Doufeu Irish Beef Stew

Total Time: 3 hrs 15 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 2 hrs 45 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 3 bay leaves
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon pepper
• 1/4 teaspoon dried thyme
• 1 1/2 cups red
• 3 garlic cloves, minced
• 2 lbs lean beef or 2 lbs lamb, for stew
• 1 cup flour
• 1/4 cup olive oil
• 10 ounces beef broth
• 12 carrots, peeled and sliced
• 5 turnips, peeled and quartered
• 12 small boiling onions, peeled (easier if boiled for 5 minutes then cooled)
• 2 tablespoons fresh parsley
• pepper
• seasoning salt

Recipe

• 1 combine first 6 ingredients and pour over meat in a shallow dish.
• 2 cover and place in refridgerator to marinate for at least 8 hours.
• 3 preheat oven to 350 degrees f.
• 4 remove meat from marinade and dredge pieces in flour.
• 5 heat olive oil in doufeu on stovetop.
• 6 drop meat into heated oil and brown on all sides.
• 7 pour in remaining marinade and add beef broth.
• 8 let it come to a boil, then remove from heat.
• 9 add onions, carrots, turnips (or potatoes if you prefer), parsley, seasoning salt and pepper (i cover all the vegetables in pepper, stir them a little, then cover them in pepper again.).
• 10 fill doufeu lid with ice, then place in oven for 2 hrs and 45 minutes.
• 11 enjoy with a nice irish soda bread or old fashioned corn bread.