Medieval Beef Stew with Fennel, leeks, red wine, Honey and Vinegar, Serves 4 Ingredients 1 ½ pounds lean beef stew meat 2 T suet or rendered beef fat or oil 2 cups chopped leeks 2 cups chopped fennel 1 stalk celery 1 cup red wine 3 T Italian Forest honey (Rigoni di Asiago  is sold at Gourmet food shops in the US) ¼ c red wine vinegar (1/3 c if not using verjus) 2 T verjus (optional) salt  to taste 1t ground pepper ¼ t cloves 2 t spikenard root  OR ½ t   dry ginger with 2 t powdered porcini  1 T fresh sage or 1 t dry (use costmary if you are lucky enough to have some… but it is not in everyone’s cupboard) 1 t pennyroyal if you have it… a very delicate mint… used a pinch of dried mint or catnip insteadDirections Brown the beef in the fat.  Remove and add the fennel, celery and leeks into the fat.  Saute for a few minutes.  Add the wine, vinegar, honey and spices and return the meat to the pot, cover. Put into a 275º oven for 3 hours. (Note: I can’t format the post for the dash, but it will look ok on the page)
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Medieval Beef Stew with Fennel, leeks, red wine, Honey and Vinegar, Serves 4

Ingredients
1 ½ pounds lean beef stew meat
2 T suet or rendered beef fat or oil
2 cups chopped leeks
2 cups chopped fennel
1 stalk celery
1 cup red wine
3 T Italian Forest honey (Rigoni di Asiago  is sold at Gourmet food shops in the US)
¼ c red wine vinegar (1/3 c if not using verjus)
2 T verjus (optional)
salt  to taste
1t ground pepper
¼ t cloves
2 t spikenard root  OR ½ t   dry ginger with 2 t powdered porcini 
1 T fresh sage or 1 t dry (use costmary if you are lucky enough to have some… but it is not in everyone’s cupboard)
1 t pennyroyal if you have it… a very delicate mint… used a pinch of dried mint or catnip instead

Directions
Brown the beef in the fat.  Remove and add the fennel, celery and leeks into the fat.  Saute for a few minutes.  Add the wine, vinegar, honey and spices and return the meat to the pot, cover.
Put into a 275º oven for 3 hours.
(Note: I can’t format the post for the dash, but it will look ok on the page)

Source: lostpastremembered.blogspot.com

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