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Game Food – Hearty Beef Stew Recipe – Italian Style!

January 27, 2015 By Cynthia Ferich

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It’s game day this weekend and we have been busy pondering and planning the ‘snacks’ surrounding the big event.  It’s a food, football and friends kind-a-day.

Aside from the traditional wings, meatballs, sliders, potato skins, chili and chips, here’s a hearty, comforting and tasty beef stew – Italian-Style!  Serve with garlic bread and a salad for an e-a-s-y Entrée to share with your family & friends.  It’s a tomato-base, meaty dish loaded with veggies and on the ‘healthier’ side of game and comfort food.

With that being said…. Here ya go!

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Italian-Style Beef Stew
–  A Comfort Food!

  • 1-1/2 cups lean top round (preferably grass-fed) cut into 1/2 inch cubes
  • 2 Tablespoons olive oil
  • 1 large sweet onion, peeled and chopped
  • 3 garlic cloves, peeled and minced
  • 1 cup red wine
  • 1-1/2 cups tomato sauce, preferably homemade
  • 2 cups crushed canned tomatoes in juice (do not drain)
  • 2-1/2 cups peeled and cubed potatoes – about 1/2 –inch cubes
  • 2 cups fresh green beans cut into 1-inch pieces
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • ½ teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes
  • 1 teaspoon dried oregano
  • 1 Tablespoon dried Italian seasoning

Rinse beef cubes and pat dry with paper towels.  On medium-high heat, brown beef in olive oil, turning as it browns.  Add chopped onion and brown until caramelized.  Add minced garlic and stir a few stirs.  Pour the wine, scraping up the brown bits at the bottom of the saucepan for approximately 5 minutes.  Add remaining ingredients and spices.  Cover saucepan and simmer on low heat for 2-3 hours, stirring occasionally. Water can be added if you like it ‘soupier’.

Note:  This can also be prepared in a crock pot and kept warm during the game.  After the ‘browning of the beef, onion and garlic, add to the crockpot with remaining ingredients and cook on low for approximately 6-7 hours.

Topping Suggestions, Optional:  Grated Parmesan, Fresh Mozzarella Slices, Fresh Basil ribbons, Chopped Olives, Garlic Bread Cut into Cubes

 

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Filed Under: Fish & Meats, Recipes, Soups Tagged With: Charlotte, Charlotte Cooks, Italian Beef Stew, Italian Food, Italian recpe, NC, Super Bowl Party Food Recipes

About Cynthia Ferich

After writing and self-publishing “MaMa Mia Cucina” in 2007, Cynthia's writing, cooking and culinary teachings evolved into being as an entity surrounding food, fun, family and friends.

In an effort to capture her family’s ‘old world’ Italian recipes for future generations to enjoy, her grandmother, ‘Noni’, and Cynthia joined forces. "She measured, I wrote, and we cooked."

During her grandmother's latter 80 years, she traveled in memory through her life, as they shared in stories of a lifetime and long ago. As they shared this final chapter in her life, what Cynthia soon discovered through all of the measuring, cooking, sharing in the love of a family, and in the love of a friendship, was the passion for cooking, and a love that nourishes us all… It’s all about the FOOD!

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