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- From: hz225wu@unidui.uni-duisburg.de (Micaela Pantke)
- Subject: Granny Pantke's French Beans Stew
- Message-ID: <B95UO2F@taronga.com>
- Organization: Taronga Park BBS
- Date: Wed, 1 Sep 93 11:33:16 +0200
-
-
- OMA PANTKES GRUENE BOHNEN-EINTOPF (Granny Pantke's French Beans Stew)
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- (Serves 3 hungry persons)
-
- Ingredients:
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- 1 lb stewing beef (may be fat, with bones etc...)
- 3-4 cans (16 oz / 480 g) French beans (the green ones)
- 3 lb potatoes
- 1 tsp salt
- 1 beef bouillon cube (optional)
- Spices: summer savory, salt, ground black pepper
- some vinegar to season (optional)
-
- Instructions:
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- Drain beans and use the liquid to boil the meat for about 2 hours at low
- heat. Add about 1 teaspoon of salt. You get a better stock when you
- put the meat in the cold liquid, heat to boil and then continue cooking
- slowly.
-
- Peel potatoes and boil until done. You needn't add salt because the
- beef broth will be salty enough. Reserve the water as well; you may
- need it to add to the stew when it turns out to thick.
-
- Take the meat out of the broth after two hours and cut it apart. You
- should add the lean parts to the stew. Now add the drained beans. Mash
- the potatoes and add them as well. When you are lazy you might use
- instant potato puree, but that's not quite as good as the real thing.
-
- Heat the stew while stirring well. If you consider it too thick add a
- bit of the reserved potato water. (BTW, the right consistency *is*
- rather thick!)
-
- Season to taste with savory, pepper and salt.
-
- Optionally you can add a cube of beef stock, although that isn't really
- necessary (my Mom does, my Granny doesn't...). I like to season the
- bean stew with vinegar, but this is also a matter of taste. Just try
- and experiment a bit!
-
- My Granny uses to cook this stew every time when someone of the family
- comes from a vacation. Yum! What a return - it really helps you over
- the end of your holidays... (And I *have* to ask my Granny for the
- recipe for her 'Kartoffelkloesse' - 'Potato Balls'. Just look forward to
- that!)
-
- Blessed be!
-
-