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Since fall arrived, I’ve been using my Dutch oven a lot!<\/em> Over the weekend, I made beef stew and a loaf of bread – it’s the perfect comfort food when the temperature starts to drop.\u00a0<\/p>\n ▪ 1 – 1 1\/2 pounds\u00a0cubed beef stew meat<\/p>\n ▪ 1\/2 cup flour<\/p>\n ▪ 1 teaspoon salt<\/p>\n ▪ 1\/2 teaspoon fresh ground pepper<\/p>\n ▪ 1\/4 cup vegetable oil<\/p>\n ▪ 4 cups beef broth<\/p>\n ▪ 1 onion, chopped<\/p>\n ▪ 1 celery rib, thinly sliced<\/p>\n ▪ 1 clove garlic, minced<\/p>\n ▪ 1 tablespoon tomato paste<\/p>\n ▪ 1\/4 teaspoon thyme<\/p>\n ▪ 2 medium russet potatoes, diced<\/p>\n ▪ 3 carrots, diced<\/p>\n ▪ 1\/2 pound mushrooms, sliced<\/p>\n 1.\u00a0Put flour, salt and pepper in a small bowl .\u00a0Heat vegetable oil over medium heat in a dutch oven.\u00a0Toss the meat in the flour mixture\u00a0until well coated, set flour aside.\u00a0Shake off the excess flour and add the meat to the Dutch oven, stir until browned.<\/p>\n 2. Add beef broth, onion, celery, garlic, tomato paste, and thyme to the pot, bring to a boil. When the broth begins to boil, remove a cup of the broth and whisk it into the reserved flour, adding it back to the pot, this will help thicken the stew.<\/p>\n 3. Cover the pot, turn heat down to low and cook for 1 1\/2 hours, stirring occasionally.<\/p>\n 4. Add potatoes, carrots, and mushrooms, and cook for another 30 – 45 minutes until the vegetables are tender. Serves 4.<\/p>\n Since fall arrived, I’ve been using my Dutch oven a lot! Over the weekend, I made beef stew and a loaf of bread – it’s the perfect comfort food when the temperature starts to drop.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1238,4],"tags":[2202,2234,2011],"class_list":["post-14698","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-lovin-from-the-oven","category-news","tag-bread","tag-cold-weather-food","tag-stews"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1ed1x-3P4","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":25972,"url":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2019\/10\/28\/dutch-oven-beef-stew\/","url_meta":{"origin":14698,"position":0},"title":"Dutch Oven Beef Stew","author":"Tina Garceau","date":"October 28, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"Stews are great when the weather turns chilly. 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