Beef Stew with a touch of lavender

Nothing beats the classic, old-fashioned home made classic beef stew! Its hot, comfort food that will make your belly say yumm!

Beef Stew with Lavender

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A quick little saute of onions, garlic and beef chuck meat cut into 1 inch chunks.

Nothing beats these chopped traditional veggies!

Beef Stew with Lavender

Recipe developed by Nicole Callen with Norwood Farm
​1 lb beef chuck, cut into 1 inch pieces
1 onion, diced
4 cloves garlic, minced
1 Tbl oil
4 medium potatoes, diced
3 celery stalks, diced
4 carrots, diced
1/2 cup mushrooms, diced
3 cups beef or vegetable broth
1/4 cup red wine
2 tsp culinary lavender
1/2 tsp oregano
1/2 tsp paprika
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 tsp pepper
1/4 cup flour
​1/2 cup cream or milk

Directions
1. Saute in a medium skillet the onion, garlic and beef stew cubes in 1 Tbl. oil on medium-high heat. Cooking about 5 minutes or until meat in browned.
2. Stir in all chopped vegetables, broth, wine and all herbs. Stir and simmer for 20 minutes or until vegetables are tender.
3. Add to small bowl 1/4 cup flour and 1/2 cup milk, wisk until combined. Add milk mixture to stew and stir until thickened, about 5 minutes.