Ostrich Stew

Ingredients

• 500g ostrich fillet cubes
• 1 tablespoon canola oil
• 2 cans chopped tomato (1 x 410 g tin)
• 1 cup red wine
• 1 carrot
• 1 onion
• 100 g mushrooms
• 100 g green beans
• 2 teaspoons thyme, fresh
• 2 teaspoons rosemary, fresh
• 1 can beans - kidney, butter beans or cooked sugar beans (1 x 410g)
• salt and pepper
• 2 cloves garlic
• 2 teaspoons italian parsley
• 1 lemon

Preparation

1. peel and chop the onion and carrot, and slice the mushrooms and green beans.
2. place a large pot on a high heat and add the oil. once hot, add the onion, mushroom and carrot and sauté for 2 minutes.
3. add the ostrich cubes, chopped tomato, wine and chopped herbs and reduce the heat to low.
4. allow the pot to simmer for about an hour, stirring occasionally. the sauce will reduce and thicken and the ostrich will soften. once this happens, add the green beans and season with salt and pepper, add the can of beans and stir.
5. simmer the stew for another 5 minutes to cook the green beans.
6. to make the gremolata, chop the fresh garlic finely, chop the parsley and zest the lemon. mix the parsley, garlic and lemon zest together.
7. serve the stew hot and sprinkle with the fresh gremolata.