To celebrate the ending of winter a simple, earthy and careless beef stew. Inspired by Jamie Oliver, I follow his direction to not brown the meat and it worked perfectly.

It can be assembled in few minutes and then let it simmer slowly for hours. It’a family favorite!

Ingredients

1 kg beef for stews, in chunks

1 onion

3 tablespoons of extra virgin olive oil

2 tablespoons of flour

6 carrots, peeled and quartered

2 parsnips, peeled and quartered

2 potatoes, peeled and quartered

2 glasses robust red wine

1 lt broth

2 tablespoons tomato paste

Salt&Pepper

To garnish:

1 little branch rosemary

2 garlic cloves

Rind of half a lemon

For 6 to 8 people

1. Chop the onion.
2. Put the beef chunks in a freezer bag, along with the flour, and shake well.
3. In a big and sturdy stewing pan, gently hot the oil and sauté the onion.
4. Add the beef and the vegetable, pour in the wine, the broth, the tomato purée and a little salt&pepper.
5. Let it simmer for a few hours, from 2 to 4, stirring occasionally.
6. Before to serve it, finely chop rosemary, garlic and lemon rind and sprinkle it over.