Beer-filled, tasty beef stew
St. Patrick’s Day is not all about having fun and drinking, it is all about the food, too. Here is a good recipe to try when getting together with your friends
beef stew with pumpkin and beer
Start to finish: 3 hours
Servings: 2-3
1 pound of beef
1 ounce of butter
4 small onions
Half of a medium pumpkin
7 ounces round carrots
12 ounces stout or pumpkin beer
5 cloves garlic
1 cinnamon stick
2 bay leaves
Sugar to taste
Cut beef into cubes and season to your liking. In a medium-high stock pot, melt butter and add meat. Cook meat until it is brown.
Cut up 3 onions and add to pan. Cook for another 5 minutes then add beer. Add in garlic cloves, cinnamon stick and bay leaves. Bring to boil, add salt, pepper and sugar to taste. Put lid on and let simmer for 2 hours.
Add carrots, and let simmer for another 30 minutes then add in diced pumpkin. Let simmer for another 30 minutes until meat is falling apart and pumpkin is fully cooked.
Recipe courtesy of craftbeer.com
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