Showing posts with label beef stew. Show all posts
Showing posts with label beef stew. Show all posts

Friday, October 28, 2011

Hearty Beef Stew

diced leftover brisket ready for the crockpot
With so much leftover brisket and carrots from Saturday's great taste of fall dinner I had to find a way to use some of the leftover brisket because there is no way I could eat so many leftovers, no matter how hard I tried!!
I went for the obvious and easy choice: Beef Stew!
On Tuesday afternoon while working form home I fired up the crock pot and made a pot of hearty beef stew.
nice and hearty
 No recipe needed here.Very simple stew: leftover brisket diced, leftover roasted carrots, diced potatoes, onion, garlic, beef stock, thyme, rosemary, marjoram, & a dash of black pepper.  I saved most of the jus/gravy from the briskets and used some as the base of my beef stock. After 5-6 hours in the crock pot  the final product was perfect on a chilly fall night.  The original brisket, and resulting beef stew was good enough that even Gail, a  longtime vegetarian helped herself to a small portion!
the beef stew goes great with a heel of bread 
Over the course of the week Gail and I both slowly progressed to feeling fairly shitty. A nice hot bowl of stew really hit the spot. The remaining couple of portions have found their way into the freezer for enjoyment later in the winter.