California Farm Cast Iron Beef and Beer Stew

Name: California Farm Cast Iron Beef and Beer Stew
Total time: 10800 s
Yield: 4 people
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 2 Pounds beef: round, shank or chuck, cut in square cubes as wide as your cut of meat is thick; 2 Pints dark beer, store bought or home made, or 2 pints of beef broth; 4 Tbs all purpose flour for dusting; 2 Tbs all purpose flour for gravy; 1 cup Large winter carrot, sliced; 1 cup Large onion, sliced; 1 cup frozen peas; 4 mild elephant garlic cloves, crushed; 2 Tbs olive oil; 2 Tbs balsamic vinegar, store bought or home made; Tsp sugar; Tsp dried or fresh thyme; 2 strong California bay leaves; 4 portions fettucini, store bought or fresh home made; 1/4 Tsp sea Salt and cracked mild green pepper corns per person

Hobby Horseman @HobbyHorseman

California, United States

Hearty and Tender Farm dish, cubed beef is flour dusted and browned in olive oil, then simmered till tasty with garlic, carrots, frozen peas and onions and home made fettucini in dark beer and herbs.

For a non-alcoholic version, use 2 pints of beef broth instead of beer.

Hearty and Tender Farm dish, cubed beef is flour dusted and browned in olive oil, then simmered till tasty with garlic, carrots, frozen peas and onions and home made fettucini in dark beer and herbs.

For a non-alcoholic version, use 2 pints of beef broth instead of beer.

Hobby Horseman @HobbyHorseman

California, United States

Hearty and Tender Farm dish, cubed beef is flour dusted and browned in olive oil, then simmered till tasty with garlic, carrots, frozen peas and onions and home made fettucini in dark beer and herbs.

For a non-alcoholic version, use 2 pints of beef broth instead of beer.

Hearty and Tender Farm dish, cubed beef is flour dusted and browned in olive oil, then simmered till tasty with garlic, carrots, frozen peas and onions and home made fettucini in dark beer and herbs.

For a non-alcoholic version, use 2 pints of beef broth instead of beer.

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Ingredients

3 hours

4 people

2 Poundsbeef: round, shank or chuck, cut in square cubes as wide as your cut of meat is thick
2 Pintsdark beer, store bought or home made, or 2 pints of beef broth
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4 Tbsall purpose flour for dusting
2 Tbsall purpose flour for gravy
1 cupLarge winter carrot, sliced
1 cupLarge onion, sliced
1 cupfrozen peas
4mild elephant garlic cloves, crushed
2 Tbsolive oil
2 Tbsbalsamic vinegar, store bought or home made
California Farm Home Made Balsamic Vinegar
Tspsugar
Tspdried or fresh thyme
2strong California bay leaves
4 portionsfettucini, store bought or fresh home made
California Farm Fresh Egg Fettucini and Bowtie Pasta
1/4 Tspsea Salt and cracked mild green pepper corns per person
Beef $6, vegetables $1, beer $1, fettucini $1, other 40 cents, $2.35 per dinner
Equipment: cast iron dutch oven

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Steps

3 hours

1

Brown the meat. Cut beef in cubes the thickness of your cut of meat, so you have squares of beef. In plastic bag, shake cubed beef with flour and cracked green pepper corns till well coated on all sides. Heat olive oil in cast iron pan, stir till beef is brown on all sides, 15 minutes, turn heat down, add sliced carrot, crushed garlic and onion, lid on, simmer 15 more minutes.
2

Stew the meat. Turn oven to 350F degrees, put herbs, balsamic vinegar and beer over browned beef cubes, carrots and onions, put lid on cast iron pot, bake 1 1/2 hours.
3

Make the fettucini. Put an egg in cup of flour and tsp of seasalt, kneed well with your fingers, add second egg, make doughball. Roll out on well floured surface, roll flat to penny thickness, flour dust top thoroughly, roll up like a pancake, cut in fettucini size widths, unwrap, dry 5 minutes on cutting board.
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Make the gravy. Add another pint of beer, peas, balsamic vinegar and all purpose flour to the cast iron pot, stir to thicken the beef and broth to make gravy, add the fettucini, bake an hour longer so the fettucini absorbs the beef stew flavors. Taste, add salt as desired. Enjoy.

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Hobby Horseman @HobbyHorseman

on April 24, 2023 05:04

California, United States

I teach people at the farmers market to grow small scale fruits and vegetables. My grandparents and parents taught me growing, cooking and preserving home grown fruits and vegetables, eggs, meats and fish. I got certified by the University of California Master Gardener Program in 2005. I try to bring out the original flavor of ingredients, then add layers of spices, herbs and flavorings that enhance, not distort the taste. These are the global, organic and vegan family recipes we use.