How to Make Beef Stew
Beef stew has many variations of the original recipe, which means that you can adapt the recipe to whatever ingredients you have that are available to you. Beef stew is an inexpensive dish that is easy to make and very filling for those rainy nights. This dish has a cooking time of around 4 – 5 hours.
Ingredients:
- 3 pounds stew beef, cut in 2-3″ pieces
- 10 plum tomatoes, chopped coarsely
- 6 carrots, chopped in half and quartered
- 2 medium onions, chopped
- 4 cloves garlic, crushed
- 8 whole cloves
- 4 pieces (1/2×4″) orange rind
- 1 teaspoon thyme
- 1 teaspoon sage
- 1 teaspoon black pepper
- 1 cup red wine
- Some water
- 4 tablespoons olive oil
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 4 bay leaves
Instructions:
- Brown the beef pieces in some olive oil in a pot. After all the beef pieces have been browned, set them aside.
- Using the olive oil you used to brown the beef, sauté the onions and garlic until they have a light golden brown color.
- You can then all the vegetable and herb ingredients into the pot. Mix until all ingredients are covered in oil.
- Add the beef pieces, cover the pot and bring to a simmer.
- While waiting for the pot to simmer, preheat your oven to 250°F or 121°C
- Pour your stew mixture into a large casserole dish. Cover the dish with its cover and bake for around 2 hours.
- After 2 hours, take away the cover and let it cook again for another 2 hours or until the stew has a thickened consistency
- Serve your stew hot with some bread and red wine
Serves 4 – 6