Tender Beef Stew (Print Version)

# Ingredients:

01 - 2 tablespoons tomato paste.
02 - 3 bay leaves.
03 - 1 kg stewing beef.
04 - 4 onions.
05 - 1 teaspoon thyme.
06 - 3 tablespoons oil.
07 - 2 tablespoons flour.
08 - 5 carrots.
09 - 250 ml red wine.
10 - Salt.
11 - Pepper.
12 - 900 ml beef stock.
13 - 1 kg waxy potatoes.

# Instructions:

01 - Taste it and break up the beef. Keep simmering with the veggies for another one and a half to two hours.
02 - Let everything bubble away for an hour after tossing in the beef, spices, and stock.
03 - Chuck in the onions, sizzle for a bit, stir in the flour and tomato stuff, then pour in the wine.
04 - Wash the spuds, chop the carrots in quarters, and cut the onions into rings.
05 - Pat the meat dry, sprinkle with salt and pepper, then brown it all over.

# Notes:

01 - Grape juice swaps in fine for wine.