French Beef Stew

• 2 lb. round steak, cut into bite sized pieces
• 16 oz. canned tomatoes
• 6 carrots, cut into 2-inch pieces
• 1 c. celery, diced
• 3 medium onions, quartered
• 3 Tbsp. tapioca
• 2 slices bread, remove crusts and cut into squares
• 1 Tbsp. salt
• 1 Tbsp. sugar
• small pinch of ground pepper, rosemary, thyme and marjoram
• 1 pkg. frozen green peas
• 1/2 c. red wine (must be dry, red wine)

1. Place all ingredients except for peas and wine into a heavy 4-quart casserole.
2. Do not brown meat.
3. Heat oven to 350u0b0.
4. Cover pan and watch it until it starts to bubble.
5. Turn heat down to 250u0b0 and bake for 4 1/2 hours.
6. Lift cover and gently press in package of frozen peas.
7. Do not stir at all.
8. Return to oven and bake for 1/2 hour.
9. Just before serving, add wine.
10. Serves 8.

tomatoes, carrots, celery, onions, tapioca, bread, salt, sugar, ground pepper, frozen green peas, red wine

Taken from www.cookbooks.com/Recipe-Details.aspx?id=206243 (may not work)