Burgundy Beef Ragout

By PatD

Ingredients

• 2 lbs lean stew meat
• 2 T butter
• 2 tsp Beau Monde
• 1 tsp Thyme
• 1/2 sm bay leaf
• 1 15oz can tomato sauce
• 1 4oz can button mushrooms
• 1 Cup burgundy or other dry red wine
• 1 Cup diagonally cut carrots

Preparation

Step 1

Brown beef in butter in a large heavy pan. Sprinkle with beau monde during browning. Add Thyme, bay leaf, tomato sauce,liquid drained from mushrooms and burgundy. Reserve mushrooms.
Cover and simmer 2 1/2 hrs,add mushrooms and carrots. Simmer 1/2 hr longer until carrots are tender.