Bestime Recipe

VEGETABLE BEEF STEW

Hello my dear fellow cooks. I have brought here my new favorite recipe. I,d like to encourage you to try this at home. This one is really great. You could forget who you are when you try this. See the ingredients and the procedure below.

Ingredients:

4 lb Cross Cut Beef Shanks
8 cups Water
3 Cloves Garlic, finely chopped
1 Onion, (large) chopped
1 tsp Salt
1 tsp Black Pepper, fresh ground
1 Bay Leaf
1 Carrot, finely chopped
1 stalk Celery, broken into three pieces, with leaves
4 Beef Bouillon Cubes
3 cups Tomato Juice
1 tsp Thyme
8 Mushrooms, (medium)
5 Carrots, coarsely sliced
3 stalk Celery, chopped
2 Potatoes, one inch cubes
1 cup Peas, (fresh or frozen)
1 cup Corn & Green Beans, (fresh or frozen)

Procedures:

Put the brown beef in the bottom of the dutch oven over a medium-high heat. Add some water and wait till it boil. Skim foam. Add all remaining Group A ingredients,cover and bring to gentle boil. Cook for approximately three hours. Remove from heat. Strain liquid; discard all solids except the beef. Remove all lean meat from bones, cube and return to broth. Except for the potatoes, add all Group B ingredients and simmer for 20 minutes. Add the potatoes during the last 10 minutes. You have to skim the excess fat before serving.