in the 1970s.
“I always thought she’d die on
the dance floor.”
Even when unwell, Mary
took care to look stylish, and
her beautiful nails even drew
comments from the nurses at
Nazareth House, where she
passed away.
Because it was lockdown at
the time, the family was unable
to hold a funeral, but memorial
festivities were in the works.
“We will be having a birthday
bash in November.”
“We’ll be having a line dance
and entertaining afternoon,
combined with pictures and
stories and things.”
“That’s really the send-off
mum would have wanted.”
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Add cheese to your accompaniments
Chewy, stringy
mozzarella lends
itself to a multitude
of dishes, try these
easy recipes to
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main meal
Mozzarella-stuffed
portobello mushrooms
Serves 4
Ingredients
28gm butter, place in frypan
and melt, then add:
4 cloves garlic, crushed
4 large portobello mushrooms
8 grape tomatoes, halved
Mozzarella cheese, sliced
¼ cup balsamic vinegar, place
in smallest saucepan with:
1 tablespoon sugar
Directions
Brush butter/garlic mixture
over both sides of the mushrooms
and place them on a
baking tray lined with non-stick
tinfoil.
Place Tomato halves inside the
mushrooms along with slices of
mozzarella.
Bake in oven at 180 deg C for
30min, during which time boil
the vinegar/sugar until liquid is
reduced by half and it thickens.
When mushrooms come out of
oven, drizzle vinegar/sugar over
them.
Grilled mini peppers with
mozzarella
Serves 4 – 6
Ingredients
2 x 2 tablespoons olive oil, place
two tablespoons of it in frypan
1 small onion, chopped
Pinch cayenne pepper
Salt (to taste)
Peppercorns
1 x 390gm can chickpeas,
rinsed and drained
¼ cup parsley, finely chopped
125gm mozzarella, grated
350gm mini peppers
Directions
Saute onion until softened, a
dd cayenne, salt, peppercorns
and chickpeas, heat for a few
seconds then roughly mash, then
stir in the parsley and mozzarella.
Thick, juicy
portobello
mushrooms
are a handy
vegetable to
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as a meal
on their
own. Add
mozzarella
to boost the
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Cut tops off mini peppers and
scrape all the seeds out from the
inside.
Fill the mini peppers with the
mixture and push the lids back
on.
Spear two mini peppers per
skewer, threading from the cap
ends through to the points.
Brush with the second measure
of olive oil.
Grill on medium-high for
about 10min, turning often.
Or cook in conventional oven
at 220 deg C for 30min, turning
over halfway through cooking
time.
Slow cooked beef
casserole
Serves 3-4
Ingredients
750gm–1kg blade steak (can
use any steak – cubed)
1 x 400gm can tomatoes (can
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½ cup beef stock (can use red
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1 tablespoon tomato paste
1 tablespoon brown sugar
½ teaspoon salt
Peppercorns (or can use ½ teaspoon
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2 bay leaves (optional)
2 heaped teaspoons cornflour
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