Beef Stew Ala Dean Ramsey

Total Time: 3 hrs 35 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 3 hrs 15 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 3 1/2 lbs round steaks or 3 1/2 lbs stew meat or 3 1/2 lbs cubed venison
• 1 large onion
• 5 medium carrots
• 3 -4 medium potatoes (cut into wedges) or 1 cup elbow macaroni
• 1 cup mushroom (sliced)
• 4 (14 ounce) cans crushed tomatoes
• 1 (16 ounce) package frozen peas
• 1 (16 ounce) package frozen lima beans
• 4 cups water
• 1 tablespoon garlic powder
• 1 teaspoon dried rosemary
• 2 bay leaves
• 1 tablespoon salt
• 1 tablespoon pepper
• 2 cups flour
• 1/2 cup extra virgin olive oil

Recipe

• 1 cube the round steak or venison into 1 1/2" cubes.
• 2 cut the onion into wedges.
• 3 slice the carrots crosswise into 1 1/2" pieces.
• 4 slice the mushrooms.
• 5 in a skillet, heat the olive oil over medium-high heat.
• 6 in a large mixing bowl, combine the flour, salt and pepper.
• 7 coat the cubed steak well and brown both sides in the hot olive oil.
• 8 in a large stew pot, add the tomatoes, water, rosemary, bay leaves and garlic powder.
• 9 bring to a simmer.
• 10 add the onion, carrots, peas, lima beans, browned cubed steak and mushrooms.
• 11 continue to simmer for about 2 hours.
• 12 then add the wedges of potatoes or macaroni and continue simmering about 1 more hour, stirring occasionally.
• 13 check seasoning for salt and pepper and adjust if necessary.