French Oven Stew

Ingredients

• 2 12 lb beef stew meat 1 inch chunks
• 12 oz small white onions
• 4 large carrots quartered crosswise
• 6 oz small fresh mushrooms
• 4 large ribs celery cut in 1 inch pieces
• 1 12 c tomato juice
• 14 c quick-cooking tapioca
• 1 Tbsp sugar
• 2 tsp salt
• 2 small bay leaves
• 1 tsp dry basil
• 14 tsp pepper
• 12 c dry red wine or water

Directions

1. Heat
2. oven
3. to300
4. Mix all ingredients in a heavy 3 quart ovenproof
5. saucepot
6. Cover and bake stirring 3 times for
7. 3 hours
8. or
9. until
10. meat
11. istender and sauce thickens Discard bay
12. leaves before serving or storing
13. Makes 8 servings
14. In
15. you like
16. add
17. a
18. cup of frozen green peas or cut green beans 20 minutes before stew is done