Guinness Beef Stew Recipe

• 5 lbs beef
• 12 cup soy flour
• salt and pepper
• 5 tablespoons suet (or oil)
• 3 onions
• 1 lb mushroom, chopped
• 2 (8 ounce) cans Guinness stout
• 2 cups beef stock
• 1 teaspoon brown sugar
• 1 teaspoon dried thyme
• 1 tablespoon fresh thyme
• 1 teaspoon ground nutmeg
• 4 bay leaves
• garlic clove
• 2 tablespoons tomato puree dissolved in 4 tbsp water
• 2 12 cups carrots
• 1 few potato (optional)

1. Cube beef into about 1 inches squares.
2. Toss meat in a bowl w/ 1Tbsp oil.
3. Season meat w/ flour, salt and pepper.
4. Heat rest of oil in pot and brown meat then remove.
5. Add onions, tomato purree mixture and garlic to pot and cover.
6. Cook 4 to 5 minutes then reintroduce meat to the pot and add everything else except the potatoes.
7. Add a light sprinkle of salt and pepper and bring to a boil, then reduce.
8. Cover and simmer for 2 hours.
9. With 45 minutes left add the potatoes and Serve.
10. Best served with mashed potatoes but if you added the potatoes directly to the stew you will be fine.

beef, soy flour, salt, suet, onions, mushroom, stout, beef stock, brown sugar, thyme, thyme, ground nutmeg, bay leaves, garlic, tomato puree, carrots, potato

Taken from www.food.com/recipe/guinness-beef-stew-recipe-376963 (may not work)