Title: Guiness Stew
Categories: Main dish, Meats, Kathy's
Yield: 6 Servings

1 tb Vegetable oil
1 sl Bacon, cut into1/2" peices
2 lb Lean stewing beefcubed 1 1/2
1 lg Onion chopped
2 tb Flour
2 Carrots, sliced
12 sm White onions, peeled
1 1/2 c Beef stock
6 1/2 oz Guiness beer
2 tb Dark brown sugar
2 tb Red wine vinegar
1 Bouquet garni
Coarse salt
Pepper

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Heat oil in a heavy casserole which will fit
into the oven and go on top of the stove, add the bacon. Fry until browned,
drain the bacon on paper towels. Dry the cubes of beef with paper towels.
brown in the bacon drippings, remove the beef. Add the chopped onions,
brown lightly. Stir in the flour, cook for 2-3 min.- do not let the flour
burn. Return the beef, along with its juices to the casserole. Add the
bacon, carrots, white onions, stock, guiness, sugar, vinegar, bouquet, salt
& pepper. Bring to a boil. Cover. Bake 1 1/2- 2 hours, stirring
occasionally. serve warm.

From Gemini's MASSIVE MealMaster collection at www.synapse.com/~gemini