Cider Beef Stew

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Title: Cider Beef Stew
Categories: Polkadot, Epona, Beef, Soups/stews
Yield: 4 Servings

3 tb Flour
1 ts Salt
1/2 ts Pepper
1 lb Stew beef,
-cut into 1" chunks
2 tb Oil
1 c Apple cider
1/2 c Water
1 tb Vinegar
1/2 ts Dried thyme
2 Carrots, cut into 1"
-pieces
1 Celery rib, cut into 1"
-pieces
1 lg Potato, peeled and cubed
1 md Onion, chopped

Combine flour, salt, and pepper. Dredge beef in mixture. In a heavy
saucepan, brown beef in oil. Add cider, water, vinegar, and thyme;
bring to a boil. Reduce heat; cover and simmer for 1 hour 45 minutes
or until beef is falling apart tender. (Add more liquid during this
time if necessary, using a ration of 2 parts cider to 1 part water.)
Add veggies; return to a boil. Reduce heat and simmer for 45 minutes
or until veggies are tender.

Serves 4

Recipe by Carol Hendrickson from _Taste of Home_ Feb/Mar 95 issue.

(Just a few changes: when I've made this, I substitute garlic salt
for plain salt and garlic wine vinegar for the plain. I admit it, I'm
way too fond of the taste of garlic....)

* The Polka Dot Palace BBS 1-201-822-3627. Posted by EPONA

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