Apple Cider Beef Stew

• 2 lbs beef stew meat
• 3 medium potatoes, peeled and cut into wedges
• 2 medium onions, sliced
• 4 carrots, peeled and quartered
• 1 apple, peeled and sliced (I use Granny Smith)
• 3 tablespoons flour
• 3 tablespoons oil
• 2 cups apple cider
• 2 tablespoons lemon juice
• 1 bay leaf
• 6 whole cloves
• 6 whole allspice
• 14 teaspoon dried basil

1. Mix flour, salt and pepper and put in a plastic bag.
2. Add stew meat and shake until well-coated.
3. Brown the meat in the oil in a heavy pot or Dutch oven.
4. Pour off any fat.
5. Stir in the cider, lemon juice, bay leaf, cloves and allspice and basil.
6. Bring to a boil, and simmer, covered for 1 1/2 hours.
7. Add vegetables and apple and cook another 20 minutes.

beef stew meat, potatoes, onions, carrots, apple, flour, oil, apple cider, lemon juice, bay leaf, cloves, allspice, basil

Taken from www.food.com/recipe/apple-cider-beef-stew-260374 (may not work)