Beef and fennel stew

Ingredients

• 600 gram beef stewing meat
• 1 leek
• 2 fennel bulbs
• 4 carrots
• about 8 medium-sized waxy potatoes
• 1 onion
• 4 garlic cloves
• 3 bay leaves
• all-purpose flour
• pepper and salt to taste
• 2 tablespoons mustard
• knob of butter
• about 150 ml red wine
• about 200 ml beef stock

Kitchen equipment needed

• cutting board & chef’s knife
• slow cooker (or use a Dutch oven + lid)
• large skillet
• meat tongs

Preparation — 20 minutes

RINSE the leek, remove the outer leaves and a part if the greens leaves. Coarsely CHOP the leek, peel the carrots and also coarsely chop them. PEEL and finely chop the onion and garlic cloves. RINSE the potatoes, there’s no need to peel them.

CHOP the meat into bite-size pieces and coat them with flour, pepper and salt.

Finishing the beef and fennel stew — 5 hours + 10 minutes

Heat a knob of butter in a skillet and cook the stewing meat in batches until they’re beautiful brown. ADD the meat to the slow cooker along with onion, garlic, carrots, fennel, potatoes, leek and bay leaves.

DEGREASE the skillet using red wine, this way all the meat flavors will end up in the slow cooker. STIR the mustard into the red wine along with beef stock. POUR the mixture into the slow cooker and set to the lowest setting for about 5 hours.

You can also create this stew in a Dutch oven, it’s best to sauté everything before you’ll add the liquids and let it simmer for about 1,5 hours.

SEASON the stew with pepper and salt and remove the bay leaves before serving. Enjoy!

Summary

Recipe Name

Beef and fennel stew

Ohmydish

Published On

2018-04-24

Preparation Time

20M

Cook Time

5H10M

Total Time

5H30M

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