Irene’s Beer Stew Recipe
- Ingredients: 12
- Serves: 8
- Prep: 1 hour
- Bake: 3 hours
Irene’s beer stew with accompaniment: cooked potatoes, rice, or noodles. To make this irene’s beer stew for 8 persons you will need 1 hour for preaparation and 3 hours for baking.
Ingredients
- Accompaniment: cooked potatoes, rice, or noodles
For meringues
For cream
- 2 cups heavy cream
- 1 tbsp. sifted confectioners’ sugar
- 1/2 tsp. pure vanilla extract or seeds from 1 vanilla pod
To serve
- 1 pint seasonal berries such as strawberries, raspberries, or blueberries
- Additional whipped cream for garnish
For the honey vinaigrette
- 100 milliliter light olive oil
- 15 milliliter white wine vinegar
- 2.5 milliliter runny honey
To serve
- Salad leaves such as frisée or lamb’s lettuce
Directions
- Step 1 Cook onions in 2 tablespoons oil in a 6- to 8-quart ovenproof heavy pot over moderate heat, stirring frequently, until lightly browned, about 30 minutes.
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- Step 2 Combine flour, salt, and pepper in a large bowl. Pat beef dry and toss with flour mixture. Heat 2 tablespoons oil in a large heavy skillet until hot but not smoking, then brown beef in batches, adding as browned to onions and adding more oil to skillet as necessary.
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- Step 3 Add soy, Worcestershire, and steak sauces, bay leaves, thyme, and enough beer to pot to just cover beef and onions, then bring to a simmer.
- Step 4 Cover pot and braise stew in middle of oven, stirring in brown sugar after about an hour if desired, until meat is tender, about 2 hours.
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