beef and plum stew (inspired by the hunger games)

Ingredients

• Servings: 10
• 1 tablespoon butter
• 1 yellow onion, cut into large chunks
• 2 cloves garlic, minced
• 4 slices bacon, cut into small pieces
• 2 cups merlot
• 1 cup dried plums, quartered
• 2 cups mushrooms, sliced
• 1 (14.5 ounce) can stewed, diced tomatoes
• 20 ounces cubed beef stew meat
• 1 1/2 teaspoons mustard powder
• 1 teaspoon dried sage
• 1 teaspoon ground cloves
• salt and ground black pepper to taste

Recipe

Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 3 hrs

Ready Time: 3 hrs 30 mins


• melt butter in a large pot over medium heat. cook and stir onion and garlic in the melted butter until lightly brown, 8 to 10 minutes. cook bacon in the onion mixture until browned, 5 to 7 minutes.
• heat in a separate pot over medium heat until simmering. add dried plums to and cook for about 10 minutes. add mushrooms, cover pot, and reduce heat to low.
• cook and stir tomatoes and beef into bacon mixture until beef is browned, about 20 minutes. transfer bacon and beef mixture to the mixture. add mustard powder, sage, cloves, salt, and pepper. cook stew over medium heat for 2 1/2 hours.