(Not Just the Regular) Beef Stew

Title:
(Not Just the Regular) Beef Stew

Yield:
8 Servings

Categories:
Beef,
Soups




Ingredients:





     2 lb Beef tenderloin -- 1-inch


          Cubes


          Flour -- for dredging


     2 tb Butter


     2 tb Oil


     2    Cloves garlic -- minced


          Salt and pepper


     2 c  Dry red wine


     2    Cubes beef bouillon


          (dissolved in 2 cups boiling


          Water)


     1    Baking potatoes -- grated


     1    Onion


          (studded with 2 cloves)


     2 ts Thyme


     1    Bay leaf


     8    Red potatoes -- quartered


     8    Carrots -- sliced


     4    Stalks celery -- sliced


     8    Tiny white onions


     1 c  (or 2) tomato juice


          Handful fresh parsley


          -finely chopped






 Dredge meat in flour.  Melt butter and oil in large pot; add garlic.


 Cook the beef just to rare; remove from pot and refrigerate. Add wine


 and bouillon to pan and scrape up bitsstuck to bottom. Add potato,


 onion, thyme and bay leaf.  Bring to boil, cover and simmer 1 hour.


 Add potatoes, carrots, cerlery and onions; simmer 1/2 hour. Add


 tomato juice, as necessary for nice gravy. Add beef cubes, reheat;


 toss in parsley and serve.


 


 Recipe By     : "Vinyard Seasons" by Susan Branch


 Posted to MM-Recipes Digest V3 #246


 


 Date: Sun, 8 Sep 1996 23:50:46 -0400


 


 From: BobbieB1@aol.com