Harvest Stew

A Holiday Roast Beef turns into a fabulous harvest stew. Well as you know Monday I posted this fabulous Roast for the holidays. On Wednesday I posted Mrs. Mix It’s Version of a French Dip Sandwich. Now I will post the last of the end of the roast recipes, Harvest Stew. This is a great way to use up the rest of your roast.  This recipe I made on Halloween night it is just fabulous.  Its one of those recipes that will let you have your freedom for a couple of hours then come home after a long day and have some Harvest Stew. You can make it in the oven or in the Crock pot however you will still have to cook the meat on the stove and the vegetables prior to placing in the Crock Pot. I chose not to because I love to cook in one pot and only have one pot to clean up. I am very comfortable in leaving my house with my gas oven on. Not all people are.

Harvest Stew Apple Broth
½ teaspoon cinnamon
1/8 teaspoon nutmeg
1/8 teaspoon all spice
1 nub of ginger
1 orange cleaned and quartered
2 lemons cleaned and quartered
8 cups of apple juice

Take All Ingredients and put in a 2 or 3 Quart Sauce Pan brings to a boil and boil for about 20 min then set aside.


Harvest Stew
8 carrots peeled and chopped
2 onions thinly slice
2 cups of Butternut Squash
4 cups chopped leftover Roast beef Center portion best.
1 cup of flour
6 pieces of bacon
5 Tablespoons of Extra Virgin Olive Oil.
1 Can French Onion Soup
2 cups of water

Take the bacon and chop it then cook in enameled cast-iron Dutch Oven; after bacon is cooked remove from pan and set aside.

Next Chop up meet in quarters and dredge in flour.

Next add about 1 ½  tablespoons of Olive oil to bacon Fat and brown meat in small portions, about half way through you will need to add about 2 tablespoons of Olive oil . Next remove meat and set aside .

Next Chop up all of the vegetables and set aside. Take the remainder of the olive oil and brown the onions, carrots and Butternut Squash (Mine is green in the picture,  but ripe because it came out of my garden) Cook until caramelized and then add back in the meat and Bacon plus add in the Harvest Stew Apple Broth but make sure you strain first; Do not add the rinds !!!

Next take  1 Can French Onion Soup and add to pot plus 2 cups of water. Cook in oven for 2 hours at 325.  Serve with rice or Mr. Mix It’s Famous Mashed Potatoes.

Enjoy!


Bon Appetite,

Mrs. Mix It