Beef Butternut Stew with Pear and Thyme

Name: Beef Butternut Stew with Pear and Thyme
Prep time: 1 h
Cook time: 2 h 15 min
Total time: 3 h 15 min
Cuisine: European
Ingredients: 3lb beef stew meat, cut into 1 inch chunks; 1 large yellow onion, chopped; 5 tsp minced garlic; 2in fresh ginger; 1 small butternut squash, chopped; 2 pears, chopped; 1 lb mushrooms, quartered; 2 tbsp solid fat; 2 cp chicken bone broth; 1 sprig of thyme; 1 bay leaf; 1/2 tsp cinnamon; 1/2 sea salt

5 steps

Prep:1hCook:2h 15min

Updated at: Thu, 17 Aug 2023 12:17:53 GMT

Nutrition balance score

Great

Glycemic Index

Low

Glycemic Load

Moderate

Nutrition per serving

Calories651.8 kcal (33%)

Total Fat23.5 g (34%)

Carbs31.2 g (12%)

Sugars13.4 g (15%)

Protein83.4 g (167%)

Sodium406.1 mg (20%)

Fiber6.1 g (22%)

% Daily Values based on a 2,000 calorie diet

Ingredients

4 servings

3 lbbeef stew meat

cut into 1 inch chunks

1yellow onion

large, chopped

5 tspminced garlic

1 lbmushrooms

2 Tbsplard

2 cupchicken bone broth

1 sprigthyme

1bay leaf

½ tspcinnamon

0.5sea salt

Instructions

Step 1

1. Heat half of the cooking fat in a heavy-bottomed pot on medium-high heat. Brown the meat inn batches. Remove from the pot and turn the heat down to medium.

Step 2

2. Add the onions and cook for about 5 mins, stirring, until they begin to soften. Add ginger, garlic, and mushrooms and cook for another couple of minutes being careful to stir them so that they don't burn.

Step 3

3. Return the meat to the pot, add the bone broth and bay leaf, thyme and bring to a boil. Immediately turn down to a bare simmer. Cover tightly and cook for 45 minutes.

Step 4

4. Add the butternut squash, cinnamon, and salt and continue to simmer, covered, for another 15 minutes.

Step 5

5. Add the pears and simmer for another 30 minutes, or until the meat and squash are both tender. Serve.