September 09, 2003

Mom's beef stew (requires crock pot)

Here's the first in a (hopefully) series of what I'll call food for real people. This is a delicious beef stew recipe from my mom. The biggest problem with it is that it needs to be prepared in the morning when you probably have better things to do. On the upside there's very little work to do at dinner time.

Ingredients required: 1 lb beef stew meat, 1 uncooked italian sausage, 4 cups water, 1 cup flour, 1 cup red wine, several potatoes, carrots, pearl onions, garlic, basil.

  1. Flour the stew meat and brown (but don't cook) in a frying pan with olive oil
  2. Wash the vegetables and cut into bite-size pieces
  3. Combine everything in the crock pot and stir
  4. Add any additional vegetables and season to taste
  5. Cook on low for 8-10 hours or high for 6-8 hours

Posted by sam at 09:37 PM