No-Nightshade Beef Stew With Some Germanic Inspirations

Combined ideas from a bunch of different recipes, including a German hunter stew, tomato replacement ideas from no-nightshade websites, and an apple beef stew. For group camping trip 2010

• Ready In: 2 hrs
• Serves: 10

Ingredients

• 5  lbs beef chuck or 5  lbs  stew meat, cut in 1-inch cubes
• 4  onions, chopped
• 4  garlic cloves
• 1⁄2 cup tapioca or 1⁄2 cup  brown rice flour
• 1  tablespoon salt
• 1  teaspoon pepper
• 3  cups beef broth
• 1  cup red wine or 1  cup  apple juice
• 1  cup canned pumpkin (instead of tomato sauce) or 1  cup apple butter (instead of tomato sauce)
• 6  carrots, sliced
• 4  turnips, diced
• 2  sweet potatoes, diced
• 2  apples, diced
• 2  stalks celery, sliced
• 1⁄2 teaspoon caraway seed
• 1⁄2 teaspoon marjoram
• 2  allspice berries
• 2  whole cloves
• 1  dash ginger
• 1  dash nutmeg

Directions

1. Preheat olive oil in stew pot to temperature where fat pops. Brown meat, onions and garlic. Add flour and coat meat and onions thoroughly.
2. Add vegetables, liquid and spices. Season to taste. Simmer slowly until carrots are past crunchy (at least 1 1/2 hours).