Divide among bowls and serve immediately. Place the beef in a bowl with red wine, garlic, and bay leaves. The next day, preheat the oven to 300 degrees f.
Add the butter, mushrooms, flour, veal stock, tomato paste, herbs, spices, and browned meat to a slow cooker. Good recipe but….i originally questioned the orange peel and (for me) i was right. Add onions, carrots, celery, garlic, cornstarch, tomatoes, turmeric, and red pepper flakes.
Stir in the carrots and potatoes, cover and bake for one hour longer, until the vegetables and meat are very tender when tested with a fork. Sear the beef (in 2 batches) in the saute pan for about 2 or 3 minutes per side. It adds an odd citrus taste right up front that i felt detracted from a basic good stew. Plus learn what stew meat is really the best, and what makes a stew “irish.”
Degrease the stew, if necessary. Place in the refrigerator and marinate overnight. Cozy up to a bowl of homemade comfort food with these delicious beef stew recipes from food network.