What Do You Like In Your Beef Stew?

[jade408]

Originally Posted by evening sun

Interesting,.next time I make stew, I will set a bowl aside & add a tiny amount & see how it tastes. I like trying out old time food ideas.

I think that sprinkling it on at the end isn't going to give you the right impact. You should at minimum simmer it with the cloves for 15-20 minutes or so.

[jlawrence01]

Red wine, tomato sauce, and one of the three - worcestershire sauce, Thai fish sauce or anchovy paste.

Or I would add a lot of chili paste and make it into Chile Colorado.

[jonesg]

Originally Posted by Cliffie

I was at the diner today and the special was beef stew. I hesitated because their stew is so weird. To me, a beef stew has beef, potatoes, carrots, pepper, celery and bay leaf, period dot. To them, it appears to have a heavy tomato sauce and a proprietary blend of herbs -- I see curled parsley, maybe basil in there, quite a few I can't identify, as if the beef stew I think of as familiar had been tragically drowned in an industrial tomato-sauce spill.

Is this just an average beef stew in other people's opinions? What are your special touches?

In this order,
saute beef, onion, carrots, celery,
add ...butter and flour to make a roux,
deglaze with red wine , 2 bay leaves
add veal stock, tomato sauce and gravy browning, adjust with water.
bake at 350 for at least 2 hrs....or use a slower cooker thingy.
Beef should be fall apart when done.
Serve with mash or rice.