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Beef stew – original Italian recipe

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Let’s learn how to prepare a classic international dish: the beef stew, a traditional, tasty main course which needs quite a long cooking time.

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Hi all of you friends and welcome to the giallozafferano kitchen. Today we’ll be preparing together the beef stew: this cheap meat main course has quite a long cooking time, but your whole family will like it. Let’s see together what ingredients we’ll need:
• 4 tbsp of extra virgin olive oil
• 3 tbsp of flour
• 2 stalks of celery
• 1 carrot / 1 onion
• 2,2 lbs (1 kg) of beef • pepper / salt
• 1 oz (30 g) of butter
• 1 glass of red wine
• 2 pints (1 lt) of meat broth
Let’s prepare the beef stew:
First of all, finely chop the celery, the carrot and the onion, then brown them in a pan with melted butter and oil. Brown on a very low flame for about 10 minutes.
10 min. — low heat
While the mirepoix is cooking, we can move on to the meat; remove any excess fat or gristle and, if they’re quite big pieces, cut them into smaller cubes. After that, dip them in flour.
Now add the floured pieces of meat to the sautéed vegetables… and stir constantly for 15-20 minutes until golden brown on all sides.
15-20 min. — high heat
When the beef is well browned… add a glass of red wine and let it evaporate.
Now add enough broth to cover all the meat… after that, let it simmer on a very low flame for an hour and a half – 2 hours with the lid on, leaving a small opening.
90-120 min. — low heat
Once the meat is nice and tender and the gravy quite thick, the beef stew is ready to be served, perhaps accompanied by a lovely potato puree as a side dish. From Sonia and Giallozafferano, bye and see you next video recipe.
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  1. poah85

    is there any substitute for red wine? like beef broth or whatever..

  2. yellowsaffron

    You can make beef stew with peas youtube.com/watch?v=N6pWxgpY-w8 with the
    addition of potatoes, if you like!

  3. Hamy Le

    yum!

  4. yellowsaffron

    You can add rosemary or bay leaves, if you like

  5. poah85

    @yellowsaffron perfect! you teach me from A to Z, really appreciate that!
    thanx ya..anyway, greetings from Malaysia 🙂 very good video, keep up!!! 😉

  6. CainmosniMirrored

    @BrianaBerries There are 2 dollar wines that even the most experienced wine
    drinkers can’t tell apart from expensive ones. People who pay for expensive
    wines are morons.

  7. Valentina Noto

    Mmmmm….I’m hungry!

  8. ukguy

    thats more like Irish stew… I like to add all kinds of root vegetables,
    swede, turnip, parsnip, potatoes etc.

  9. yellowsaffron

    No, use beef broth

  10. Another Amateur

    Very nice. Stew comes in so many varieties. I use left over steak and red
    wine in my one hour recipe. Hope you’ll take a look sometime. Thanks for
    passing on this great idea!

  11. mirasprofile

    No herbs or spices?

  12. ualuuanie

    @yellowsaffron Thanks is it the same type of beef or do you use other types
    of beef for the broth?

  13. yellowsaffron

    @ualuuanie Put onions, carrots and celery in a pot filled with cold water
    (you can add also bay leaves, pepper grains, juniper) together with pieces
    of beef and bones, add salt and bring slowly to a boil, then let it simmer
    for 2-3 hours. After that, remove the vegetables and the meat and use the
    broth as you like!

  14. hydie salvador

    thank you! Sonia for sharing this recipe..

  15. xixo5363

    i am love Sonia