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English Brown Stew

Yield
6 to 8 servings
Category
Meat
Soups, Stews, Chowders
Course
Main Dish
Soup
Credit
Lucile Edwards Chester Historical Society, Chester, New Hamp
Sources
Yankee Magazine Church Suppers and Potluck Dinners Cookbook

English Brown Stew
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This stew has a touch of sweetness and is not too spicy for young palates, but grownups love it, too. Served with dumplings, muffins, or homemade bread, it’s delicious on a cold winter evening.

Ingredients
2 pounds London broil, cubed
2 large onions, diced
2 large potatoes, peeled and diced
3 carrots, diced
3 to 4 stalks celery, chopped
2 garlic cloves, minced
1 cup tomato juice or 1 tablespoon tomato paste
1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce
2 tablespoons lemon juice
2 tablespoons white sugar
1 tablespoon ground allspice
1 tablespoon mild paprika
3 tablespoons beef fat or 2 tablespoons vegetable oil
3 tablespoons all-purpose white flour
salt and pepper to taste
Instructions

Put the meat in a large saucepan or nonreactive Dutch oven and cover with water. Bring to a boil, then reduce the heat to a simmer, skimming off any foam that rises to the top. When the broth is clear, add the vegetables, tomato juice, Worcestershire sauce, lemon juice, sugar, allspice, paprika, and more water if needed to cover the meat. Simmer until the vegetables are done and the meat is tender, about 2 hours.

In a small saucepan, heat the beef fat or oil. Stir in the flour until you have a smooth paste and cook, stirring constantly, for 1 to 2 minutes. Remove 1/2 to 1 cup of the broth from the stew and stir into the flour mixture until you have a thick gravy. Then pour the gravy into the stew. Add salt and pepper and correct the seasonings. Serve hot.

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Karl (not verified)

10 months 1 week ago

1 tablespoon of allspice?! Has anyone ever made this recipe using a tablespoon of allspice? Do you people who published this stuff have any clue how to cook? That would be so freaking disgusting I can’t even imagine Taking one single bite of that!! Proofread your recipes or have the slightest bit of culinary ability people.

Hello, Karl. Thank you for your passionate feedback about the English Brown Stew recipe. You got us wondering, so we went back to look at this recipe’s origins and came across 4 testers who said the stew was delicious, but needed a bit more salt. Then, our curiosity piqued, we went into the world wide web to research other recipes that require 1 tablespoon of allspice. We found it to be a common amount of allspice for use in meat/chicken stew dishes as well as in ethnic cooking. But if it does not sound appetizing to you, might we suggest this delicious alternative: Beef Stew.