Simple and versatile stew. This is the ‘base’ recipe I use and add or change to whatever I have on hand.
Step: 1
Preheat oven to 300 degrees F (150 degrees C).
Step: 2
Heat bacon grease in an oven-proof pot or Dutch oven over medium heat. Cook and stir venison in the hot grease until browned on all sides, about 5 minutes. Transfer venison to a plate using a slotted spoon. Add onion to hot grease; cook and stir until tender, 4 to 5 minutes.
Step: 3
Mix garlic, tomato paste, and anchovy paste together in a small bowl; add to onions. Stir flour into onion mixture until dissolved.
Step: 4
Pour wine, beef broth, and chicken broth into the pot; bring to a boil while scraping the browned bits of food off of the bottom of the pot with a wooden spoon. Add thyme and bay leaves to pot and bring liquid to a simmer. Return venison to pot. Cover pot.
Step: 5
Simmer stew in the preheated oven for 1 hour. Add potatoes, carrots, and mushrooms to stew and simmer in the oven until potatoes are tender, about 1 hour more. Add peas and stir.
Per Serving: 309 calories; protein 35g; carbohydrates 25.6g; fat 3.7g; cholesterol 114.7mg; sodium 375.1mg.
The name of “stew” can refer to both a dish and a make dishes method. Stewing makes slowly cooking piece of meat, raw fruit or beans in a tastefull water based . It’s same as to braising, but it makes have a few notable differences. The meat is chopped into few of pieces instead of being cooked whole , and the water based material completely covers the contents in a stew as compared to a braise’s halfway full . When meat or vegetables are cooked using this method, the resulting dish is called stew.
Stew has a reputation for being a rib-sticking meal that warms you up on a cold , winter day. It’s right that ; a bowl of classic beef stew does have warming properties , but stew’s comfort factor more than a way beyond protecting you from the cold . It’s all about those tender chunks of meat and vegetables, swimming in a thick, ultra-rich gravy. The way they come together make the greatest comfort food, no matter the weather.