Beef with red wine & carrots

Name: Beef with red wine & carrots
Prep time: 35 min
Cook time: 3 h 30 min
Total time: 4 h 5 min
Cuisine: British
Ingredients: vegetable or sunflower oil , for frying; 1 ½kg shin of beef or stewing beef, cut into cubes; 3 tbsp flour; 2 large onions sliced; 600g carrots cut into batons; 4 garlic cloves crushed; glass red wine (about 175ml/6fl oz); 850ml beef stock; 3 bay leaves; few thyme sprigs; jacket potatoes or mash, to serve