Low Cal Baked Beef Stew With Sour Cream Biscuits

Ingredients

450 gr beef top round steak in
8 gr flour
120 gr onions
3 potatoes-cubed
400 gr italian stewed tomatoes undrained
95 gr tomato paste
475 ml water
10 ml instant beef bouillon granules
14 gr sugar
1 gr thyme
5 ml worcestershire sauce
1 bay leaf
95 gr eggplant
160 gr flour
2 gr baking powder
55 gr margarine
160 ml low-fat sour cream
60 ml skim milk
8 gr flour
10 ml milk
3 gr sesame seeds
1 thyme

Instructions

In plastic bag, combine beef and 1 T + flour. Shake to coat. Spray Dutch oven with pam. Add meat and chopped onion. Cook until brown and tender. Drain any fat. Add potatoes, stewed tomatoes, tomato paste, 2 cups of water, bouillon, sugar, thyme, Worcestershire sauce and bay leaf. Bake or cook on top of stove, covered, at 350� for 1 hour. Add eggplant, cover and bake for 30 minutes longer. Meanwhile, in large bowl, stir together flour and baking powder. Cut in margarine until like crumbs. Stir in one third cup sour cream and skim milk. On lightly floured board, knead dough 8-10 times. Roll or pat to 1 cm thick. Cut with 5 cm biscuit cutter into 10-12 circles. Remove stew from oven or stove top. Increase temperature to 425�. Discard bay leaf. Combine one third cup sour cream and flour. Stir into stew. Brush biscuits with milk. Sprinkle with sesame seeds. Arrange on top of meat. Bake, uncovered, for 20-25 minutes until golden. Can dust with thyme. Last step with biscuits on top, must be done in oven. MC formatting by bobbi744@sojourn.com