One Hour Beef Stew

Total Time: 1 hr Preparation Time: 25 mins Cook Time: 35 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 2 cloves garlic
• 1 medium onion
• 2 stalks celery
• 2 tablespoons olive oil
• 1 1/2 lbs beef round steak or 1 1/2 lbs sirloin
• 2 teaspoons tomato paste
• 1 teaspoon fresh thyme, chopped or 1/4 teaspoon dried thyme
• 1 bay leaf
• 1 tablespoon fresh parsley, roughly chopped
• salt and pepper
• 2 cups beef stock
• 1 cup red wine
• 1 1/2 cups sliced carrots
• 10 small new baby red potatoes, whole,unpeeled
• 1 cup frozen peas
• 2 teaspoons potato starch or 2 teaspoons cornstarch

Recipe

• 1 roughly chop garlic, onion and celery and then chop in a food processor; cut beef into small, 3/4 inch cubes or cut into strips, the size of index finger; heat oil in a dutch oven and saute beef until browned.
• 2 add chopped vegetables from food processor, tomato paste, thyme, bay leaf, parsley, salt and pepper; stir well to mix; add stock and wine and bring to a boil; reduce heat and simmer, covered, for 45 minutes.
• 3 while meat is simmering, boil carrots and potatoes until tender-crisp, 5-10 minutes; drain and add to stew; add peas; the entire cooking time for the stew is 45 minutes; if stew is too thin, dissolve starch in 1 t cold water and whisk into stew; simmer 2-3 minutes and serve.