Thankyou so much ladies! Yes I forgot to add the brown sugar in my post above, my recipe calls for this also... I have done some research and found that yes the soaking is to remove some of the salt - Is this really neccessary?? Is this Beef rather salty?? Too salty?? I might not soak it and see how I go as it's only this particular recipe that is telling me to soak it....

Thankyou for your advice Hollo! I will def try cooking it for a while longer than it says, I will do the knife test to be sure and will do the potatoes in the water for the extra flavour, that sounds like a great idea! Thankyou!

Ooooo Astrid, serving bacon with it sounds delicious!! I will do come cabbage, potatoes, carrots, capsicum and broccoli with the white sauce also My recipe says to rest the meat wrapped in foil once it is cooked, I am hoping this works like other meats and makes the meat even more tender but will also let it rest in the water for a little as well , Thanks for the tip!!

Thankyou so much ladies!! Will go pop it on now and let you know how I go - Hopefully it's a winner with DH