What a delightful recipe!!! I really wanted to try something new and I had a lot of basil that I really had to use. So I just took an Italian base stew recipe and add my “little touch ” to it. As I was filming the recipe I was saying it ok if it’s not good I won’t post. It came out just so delicious and plus I created it. I am kind of proud of myself on this one. Let get into it you’ll see how gorgeous this recipe is !!!
For 6-8 peoples
1/2 cup flour
2.5 Pound beef shank
1 large yellow onion
1 large red onion
3 stalk celery
3 garlic cloves
6-8 sundried tomato
1/2 red wine
few leaves thyme
1 bunch parsley
Few leaves basil
1 bunch cilantro
28 oz tomato crush
6-8 red potato
5-6 small carrot ( i used the tri-color ones)
28 oz white fresh mushroom (you can use the can one as well)
2 cup chicken broth
For the final touch
1 bunch basil
3 cloves garlic
1/3 cup pine nuts
5 tbsp olive oil
1/3 water
Proceed
Prepare a plate with flour. In a large saucepan drop 5 tbsp of olive oil. Cut your meat into serving size chuck, deep it into the flour, take off the excess and saute the meat until well golden. If you decide you make it on the stove just put the meat aside on a plate. If you are going to cook it on the crockpot just set the meat into it. Cut the two kinds of onion into thin slice put them to sweat as well as the celery, crush garlic, sundried tomatoes. Deglaze with the wine and let it all evaporate, it is very important to well scrap the pot to get all the meat residue as well as the onion(that will give a scrumptious taste to the sauce) and let all the liquid disappear. While its evaporating add the salt, pepper and few leaves of thyme. Wash thoroughly all the herbs cut them in very thin shred and add them to the pot, mix all that, give it 2-4 minutes to all combine and add the tomato crush, chicken broth the sugar. Now if you want to cook it on the stove just add the meat to the sauce a little bit of water, if needed, bring it to a boil, reduce heat cover and let it cook at least 1 hour and a half to 2 hour or until meat tender. When meat tender, finish the seasoning by putting into a blender the basil with the garlic the peanuts, olive oil and the water blend all that and add it to the meat stew, as well as potatoes cut into four, carrot in a nice chunk and mushroom slice thinly. I did make some rice but to tell the truth, we didn’t have to use it it was just perfect as is.
If like me you are making it in the crockpot so transfer the sauce on top of the meat, add the vegetables also cut the same way as if it would be on the stove. If on high it is 4-6 hours if on low it is 6-8 hours. it took me 6 hours on high. Then add the basil blend and let is well combined on high for another 30 minutes.
And here you’ll have it a really delicious Italian meat stew. It was such a new palette Adventure. I will make it again. You should really give it a try you’ll be blown out
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