Beef Stew

Cook on high, covered:

1-1/4#  beef stew meat

1/2        chopped onion

2T         bacon drippings

Cook about 10 minutes, then add t-1T Rosemary Seasoning (posted earlier here).  Uncover and evaporate liquid.  When browned, add a little red wine, white wine, Vodka.  Stir and saute' a while, till really brown.  Add a little more liquid and repeat the process as many times as it takes to get meat well browned and smelling wonderful.  Cover and simmer an hour or so.

Add:

4 carrots - chopped

4 stalks of celery - chopped

Simmer-saute' 20 minutes then add:

1 lg       onion - equivalent (red, yellow, sweet)

1 med  sweet pepper (red, green, yellow, orange)

3 med-lg  Yukon gold potatoes, scrubbed and cubed

Add a little more liquid, water, beef broth, wine, Vodka, etc.  Simmer another 20-30 minutes.  Check flavors - *sour cream?

Ours was a little too spicy (the Rosemary Seasoning has cayenne pepper and needed to be 'tempered' a bit.)  So - *to add another dimension and neutralize a little of the heat, I stirred in 3/4c sour cream, then heat again another few minutes.)  Buttered biscuits are great with this. . .LIn