Beef Stew with Green Peas (with photo)

[farfallina]

It is adapted from Io e il mio Bimby
I hope you like it 



Beef Stew with Green Peas:

Ingredients:
1 onion, quartered (100g)
1 celery stick, roughly chopped (80g)
1 carrot, roughly chopped (100g)
40g extra virgin olive oil
600g beef, cut into 3-3.5cm cubes
Flour (to coat with)
100g white wine
200g canned diced tomatoes (I used fresh tomatoes)
Salt
Red pepper flakes (optional)
300g frozen green peas

Preparation:
    * Chop onion, celery and carrot for 5 seconds on Speed 7. Clean down the sides of TM Bowl with spatula
    * Add oil and saute for 3 minutes at 100ºC on Speed 1
    * Coat meat with flour. Put into TM Bowl and cook for 5 minutes at Varoma Temperature on Reverse/Soft Speed with MC OFF
    * Add vine and cook for 5 minutes at Varoma Temperature on Reverse/Soft Speed with MC OFF
    * Add tomatoes, salt, red pepper flakes and cook for 20 minutes at 100ºC on Reverse/Soft Speed
    * Add green peas and cook for 20 minutes at 100ºC on Reverse/Soft Speed


Photos:  http://thermomixtarifdefterim.blogspot.com/2010/08/beef-stew-with-green-peas.html

[judydawn]

These recipes you are posting look fantastic farfallina, my printer is working overtime this morning.  This one will be served with mashed potato.

[CreamPuff63]

farfallina, what is the meat like after cooking - is it soft and tender?

[cookie1]

Does the meat break up at all farfallina? My fussy mob won't like it if the meat breaks up too much.

[farfallina]

@judydawn, mashed potato or rice would be great to serve with. Your printer might work some more cos I will post a few more recipes

@CreamPuff & cookie, my meat was soft and tender and didn't break at all! This surely depends on the meat you buy from the butcher's. As usual I bought non-fat beef. Depending on the quality of your meat you should cook less or more. I didn't chop very small but mid size cubes around 3-3,5cm.

[CreamPuff63]

what do you call your cut of beef - we may call ours 'chuck 'for a similar cheaper cut? do you think that a lower temp eg. 90 for a slighter longer cooking time might produce a more tender effect for a stew or not at all?

[farfallina]

I usually ask Butcher's for an opinion
I tell him what I want and need so he delivers  
Or I judge by looking if I have to and I get less fat and most tender looking one.
Next week I will go to Butcher's. I ask him which part exactly I get the cut from and I tell you 

[Thermomixer]

Good work farfallina.  It is always good to have a reliable butcher.  I love this type of simple recipe for dinner. 

[farfallina]

Sorry for the delay.
I asked at Butcher's about the meat I bought and I was told that it was thigh cut. Several times I bought also neck cut