Stew with beef and tomatoes

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This hearty beef stew is packed with flavour and all the veggies help to add bulk up the meal. Remember, when cooking red meat to remove all visible fat and spoon off any fat from the top of the stew before serving.


Serving size
Serves 6
Ingredients
2 tsp (10 ml) sunflower oil
1 kg beef stewing meat with bones, all fat removed
2 onions, chopped
3 celery stalks, thickly sliced
3 carrots, sliced diagonally into large chunks
1 clove of garlic, finely chopped
1 x 410 g tin chopped tomatoes
2 tbsp (30 ml) tomato paste
1 tsp (5 ml) dried mixed herbs
1 tbsp (15 ml) dried or chopped fresh origanum
2 bay leaves
1 tsp (5 ml) paprika
½ tsp (2,5 ml) salt
½ cup (125 ml) water or dry red wine
½ cup (125 ml) Homemade stock or water with 2 tbsp dried mixed herbs (see tips)
lemon juice and black pepper to taste
pinch of cayenne pepper
Method

1. Heat oil in a large pot and fry meat in batches until browned. Spoon out.
2. Fry onions, celery, carrots and garlic for a few minutes.
3. Add tomatoes, tomato paste, meat, herbs, bay leaves, paprika, salt, water and stock. Bring to the boil.
4. Reduce the heat and simmer with a lid for 1½-2 hours or until the meat is tender.
5. Season with lemon juice, pepper and cayenne pepper. Remember not to add more salt at the table.
6. Serve on small portions of brown rice or mashed potatoes and green beans.

Tips

1. Make your own Homemade chicken stock. See recipe here.
2. Substitute the beef with chicken, skin and all fat removed, and simmer for 45 minutes.
3. Use ostrich and venison as these are lower in fat than beef and lamb.
4. To bulk up this stew, add a tin of butter beans, drained. More veggies or tinned beans or lentils can also be added to the stew to add to the meal.
5. Spoon any fat from the top of a stew before serving.

This recipe is in Cooking from the heart 1. Download PDF recipe book here.

Ingredients

Serving size
 Serves 6
Ingredients
 2 tsp (10 ml) sunflower oil
 1 kg beef stewing meat with bones, all fat removed
 2 onions, chopped
 3 celery stalks, thickly sliced
 3 carrots, sliced diagonally into large chunks
 1 clove of garlic, finely chopped
 1 x 410 g tin chopped tomatoes
 2 tbsp (30 ml) tomato paste
 1 tsp (5 ml) dried mixed herbs
 1 tbsp (15 ml) dried or chopped fresh origanum
 2 bay leaves
 1 tsp (5 ml) paprika
 ½ tsp (2,5 ml) salt
 ½ cup (125 ml) water or dry red wine
 ½ cup (125 ml) Homemade stock or water with 2 tbsp dried mixed herbs (see tips)
 lemon juice and black pepper to taste
 pinch of cayenne pepper

Directions

Method
1

1. Heat oil in a large pot and fry meat in batches until browned. Spoon out.
2. Fry onions, celery, carrots and garlic for a few minutes.
3. Add tomatoes, tomato paste, meat, herbs, bay leaves, paprika, salt, water and stock. Bring to the boil.
4. Reduce the heat and simmer with a lid for 1½-2 hours or until the meat is tender.
5. Season with lemon juice, pepper and cayenne pepper. Remember not to add more salt at the table.
6. Serve on small portions of brown rice or mashed potatoes and green beans.

Tips

1. Make your own Homemade chicken stock. See recipe here.
2. Substitute the beef with chicken, skin and all fat removed, and simmer for 45 minutes.
3. Use ostrich and venison as these are lower in fat than beef and lamb.
4. To bulk up this stew, add a tin of butter beans, drained. More veggies or tinned beans or lentils can also be added to the stew to add to the meal.
5. Spoon any fat from the top of a stew before serving.

2

This recipe is in Cooking from the heart 1. Download PDF recipe book here.

Stew with beef and tomatoes
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2020-06-22T12:46:34+02:00
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Stew with beef and tomatoes

Category,

This hearty beef stew is packed with flavour and all the veggies help to add bulk up the meal. Remember, when cooking red meat to remove all visible fat and spoon off any fat from the top of the stew before serving.


Serving size
Serves 6
Ingredients
2 tsp (10 ml) sunflower oil
1 kg beef stewing meat with bones, all fat removed
2 onions, chopped
3 celery stalks, thickly sliced
3 carrots, sliced diagonally into large chunks
1 clove of garlic, finely chopped
1 x 410 g tin chopped tomatoes
2 tbsp (30 ml) tomato paste
1 tsp (5 ml) dried mixed herbs
1 tbsp (15 ml) dried or chopped fresh origanum
2 bay leaves
1 tsp (5 ml) paprika
½ tsp (2,5 ml) salt
½ cup (125 ml) water or dry red wine
½ cup (125 ml) Homemade stock or water with 2 tbsp dried mixed herbs (see tips)
lemon juice and black pepper to taste
pinch of cayenne pepper
Method

1. Heat oil in a large pot and fry meat in batches until browned. Spoon out.
2. Fry onions, celery, carrots and garlic for a few minutes.
3. Add tomatoes, tomato paste, meat, herbs, bay leaves, paprika, salt, water and stock. Bring to the boil.
4. Reduce the heat and simmer with a lid for 1½-2 hours or until the meat is tender.
5. Season with lemon juice, pepper and cayenne pepper. Remember not to add more salt at the table.
6. Serve on small portions of brown rice or mashed potatoes and green beans.

Tips

1. Make your own Homemade chicken stock. See recipe here.
2. Substitute the beef with chicken, skin and all fat removed, and simmer for 45 minutes.
3. Use ostrich and venison as these are lower in fat than beef and lamb.
4. To bulk up this stew, add a tin of butter beans, drained. More veggies or tinned beans or lentils can also be added to the stew to add to the meal.
5. Spoon any fat from the top of a stew before serving.

This recipe is in Cooking from the heart 1. Download PDF recipe book here.

Ingredients

Serving size
 Serves 6
Ingredients
 2 tsp (10 ml) sunflower oil
 1 kg beef stewing meat with bones, all fat removed
 2 onions, chopped
 3 celery stalks, thickly sliced
 3 carrots, sliced diagonally into large chunks
 1 clove of garlic, finely chopped
 1 x 410 g tin chopped tomatoes
 2 tbsp (30 ml) tomato paste
 1 tsp (5 ml) dried mixed herbs
 1 tbsp (15 ml) dried or chopped fresh origanum
 2 bay leaves
 1 tsp (5 ml) paprika
 ½ tsp (2,5 ml) salt
 ½ cup (125 ml) water or dry red wine
 ½ cup (125 ml) Homemade stock or water with 2 tbsp dried mixed herbs (see tips)
 lemon juice and black pepper to taste
 pinch of cayenne pepper

Directions

Method
1

1. Heat oil in a large pot and fry meat in batches until browned. Spoon out.
2. Fry onions, celery, carrots and garlic for a few minutes.
3. Add tomatoes, tomato paste, meat, herbs, bay leaves, paprika, salt, water and stock. Bring to the boil.
4. Reduce the heat and simmer with a lid for 1½-2 hours or until the meat is tender.
5. Season with lemon juice, pepper and cayenne pepper. Remember not to add more salt at the table.
6. Serve on small portions of brown rice or mashed potatoes and green beans.

Tips

1. Make your own Homemade chicken stock. See recipe here.
2. Substitute the beef with chicken, skin and all fat removed, and simmer for 45 minutes.
3. Use ostrich and venison as these are lower in fat than beef and lamb.
4. To bulk up this stew, add a tin of butter beans, drained. More veggies or tinned beans or lentils can also be added to the stew to add to the meal.
5. Spoon any fat from the top of a stew before serving.

2

This recipe is in Cooking from the heart 1. Download PDF recipe book here.

Stew with beef and tomatoes
IngredientsDirections
2020-06-22T12:46:34+02:00
A PHARMA DYNAMICS INITIATIVE
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