Savory Beef And Vegetable Stew

Total Time: 2 hrs 20 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 2 hrs

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 6 tablespoons cooking oil
• 3 lbs round steaks, cut in 1 1/2-inch cubes
• 1 cup onion, chopped
• 1 cup celery, sliced
• 1 garlic clove, finely chopped
• 1 (8 ounce) can tomato sauce
• 1 cup red wine
• 2 beef bouillon cubes
• 2 teaspoons salt
• 1/4 teaspoon pepper
• 1/8 teaspoon dried thyme
• 1 bay leaf
• 2 cups water
• 6 small potatoes, pared and halved
• 6 medium carrots, pared and cut in pieces
• 1 tablespoon flour

Recipe

• 1 in hot oil in dutch oven, brown beef cubes well on all sides. remove and set aside.
• 2 add chopped onions and celery to dutch oven and saute until tender - about 8 minutes.
• 3 return beef to pan.
• 4 add garlic, tomato sauce, wine, bouillon cubes, salt, pepper,thyme, bay leaf and 2 cups water.
• 5 bring to boil. reduce heat and simmer, covered for 1 1/4 hours.
• 6 add vegetables and simmer, covered for 1 hour longer or until tender.
• 7 remove from heat.
• 8 mix flour with 2 tbls. of cold water and stir into beef mixture.
• 9 simmer, 10 minutes, until slightly thickened.
• 10 serve.