Diane Kitchen Mendoza Argentina, Halloween Party Diner “Beef Stew”

Beef Stew for Halloween!!!

• 1 tablespoon of  butter
• 1 onion, peeled and chopped
• 1 kilo of round, cut into 5cm pieces
• 200g of bacon or pancetta
• 2 tablespoon of dry rosemary, oregano and paprika
• freshly ground black pepper
• 2 peppers, one green and  one red diced
• 4 carrots, peeled and halved
•  I small can of diced tomato
• 500 g small potatoes
• 2 tablespoons tomato purée I used sundried
• ½ bottle red wine
• 285 ml of warm beef or vegetable stock I used Knorr Provincial
•  seasoning black pepper and Provincial
• 1 handful rosemary, leaves picked
• 6 cloves garlic, peeled and finely chopped

Put your butter into an appropriately sized pot or pan, I used my electric pan. Add your bacon and onion and fry for 3 or 4 minutes. Then add the meat to the pan fry for about 5 min. till brown seasoned with the Provincial mix, fresh grounded pepper and add garlic cloves, gently stir all ingredient add the wine reduce for about 2 min at low heat. 

Fry bacon and oinion

Brown meat and add garlic and seasoning

Add wine, drink the rest of the bottle!!!

Transfer all to a large stovetop add the stock, tomato paste, potatoes, carrots, rosemary, oregano and paprika,  gently stir together bring to a boil, then reduce heat, cover and simmer 1 hour. 

Add stock and tomato paste

Add potatoes and carrots

Add rosemary, oregano and paprika

Add the green and red pepper the can of tomato including the liquid, and simmer for another 2 to 3 hours, till the meat is tender. I don’t use cornstarch, instead I take the lid off for the last hour.

Add peppers

Add tomatoes

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