Guinness Beef Stew

12 ingredients
7 steps

Ingredients

  • 4 pounds Angus chuck roast, cubed
  • 1 half cup white flour
  • 6 tablespoons butter or oil
  • 1 medium yellow onion, chopped
  • 4 garlic cloves, minced
  • 3 cups beef broth
  • 1 bottle Guinness Stout
  • 2tablespoons corn starch dissolved in one fourth cup cold water
  • 3 large carrots, peeled and chopped
  • 3 medium sized red potatoes, chopped
  • 4 stalks of celery, chopped
  • 2 sheets puff pastry, thawed and cut to size

Directions

  1. 1
    Coat cubed meat in flour. Brown in melted butter or oil. Do this in batches and don't crowd the pan. Put browned meat in large stew pot.
  2. 2
    Saute onions and garlic in oil or butter and add to the meat.
  3. 3
    Combine beef broth, Guinness and corn starch mixture. Mix well and add to stew pot.
  4. 4
    Add chopped carrots, potatoes and celery to pot and bring to a simmer.
  5. 5
    Simmer, covered for one and a half hours and then uncover and simmer another half hour.
  6. 6
    During the last half hour, decide what bowls you are serving in and cut the thawed puff pastry to fit the bowls. Bake pastry according to directions on package on a baking sheet.
  7. 7
    When ready to serve, ladle the stew into individual bowls and top with the baked puff pastry.

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