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Cinnamon Beef Stew
Cinnamon Beef Stew
- Recipe Submitted by Parfait on 10/22/2014
Category: Dinner Party, Healthy Recipes, Stews, Beef
Ingredients List
- 2-3 pounds beef stew meat, cut into 1-inch cubes
- salt and black pepper, to taste
- 3 tablespoons coconut oil
- 1 medium carrot, peeled and finely chopped (about 1/4 cup)
- 1 medium onion, diced (about 1 cup)
- 1 medium celery stalk, finely chopped (about 1/4 cup)
- 2 cloves garlic, minced (about 2 teaspoons)
- 2 tablespoons tomato paste
- 1/2 cup beef broth
- 2 tablespoons balsamic vinegar
- 3-5 cups water
- 2 teaspoons salt
- 1 teaspoon ground black pepper
- 2 bay leaves
- 1 sprig fresh rosemary (or 1/2 teaspoon dried)
- 1 sprig fresh thyme (or 1/2 teaspoon dried)
- 1 sprig fresh sage (or 1/2 teaspoon dried)
- 2 cinnamon sticks
- extra-virgin olive oil, for garnish (optional)
Directions
1. Sprinkle the beef generously with salt and pepper. In a large pot or Dutch oven, heat the coconut oil over medium-high heat, then add the meat in batches and sear on all sides. It”™s important that you don”™t crowd the pan. The meat needs air around it to achieve a crisp brown crust. With tongs or a slotted spoon, remove the browned pieces to a bowl to catch their juice. Repeat with the remaining cubes.
2. In the same pot, sauté the chopped carrot, onion, celery, and garlic for about 2 minutes, stirring with a wooden spoon. Add the tomato paste and stir for about 1 minute.
3. Deglaze the pan. Which is just a cook”™s way to say: Add the broth and vinegar, then stir with passion, scraping up all the wonderful brown bits at the bottom of the pan. Keep stirring until the mixture starts to thicken.
4. Put the meat and its drippings back into the pot. Add 3 cups water, 2 teaspoons salt, a healthy dose of pepper, the bay leaves, rosemary, thyme, sage, and cinnamon sticks.
5. Bring to a boil, then reduce the heat and simmer with the pot only partially covered for about 90 minutes. This is not a soupy stew, but if the stew starts to dry out, add more water, about a 1/2 cup at a time. Simmer until the meat is fall-apart tender and the liquid in the pan has been reduced to gravy-like status.
6. Remove the cinnamon sticks and herb stems from the stew pot. Ladle the stew into deep bowls ”” bonus points if you also add a light drizzle of olive oil.
2. In the same pot, sauté the chopped carrot, onion, celery, and garlic for about 2 minutes, stirring with a wooden spoon. Add the tomato paste and stir for about 1 minute.
3. Deglaze the pan. Which is just a cook”™s way to say: Add the broth and vinegar, then stir with passion, scraping up all the wonderful brown bits at the bottom of the pan. Keep stirring until the mixture starts to thicken.
4. Put the meat and its drippings back into the pot. Add 3 cups water, 2 teaspoons salt, a healthy dose of pepper, the bay leaves, rosemary, thyme, sage, and cinnamon sticks.
5. Bring to a boil, then reduce the heat and simmer with the pot only partially covered for about 90 minutes. This is not a soupy stew, but if the stew starts to dry out, add more water, about a 1/2 cup at a time. Simmer until the meat is fall-apart tender and the liquid in the pan has been reduced to gravy-like status.
6. Remove the cinnamon sticks and herb stems from the stew pot. Ladle the stew into deep bowls ”” bonus points if you also add a light drizzle of olive oil.
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