my best beef stew
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Ingredients For my best beef stew
- DAY 1
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4 lbchuck roast, cut in 2 inch thick pieces
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1 Tbspsalt
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1 tsppepper, freshly ground
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2 cfresh sprigs of thyme
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3 conion, thinly sliced
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1 1/2 ccarrots, thinly sliced
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3garlic cloves, crushed
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1/4 colive oil
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3 Tbspred wine vinegar
- DAY 2
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1 Tbspolive oil
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4italian plum tomatoes, chopped
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2bay leaves
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1/4 cwater
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1 cbeef stock
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chianti to cover
- DAY 4
- SLURRY
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1 Tbspflour
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1 1/2 Tbspbeef stock
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hot sauce
How To Make my best beef stew
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1DAY 1 Remove surrounding fat from meat and cut into pieces according to its natural muscle separations, trimming as you go, finally cut into 1-1/2\" chunks. Toss meat into an enameled or stainless casserole with all DAY 1 items listed above. Cover and refrigerate overnight.
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2DAY 2 Remove meat chunks from casserole.
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3Transfer vegetables and marinade to a medium frying pan and cook over moderate heat until onions are translucent.
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4Meanwhile set a large frying pan over moderately high heat and add the oil.
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5Cook meat in batches until browned being careful not to crowd meat.
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6Return meat to casserole and strew the cooked vegetables and marinade on top along with tomatoes and bay leaves.
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7Discard fat from pan in which meat was browned, deglaze with water, add to casserole.
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8Add beef stock and wine to almost submerge the ingriedients.
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9DAY 3 Bring stew to a simmer on stove top.
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10Then, set it covered in a 300 oven so that it barely bubbles.
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11It will take about 2-1/2 hours to become fork tender. Cool and refrigerate overnight.
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12DAY 4 Remove from refigerator and skim fat from the surface and discard.
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13Reheat the stew and then strain hot cooking liquid into a nonreactive sacuepan, pressing on the vegetables which will have disentegrated.
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14Taste sauce for strength and seasoning.
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15Boil down quickly if it seems weak; you should have 2-1/2 cups.
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16If the sauce seems too liquid you will need to add a slurry or flour and beef stock dribbled with hot sauce.
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17Once you have checked for seasoning again, the stew is ready to serve.
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18If you are not serving right away, cool the stew and press pastic wrap on it and refrigerate. Rewarm slowly before serving.
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19You might finish the stew with two dozen small braised onions, several large spoonfuls of sauteed mushrooms and two cups or so of braised cut carrots, turnips, plus fresh peas and green beans, simmering together briefly before serving.
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