Beef Stew with Farro Recipe
Recipe
Winter is the perfect time for soups and stews. Farro, an ancient grain, adds a wonderful nuttiness and great, chewy texture to this sumptuous beef stew. Cook’s Delight® Beef Soup Base and Vegetable Soup Base accentuate the flavor of this recipe.
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Cuisine
Irish
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10 | Dinner | Low Gluten | Cook’s Delight® Organic Beef Stock BF-912 & Cook’s Delight® Simply Vegan Vegetable Base VG-837 |
Ingredients
- 5 lbs Chuck Roast - cubed
- 2 fennel bulbs - thinly sliced
- 3 large turnips - peeled and cut into ½” cubes
- 4-5 large carrots - chopped
- 2 sweet onions - medium dice
- 1-1/2 cup peas
- 1 cup chopped parsley
- Fresh sage rosemary and thyme - tied in a bunch
- 1-1/2 quarts Cook’s Delight® Organic Beef Stock (mix 7.5 tsp Cook’s Delight® Organic Beef soup base with 1 1/2 quarts boiling water)
- 1 quart Cook’s Delight® Organic Vegetable Stock (mix 3 tsp Cook’s Delight® Organic Vegetable soup base with 1 quart boiling water)
- 1 750 ml bottle of red wine
- 1 cup Farro
- ¼ cup olive oil
- ½ cup tomato paste
- ½ cup flour
- 2 Tbsp sugar
Suggested Products
Cook’s Delight® Organic Beef Flavor Base
Cook’s Delight® Organic Vegetable Soup Base
Step by Step Instructions
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Step 1
In a large dutch oven, sauté the fennel and onion in olive oil until translucent.
Step 2
Season the cubed beef with salt and pepper and coat in the flour and sugar. Sear in batches in a hot skillet and transfer to the dutch oven.
Step 3
Prepare the beef stock with boiling water and use to deglaze the skillet before adding to the dutch oven.
Step 4
Add the turnips, carrots, wine, tomato paste and herb bunch and bake for 1-1/2 hours at 350 degrees in a preheated oven.
Step 5
Add the peas and parsley 15 minutes before finished.
Step 6
In a separate pot, bring the vegetable stock to a boil and cook the farro until tender. The adds another layer of flavor and preserves the beef broth that would otherwise be absorbed by the grain.
Step 7
Add the farro to the pot and serve!