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· 2 pounds of stew meat already cut up into chunks
· 1 cup of flour
· 2 15oz cans of diced tomatoes
· 2 15oz cans of tomato sauce
· 1 cup of water or enough to cover vegetables
· 1/2 cup of dry red wine or a little more depending on taste
· 2 green bell pepper cut in large chunks
· 2 onions cut in half and sliced
· 5 carrots peeled and cut into circles
· 1 large zucchini sliced into circles
· 1/2 pound of fresh green beans
· 4 stalks of celery sliced in small pieces
· 5 small baking potatoes cut into pieces
· 4 cloves of garlic crushed
· 2 Tbls of dried oregano
· 1/4 cup of extra virgin olive oil
· 1 Tbls fresh ground black pepper
· 1 tsp salt
PREPARATION
· Trim the fat off the meat
· Dredge meat in flour and shake off any excess.
· Refrigerate until ready to use.
· Slice an dice all your vegetables.
· In a large brown the meat in oil stirring so it doesn't stick to much.
· Add garlic,oregano and salt and pepper and stir some more.
· Add wine and let simmer for about ten minutes and keep on stirring.
· Add all the vegetable and stir. I think you get the idea about stirring by now.
· Add tomatoes, tomato sauce and water so the vegetables are covered and stir.
· Simmer about 1 hour and a half covered
Serve in a nice bowl and don't forget the bread and the wine.