In situations where it is difficult to cook dishes from fresh meat, or there is an elementary lack of time, stew will always help the hostess. Making beef stew at home is easy. The time spent on preparing the workpiece will pay off in full in the near future.
It is necessary
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- 1 kg fresh beef
- 2-3 onions
- 2 carrots
- salt
- black peppercorns
- Bay leaf
- sterile jars
- lard
Instructions
Step 1
Cut fresh beef into large pieces of approximately the same size. You can use ready-made goulash.
Keep in mind that during the stewing process, beef is boiled down by 40%, so lay more meat than you expect in the original product.
Step 2
Place the meat in a saucepan and cover with water, about 1-1.5 cm above its level.
Step 3
Place on the stove and bring to a boil.
Step 4
Skim off the foam. Wait 5-7 minutes and skim again. Now add 8-10 black peppercorns, 2-3 onions and carrots. Reduce heat, cover saucepan and simmer for about 2 hours.
Step 5
After the specified time has elapsed, remove the onions and carrots from the pan with a slotted spoon. Season with salt to taste. Leave on low heat to simmer for another 1, 5-2 hours.
Step 6
At the end of cooking, put 2-3 bay leaves, after 15-20 minutes remove them from the broth to avoid bitter aftertaste.
Step 7
Banks and lids for them must first be thoroughly washed in hot water, sterilized and dried. You can sterilize cans in a water bath for 15-20 minutes. Boil the lids for 10 minutes.
This ensures that the stew will be stored for several years.
Step 8
You need to put boiling stew in jars.
Gently place the prepared meat in jars, fill it with broth so that the meat is not covered with liquid.
Step 9
To keep the stewed meat longer, it must be poured with fat on top.
Since beef is lean meat in itself, fat of a different origin is used for this purpose. For example, take lard and cut a piece of lard (100g) into small cubes. Place it in a skillet or in a small, wide-bottomed saucepan. Melt the bacon over low heat. Remove greaves.
Step 10
Fill the stew with melted bacon about 1-1.5 cm.
Step 11
Roll up cans with tin lids, turn them over, leave to cool.
Step 12
Store the stew in a cool place.
