Rick Stein served up a Croatian dish called pasticada, pot-roasted beef with red wine, prunes and bacon on Rick Stein: From Venice to Istanbul.

Rick says: “I guess you could call this the national dish of Croatia. The key is the balance of sweet from the fruit, in this case prunes, and the red wine and balsamic vinegar.”

The ingredients are: 1.5–2kg silverside beef joint, 4 garlic cloves, sliced lengthways, 50g smoked bacon lardons, 4 tbsp balsamic vinegar, 125ml olive oil, 3 medium onions, quartered, 3 sticks celery, sliced, 3 carrots, sliced, 750ml red wine, 2 apples, peeled, cut into eighths, 8 prunes, 3 tomatoes, chopped, 1 tsp sugar, 1 thyme sprig, 2 bay leaves, 1 small sprig rosemary, gnocchi, cooked and salt and freshly ground black pepper.