Greek Stew

Total Time: 2 hrs 30 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 2 hrs

Ingredients

• Servings: 12
• 5 tablespoons olive oil
• 3 lbs mushrooms
• 2 cups dry red wine
• 2 cups vegetable broth (or chicken broth if you don't want it strictly vegetarian)
• 6 ounces tomato paste
• 1/4 cup wine vinegar
• 2 tablespoons light brown sugar
• 1 1/2 teaspoons ground cumin
• 1 teaspoon garlic, crushed or minced
• 1/2 teaspoon ground allspice
• 1 bay leaf
• fresh ground black pepper, to taste
• 18 small onions or 18 small pearl onions

Recipe

• 1 in a large pot, heat the olive oil and sauté mushrooms until they give off their liquid.
• 2 add wine, broth, tomato paste, vinegar, sugar and spices.
• 3 simmer for about 1/2 hour.
• 4 peel the onions and add to the stew.
• 5 simmer for about 1 hour.