Beef Stews/Casseroles

Brown meat over medium heat in butter in Dutch oven. Season w salt and pepper. Add chopped onion and sauté just until limp. Mix tomato paste, .5 c of the water, vinegar and garlic. Pour over meat. Add bay leaf. Cover and simmer 1 hour; add remaining water, a little at a time, as necessary.…

Dredge meats in seasoned flour. Sauté onion and garlic in butter. Remove and brown meat. Add onion, 1 c boiling water, bay leaf, clove and Worchester. Cover and simmer 30 min. Add mushrooms, sherry and oysters if desired. Mix 2T flour in small amount of cold water and add to gravy. Pour into 10″ pan.…

Cut fat off steak and cut into 24 thin diagonal strips. Cut oysters in half. Roll each half oyster, plus .5 tsp butter, in a strip of beef. Dredge each roll generously w flour, then pack tightly in a 10″ pie pan. Invert a small funnel (can be made of cardboard) in the center of…

Season meat w salt and pepper. Melt butter in Dutch oven. Add meat and coat w butter, but do not brown. Arrange onions over meat. Mix tomato paste, wine, vinegar, sugar and garlic. Pour over meat and onions. Add bay leaf, cinnamon, cloves, cumin and currants. Cover onions w a plate to hold them intact,…

Flour and brown beef in oil. Put in Dutch oven. Brown onions and garlic. Add to meat w brown sugar, 2T vinegar, parsley, bay leaves, thyme, salt and pepper. Stir. Add stock and beer. Cover and simmer 2 hours. Stir in 2T vinegar. Cook till bubbly. Drop in dumplings by T. COVER, reduce heat and…

Heat 1 T oil in heavy bottomed 12″ skillet over medium-hi until shimmering, but not smoking, about 2 min; swirl to coat pan. Add mushrooms and cook over high without stirring for 30 sec; season and continue to cook, stirring occasionally, until mushrooms are lightly browned, about 4 min. Transfer to med bowl. Return skillet…

Brown sausage and remove from pan. Coat beef w flour and brown in drippings. Remove. Sauté onion. Stir in meats, bouillon cube, chili sauce, oregano, basil and 3C water. Heat to boiling. Spoon into 3 qt dish. Stir in carrots, potatoes and beans. Cover and bake for 2.5 hours at 300. Skim off fat. Combine…

Blanch salt pork in 1 qt water for 5 min. Drain. Brown in 1T butter until crisp. Drain on paper towel. In more butter, brown beef, a few cubes at a time and put into a deep oven proof casserole. In same fat, sauté carrot, onion and shallots. When golden, drain off fat. Add 3T…

Brown meat, onion and garlic in oil in 3-4 qt saucepan. Stir in remaining ingredients except mushrooms and sour cream. Bring to a boil. Cover; cook over low heat 1 hr and 15 min. Add mushrooms; continue cooking 15 min. Remove from heat. Stir in sour cream. Sprinkle w parsley. Variation: to prepare in crock…

Combine all ingredients except cheese in 4 qt. crock pot. Cover and simmer on low 8-10 hours. Mix well. Sprinkle cheese over top.  Cover. Cook on high about 5 min.   Beef 1.5   lb stew meat, cubed   Tomato 16   oz can   Carrots 1.5   c slices   Tomato Paste 6  …