Slow-cooker beef tips become melt-in-your-mouth tender with hours of slow simmering—proof that patience truly makes the ...

Tip the wine and vegetables into a slow cooker and add the tomatoes, tomato purée, stock, herbs and plenty of salt and pepper. Stir until well combined. Add the browned beef to the slow cooker ...

Heat half of the oil in a frying pan and fry the beef pieces for 4–5 minutes, or until browned all over. (You may need to brown the meat in batches.) Tip the browned meat into the slow cooker.

In this case, corned beef — which is almost always brisket — can be tough when it's not cooked low and slow. We cook it for a good seven hours, then remove it and cook the vegetables.

Top the beef filling with the puff pastry ... and carrot and parsnip mash, if you like. Tip: To get the pastry the right size, put your slow cooker lid on top of your puff pastry sheet and ...