This dish, (with all its possible variations) is one of my favorites when you have to feed a large table, whether it's friends coming over for dinner, or because you've decided to start cooking over a wood fire!
A stew is obviously very simple to make: in just a few steps, all the ingredients are in the pot and bubbling away happily. The devil is in the quality of the food: tasty meat from lovingly raised animals, seasonal vegetables... all this will result in a highly flavored stew, or a simple casserole... so don't hesitate to choose your food with care.
When my guests prepare it during our nature cooking experiences, they bring their own touch to it. They get to change the amount of spices, or add one that I wouldn't have thought of. The result is always delicious. This is also what I suggest you do: start from this basic recipe, and modify it as you wish. If you are lazy, use this one. It is also very good.
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Ingredients
- 1 kg beef for stew - meager
- 100 g lard
- 500 g onions
- 1 kg carrots
- 500 ml white wine
- 250 ml broth
- 1 kg potatoes - firm when cooked
- salt
- pepper
- 2 strands rosemary
- 3 tsp paprika
- 1 laurel leaf
- 3 tbsp oil
Instructions
- In a large casserole dish, brown the meat in the oil.
- Add onions and carrots cut into rings, and bacon cut into strips. Sprinkle with paprika.
- Moisten with white wine, bring to a boil.
- Add broth, rosemary and bay leaf, salt and pepper. Cover and let cook at low temperature for 1 hour.
- After one hour, add the cubed potatoes. Let cook for another hour.
- At the end of the cooking time, adjust the seasoning and serve.
