All Pumpkins' Night Stew

Name: All Pumpkins' Night Stew
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 3 h
Total time: 3 h 30 min
Yield: 1 pot, 12 serving(s)
Ingredients: 3 tablespoons canola oil, divided; 1 garlic clove, minced; 2 onions, chopped; 2 1/2 lbs beef stew meat, cut into 1 1/2 inch cubes; 1 teaspoon salt; 2 teaspoons pepper; 2 tablespoons caraway seeds; 1 tablespoon all-purpose flour; 7 cups beef broth; 2 bay leaves; 1 tablespoon white sugar; 1 teaspoon nutmeg; 3 large potatoes, peeled and cubed; 3 large carrots, peeled and chopped; 1 tablespoon cornstarch; 1/4 cup water; 1/4 cup chopped fresh parsley

Submitted by Elaniemay

"Despite the name this stew has no pumpkin. It is traditionally served on Halloween and for the harvest festival. I found this on Allrecipes.com. This is a German recipe."

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Ready In:: 3hrs 30mins
Ingredients:: 17
Yields:: 1 pot
Serves:: 12

ingredients

3 tablespoons canola oil, divided
1 garlic clove, minced
2 onions, chopped
2 ¹⁄₂ lbs beef stew meat, cut into 1 1/2 inch cubes
1 teaspoon salt
2 teaspoons pepper
2 tablespoons caraway seeds
1 tablespoon all-purpose flour
7 cups beef broth
2 bay leaves
1 tablespoon white sugar
1 teaspoon nutmeg
3 large potatoes, peeled and cubed
3 large carrots, peeled and chopped
1 tablespoon cornstarch
¹⁄₄ cup water
¹⁄₄ cup chopped fresh parsley

directions

Heat 1 tablespoon canola oil in a Dutch oven over medium- high heat. Stir in garlic and onion, and cook until softened and translucent; remove from pan. Pour 2 tablespoons canola oil into Dutch oven. While this heats, mix the beef with salt and pepper. Sear the beef in batches until browned all over, about 5 minutes.
Stir in caraway seeds and flour, cook until flour is incorporated and the caraway seed is fragrant, about 1 minute.
Pour in beef broth; add bay leaves, sugar, nutmeg, and onion mixture. Bring to a boil, then reduce heat to medium-low, cover, and simmer until the meat is tender, about 2 hours.
Stir in the potatoes and carrots; continue cooking until the vegetables are tender, about 30 minutes.
Stir together the cornstarch and water; stir into the stew along with the parsley. Simmer until thickened, about 5 minutes.

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This is very good and not as sweet as many German stews. Made for ZWT 6.

LucyS-D

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Elaniemay

My Family and I moved to South Africa at the beginning of 2007 to be missionaries. My Husband is the Pastor of a church in Eden Park, a township in the Jo'burg area. We are having a great time. My kids love it (3 of them, 1 born here). We have got to do many exciting things( pet lion cubs, feed giraffes, eat Zebra(gross!)and other meats(Warthog was surprisingly the best, go figure) and swim on a beach with penguins, to name a few). I have always loved to bake but just got into cooking since moving over here. There were a lot of things I couldn't find over here(and still can't) that we were wanting so I started searching for good recipes for everything from sausage, salad dressing and root beer,to enchilada sauce, Macayo's baja sauce(posted), and Applebees hot wings! A fellow missionary turned me on to this site and My husband got me a membership for this last birthday. I am loving it!

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