Episode #05 - Beef Stew, Polenta & String Beans (2 of 2) - Italian Cooking

Today we are serving: Beef Stew over Polenta, with a side of String Beans cooked on a bed of Cherry Tomatoes. We drank...almost all of it: Chianti Classico - Coltibuono 2005 Yellow Tail - Merlot / Cabernet 2006 BEEF STEW Serves 4 Prep Time 15 minutes Cooking Time 2 hours Ingredients 2Lb Beef for stew, cut in 1 inch cubes 3 ripe tomatoes 3 carrots 3 celery stems 3/4 red onion 2 handfuls of Thyme Olive Oil, Salt, Pepper Two glasses of wine Getting Ready Peal and chop the onion medium fine. Rinse well the celery and chop it in 1/2 inch pieces. Peal the carrots, cut them length wise if they are big enough, and then chop in 1/2 inch pieces. Rinse the Thyme well. Time to Cook In a cast iron casserole, sauté the onion, the carrot and the celery in about 3 tablespoons of Olive Oil on a medium -- high flame, until the onion gets a nice golden color. Add the meat, maintain the stove on a medium -- high flame, and brown it well. Before the meat starts pouring its juices in the pan, add the two glasses of wine, stir well, and let the alcohol evaporate...you can smell its pungent essence right away. In a couple of minutes your stew is ready to start cooking and finally settle down into the casserole; lower the stove to a medium flame, add salt, pepper, the thyme and the tomatoes cut in half, stir well and cover with a lid. From now on is just a waiting game...stir constantly, every 10 minutes, make sure the flame is not too high or the stew will start sticking to the bottom of the ...



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