With the skies poised to dump an abominable amount of snow on us, I thought it might be wise to make a buttload of hearty beef stew to sustain us. I think it’s pretty tasty – we’ll know if it’s truly good if Niles gets home and eats the rest of it tonight. That’s how I know if I truly nailed a recipe: if there are no leftovers.
You know what I just realized? Almost everything in the pot is from a local farm! How about that. I think the onion was from a grocery store, but everything else is from a local CSA.
I’ve been peer-pressured into doing Hourly Comics tomorrow. I’ve never done this before because I usually think my days are pretty boring, but we shall see what we come up with. For all I know, there will be three solid hours of me trying to get from point A to point B, depending on when the snow starts. :)
I know this is mostly a “throw things in the crockpot” kind of recipe, but could you please give me any relevant specifics? I would love to make this at home.
Thanks!
Of course of course! I cut up a large yellow onion and a bunch of shallots, and sauteed them in butter – threw them in the crockpot. Cut up the beef, browned it really quick on the stove – threw it in the crockpot. Added about… 1.5 cups of beef broth, and 2.5 cups of red wine, sliced carrots, some beans that Niles had softened the night before, some thyme, salt and black pepper… and let it cook on high in the crockpot for about 3 hours. Oh, I added a few tablespoons of flour to thicken it about two hours in. It would have been better with mushrooms, I think, but the portobellos we had left were sad and shriveled so I tossed them. It was pretty good!
Oh that sounds yummmm