Beef, Fig & Olive Stew

Total Time: 1 hr 20 mins Preparation Time: 40 mins Cook Time: 40 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 2
• 8 ounces lean ground beef or 8 ounces ground lamb
• 1 teaspoon extra virgin olive oil
• 2 tablespoons minced garlic
• 1 teaspoon herbes de provence
• 1/4 cup dry red wine
• 1 (14 ounce) can beef broth
• 2 teaspoons cornstarch
• 2 plum tomatoes, diced
• 1/4 cup dried fig, chopped
• 2 tablespoons chopped green olives or 2 tablespoons capers
• 1/8 teaspoon fresh ground pepper

Recipe

• 1 brown beef in pan.
• 2 add garlic and herbes de provence, stir for about 30 seconds.
• 3 add wine, scrap up any browned bit, stir until slightly reduced, about 1 minute.
• 4 in a small bowl, stir together beef broth and cornstarch. add to pan and increase heat to high, bring to a simmer, stirring constantly.
• 5 add tomatoes, figs, olives and pepper and return to a simmer.
• 6 maintain a simmer, stirring occasionally until tomatoes have broken down, about 5 minutes.
• 7 heat through, about 2 minutes.