Rustic beef stew recipe for crockpot
A delicious beef stew with red wine for a deep robust flavour.
Equipment
- Slow cooker or Crockpot
Ingredients
- 500 gr beef for stewing
- 6 medium carrots
- 4 medium potatoes
- 3 medium onions
- 500 ml beef stock
- 150 ml red wine or elderberry mead
- 1 bay leaf
- 6 leaves savoy cabbage or peas
Instructions
- Cut the beef into rough chunks that are relatively the same size.
- Then brown them in a skillet with a little butter, after which you keep them aside to add to the Crockpot.
- Peel and rough chop the vegetables, then add to the slow cooker.Keep the cabbage back to add to the pot for the last 15 minutes.
- Add the meat on top of the vegetables and pour on the wine/elderberry mead and the beef stock.
- Lastly, add a bay leaf to the slow cooker and turn the slow cooker on either high for 5 hours or low for 10 hours.
- For the last 15 minutes you can add in the savoy cabbage and mix it into the stew.
Notes
- If you don't like cabbage you can add in a handful of peas at the end instead.