Beef Stew

 

20121227beefstewMany years ago, my grandmother gave me a cast iron dutch oven which I loved.  Unfortunately, it failed to follow us on one of our early moves.  For years, I looked for a replacement at thrift stores and garages sales.  Unfortunately, people don’t seem to get rid of cast iron dutch ovens.

Jack gave me one for Christmas.  I am using it to make beef stew in the photo.  The purplish things are not sausage, but purple fingerling potatoes.  The stew was delicious.

One of the things I like about this pot is that the top can be used as a skillet.  This makes it easy to brown the meat in two batches, before using the top to cover the pot.