Greek Beef Stew

Total Time: 2 hrs 20 mins Cook Time: 2 hrs 20 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 3 lbs stew meat, chopped
• 1 garlic clove, diced
• 5 tablespoons butter
• 1 1/2 cups water
• salt
• 1 bay leaf
• pepper
• 2 lbs onions
• 1 onion, chopped
• 1/2 lb mushroom, sliced
• 1 (6 ounce) can tomato paste
• 3/4 lb monterey jack cheese, grated
• 2 tablespoons red wine vinegar

Recipe

• 1 in a heavy kettle, brown meat in butter.
• 2 season lightly with salt and pepper.
• 3 add chopped onion and saute until clear.
• 4 mix in tomato paste, vinegar, garlic and half of the water.
• 5 add bay leaf.
• 6 cover and simmer 1 hour, adding additional water as needed.
• 7 add onions and mushrooms.
• 8 cover and simmer 1 more hour or until meat and onions are tender.
• 9 add cheese, cover and cook 5 minutes, or until cheese melts.