COOK'S CORNER : MEATY STEW AN ANGELIC DISH.Byline: Marge Powers Janet Trafalger of Calabasas requested a thick, hearty stew with plenty of meat that was easy to make. Leslie Randall sent along her recipe for Devilish dev·il·ish adj. 1. Of, resembling, or characteristic of a devil, as: a. Malicious; evil. b. Mischievous, teasing, or annoying. 2. Excessive; extreme: devilish heat. Beef Stew, which sounds good. DEVILISH BEEF STEW (Shared by Leslie Randall, Camarillo) 1 1/2 pounds beef stew meat, cut in 1-inch pieces 1/3 cup all-purpose flour 1 tablespoon vegetable oil Water 1 tablespoon dry mustard Noun 1. dry mustard - a substance such that one to three tablespoons dissolved in a glass of warm water is a homemade emetic powdered mustard emetic, nauseant, vomitive, vomit - a medicine that induces nausea and vomiting 1 1/2 teaspoons salt 1 clove clove, name for a small evergreen tree (Syzygium aromaticum or Eugenia caryophyllata) of the family Myrtaceae (myrtle family) and for its unopened flower bud, an important spice. garlic, minced 1 teaspoon chili powder 1 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce 1/4 teaspoon pepper 4 medium potatoes, peeled and quartered 6 small onions, quartered 4 carrots, quartered 2 stalks celery, cut in 1-inch pieces In a plastic food bag, combine beef and flour and then toss well. Reserve excess flour. In a large saucepan or Dutch oven, brown beef in hot oil. Add 2 cups water, mustard, salt, garlic, chili powder, Worcestershire sauce and pepper. Simmer, covered, 1 to 1 1/2 hours. Add 1 1/2 cups water, potatoes, onions, carrots and celery. Simmer, covered, about 30 minutes until vegetables are tender. For gravy, remove meat and vegetables. Blend 1/4 cup cold water into reserved flour until smooth. Slowly stir into hot liquid. Cook and stir until thickened thick·en tr. & intr.v. thick·ened, thick·en·ing, thick·ens 1. To make or become thick or thicker: Thicken the sauce with cornstarch. The crowd thickened near the doorway. 2. and bubbly. Return meat and vegetables to gravy mixture. Makes 8 servings. Candy apples A while back, F. Leib of Burbank was looking for Looking for In the context of general equities, this describing a buy interest in which a dealer is asked to offer stock, often involving a capital commitment. Antithesis of in touch with. a recipe for the red candy coating used to make hard, crackly crack·ly adj. crack·li·er, crack·li·est Likely to crackle; crisp. candy apples. She's in luck now as Vicki B. Coughran shares a red candy coating recipe that she remembers from her childhood. CANDY APPLES WITH HARD OUTSIDE 2 1/2 cups light corn syrup corn syrup Sweet syrup produced by breaking down (hydrolyzing) cornstarch (a product of corn). Corn syrup contains dextrins, maltose, and dextrose and is used in baked goods, jelly and jam, and candy. 2 1/2 cups sugar Red food coloring Candy sticks Apples In a pot, combine light corn syrup, sugar and red food coloring. Cook to 300 degrees F. on a candy thermometer thermometer, instrument for measuring temperature. Galileo and Sanctorius devised thermometers consisting essentially of a bulb with a tubular projection, the open end of which was immersed in a liquid. (hard crack stage). Place sticks in apples. Quickly dip apples into syrup mixture. Then place dipped apples on wax paper to harden. Can you help? If you have recipes that can help these readers, please send them along to us at the address below to share in a future column. I lost my fresh peach cobbler recipe that I have been making for some 20 years. Help - with summer fast approaching I need this luscious dessert for my outdoor dinner parties. - Ann Marie Takala Van Nuys |
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