Great-grandma Ellen's Skånsk kalops (Swedish beef stew)

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beef

Ingredients

• 1.5 #'s of stew beef
• 2 carrots
• 1 onion
• 2-4 potatoes
• water, flour, whole allspice, bay leaves and salt
• You can substitute ground allspice for the whole berry
• 12 whole berries = about 1 t ground.

Preparation

Step 1

Cut beef into stew size pieces.

Chop onion and carrots. The carrots should be chopped pretty thick.

Fry beef and onion in a pot with some butter/oil until beef has gotten lightly browned.

Pour a thin layer of flour over the beef and onion, stir.

Pour in water so that it just covers the beef .

Season with about 1.5-2 teaspoons of salt, 10-15 whole allspice and 5-7 bay leaves then add the carrots.

Let simmer under lid for at least 1,5 hours. I prefer to let it simmer about 2-3 hours.

Taste stew a few times while it simmers to check if additional seasoning is needed, or extra water needs to be added.

Peel and boil potatoes.

Add boiled potatoes just before serving.