Winter Stew

Name: Winter Stew
Ingredients: 1 Tbsp. olive oil; 3 carrots, peeled and sliced diagonally into 1cm (½in) slices; 4 shallots, peeled and halved; 300g (10½ oz.) oyster mushrooms (or use shiitake mushrooms); 2 bay leaves; 6 fresh thyme sprigs; 2 Tbsp. all-purpose flour; 250ml (9 fl oz.) red wine; 1 x 400g (14oz) can tomatoes; 150g (5½ oz.) sweet potatoes, peeled and roughly cubed; 500ml (18 fl oz.) vegetable stock; 1 Tbsp. brown rice miso paste; Sea salt and freshly ground black pepper; Handful of fresh curly leaf parsley, roughly chopped, to serve