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 Posted By: Cook Chatty Cathy 
Dec 27  # 1 of 13
Red Wine Beef Stew

1 pkg beef stew meat
4 tbsp. flour
1 3/4 tsp. salt
1 tsp. paprika
1/2 tsp. pepper
2 tbsp. veg. oil
1 cup dry red wine
2 14 1/2 oz cans beef broth
1/2 tsp. dried thyme
1 bay leaf
1 turnip root
1 8 oz pkg. mushrooms
1 pkg baby carrots

Use a heavy bottomed Dutch Oven to cook the stew in, start by
dredging the stew meat in flour miixed with the salt, paprika, and pepper then brown the meat in veg. oil in small batches until well browned. As each batch gets done set meat aside. When done browning beef add the wine, broth, thyme, and bay leaf to the Dutch Oven and stir well while bringing to a boil lower heat add beef to pot and simmer on low heat for 1 hour after an hour add carrots, peeled and cubed turnip roots, and mushrooms. Cook for another hour to hour 1/2, remove bay leaf and serve.

Can be served over a bed of rice or mashed potatoes I think it would even be wonderful in a french or sour dough bread bowl!


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 Posted By: The Ironic Chef 
Dec 27  # 2 of 13
Cathy, I bet that beef stew would make an excellent base for a Shepards Pie. It sounds delicious.
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 Posted By: Cook Chatty Cathy 
Dec 27  # 3 of 13
Excellent Idea IC:) I actually had ours over mashed potatoes tonight! The wine, turnip and carrots just give the best flavor to this dish. I save my broths from when I crockpot roasts and so I used broth from both a beef roast and a pork roast, a great tasting broth sure helps make the dish taste great as well.
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 Posted By: chubbyalaskagriz 
Dec 28  # 4 of 13
This would definitely be wonderful over mashed spuds, in a bread-bowl, or also over a split slab of cornbread!
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 Posted By: Mauve 
Jan 18  # 5 of 13
I just made beef stew yesterday. Very close to your recipe and
delicious.