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Italian Beef Stew with Mushrooms Recipe
Beef stew with mushrooms is a hearty comforting dish, one of the many homemade recipes that have become part of the great classics of Italian cuisine.In fact, this Beef stew is typical of traditional Italian cucina povera as well as Veal Stew with Potatoes. Italian beef stew with mushrooms retains all the flavor and aromas of the past and is a real pleasure for the palate.
Ingredients
- 600 g beef - 1.3 pounds of beef Chuck or Round
- 350 g mushrooms - ~12 oz of a variety of cleaned mushrooms such as Botton and Cremini
- 1 carrot - small
- 2 celery - sticks
- 1 onion - small
- 30 g parsley - 2 tablespoons, chopped
- ½ cup dry red wine
- 500 ml broth - 2 cups of meat broth or vegetable broth
- 400 ml tomato puree - 1 ¾ cups
- 6 tablespoons olive oil - extra virgin
- 2 cloves garlic
- 1 teaspoon salt
Instructions
- clean and chop the carrot, celery and onion. Sauté them in a pan with 3 tablespoons of extra virgin olive oil for about 3 minutes over low heat.
- Add the meat cut into cubes of about three centimeters (about 1 inch) and let it brown evenly over moderate heat for 5 minutes. Turn the meat with a wooden spoon so as not to pierce it and not to let the juices come out. Raise the heat a little, add the red wine and let it evaporate.
- Then lower the heat and add the tomato passata. Add salt and pepper to taste and mix well. Cook over medium heat for about 15 minutes. Then pour one or two ladles of hot stock and put the lid on.
- Cook for about 2 hours over low heat. The meat should become very soft and should break easily when staked with a fork. If the sauce dries too much during cooking, add more stock so that the meat is always covered with it.
- In this case we used a handy mix of fresh mushrooms, already cleaned and sliced. If you have to clean whole mushrooms, cut off the final part of the stem with the earth, and clean them with a damp cloth or a brush. Then cut them into slices. Don't wash the mushrooms in water: they would lose much of their flavor and absorb a lot of water like a sponge.
- In a frying pan, sauté the garlic in oil, peeled and whole. Then add the mushrooms and the chopped parsley. Cook for about 10 minutes over medium heat. Salt lightly.
- When the beef has finished cooking, remove the garlic cloves and then add the mushrooms. Cook for another 5 minutes. mixing the meat well with the mushrooms. At the end, add a little more chopped fresh parsley to taste. Before you serve it, taste the stew and add more salt if you think it needs it.
- Italian Beef Stew with Mushrooms is ready! Enjoy hot with your favorite Italian bread or with a steaming soft Polenta!
Nutrition
Serving: 100gCalories: 684kcalCarbohydrates: 21gProtein: 31gFat: 52gSaturated Fat: 15gPolyunsaturated Fat: 3gMonounsaturated Fat: 29gTrans Fat: 2gCholesterol: 107mgSodium: 1.246mgPotassium: 1.358mgFiber: 4gSugar: 10gVitamin A: 4.099IUVitamin C: 28mgCalcium: 83mgIron: 6mg
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