March 27, 2011
Beef Herbed Stew
Melt 1/3 Cup butter and brown 4 pounds of beef stew meat. Pat beef dry before browning the cubes.
Add 1 pound of sliced mushrooms, 4 yellow onions chopped, 2 cloves crushed garlic, 1 T salt, 1 t pepper, 1 t dill, 1 t basil, 1 t thyme leaves and 2 bay leaves.
Saute slowly until tender. Add: 1 13oz can on chopped tomatoes, 1 pound small white boiling onions (you can get these at Trader Joes in the freezer section), 1/2 bag small carrots. Cook 45 minutes.
Mix 6 T flour and 1/2 Cup water until smooth – add gradually to the stew and stir until thickened. Serve with almond poppy seeded noodles.
Almond poppy-seed noodles:
1 C butter melted
1 C sliced almonds
1/4 C poppy seeds
Cook together in small sauce pan until better is melted and almonds are light brown. Serve over a package of boiled egg noodles.
